A five-member delegation led by Dr. Katja Lasch, Regional Director of the German Academy Exchange Service (DAAD) in New Delhi called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman at the latter’s office of the University yesterday. Other team members were Prof Ute Vothkuechl, Anuroopa Dixit, Rumana Kabir and Tamara Kabir.
DU Geology Department Prof Dr. Muhammad Qumrul Hassan, Director of DU Public Relations Office Mahmood Alam and Dr Anwar Zahid were present on this occasion.
During the meeting they discussed matters of mutual interest. They underscored the need of undertaking joint collaborative academic and research programs on various fields between Dhaka University and DAAD. The possibilities of increasing the number of German scholarships for DU students and arranging short visit of DU teachers specially young ones in German universities were also discussed. DU VC Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman laid emphasize on further strengthening academic cooperation between DU and DAAD to explore new avenues of collaboration.
Prof Dr Md. Akhtaruzzaman thanked the guests for their visit to and keen interest in enhancing academic collaboration with DU.
