S A Shofiee, Sylhet :
Sheikh Russel Textile Engineering College is going to be established at Kuchia, under South Surma upazila in Sylhet district.
In order to establish this college, 10 acres of land will be acquired and Tk. 110 crore has been earmarked as estimated cost.
The acquisition of land has been decided at a meeting of Sylhet District Land Acquisition Committee, confirmed by Additional Deputy Commissioner (Rev) Md Abdullah.
Reliable sources said , on August 1st last year , the project proposal was put up at the meeting of the Executive Council of the National Economic Council (ECNEC). The college was named after Sheikh Russel , youngest brother of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who presided over the ECNEC meeting .
After the acceptance of the project proposal, the Ministry of Textile and Jute Affairs took up the initiative to materialize the proposal.
Following that a letter has been issued to the Deputy Commissioner of Sylhet to acquire land.
In a meeting held at Sylhet Deputy Commissioner’s Conference Hall on 15th May, on which 10 acres of land was decided to be acquired at Kuchia in South Surma in Sylhet .
On this land , Textile College will be established on Five acres of land, while Textile Institute will be established on remaining five acres of land .
While talking to the officials concerned, it has been learnt that although garments have been playing a major role in the development of the country, there has been acute shortage of skilled manpower in this field.
According to a survey launched earlier, at least 25,303 textile engineers will be needed but we have 17,500 textile engineers. After producing these skilled manpower, 7803 more engineers are to be acutely needed.
The experts opined that , if the college will start functioning, 120 textile engineers will pass each year. Since Sylhet is a land of the country’s most expatriates, there is a bright prospects for thriving textile technological knowledge.
Prof Dr Md Iqbal Hussain of Shah Jalalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) said, with the establishment of this college, skilled graduate engineers will be produced and the scarcity of textile graduate engineers will be mitigated in Bangladesh.
Sheikh Russel Textile Engineering College is going to be established at Kuchia, under South Surma upazila in Sylhet district.
In order to establish this college, 10 acres of land will be acquired and Tk. 110 crore has been earmarked as estimated cost.
The acquisition of land has been decided at a meeting of Sylhet District Land Acquisition Committee, confirmed by Additional Deputy Commissioner (Rev) Md Abdullah.
Reliable sources said , on August 1st last year , the project proposal was put up at the meeting of the Executive Council of the National Economic Council (ECNEC). The college was named after Sheikh Russel , youngest brother of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who presided over the ECNEC meeting .
After the acceptance of the project proposal, the Ministry of Textile and Jute Affairs took up the initiative to materialize the proposal.
Following that a letter has been issued to the Deputy Commissioner of Sylhet to acquire land.
In a meeting held at Sylhet Deputy Commissioner’s Conference Hall on 15th May, on which 10 acres of land was decided to be acquired at Kuchia in South Surma in Sylhet .
On this land , Textile College will be established on Five acres of land, while Textile Institute will be established on remaining five acres of land .
While talking to the officials concerned, it has been learnt that although garments have been playing a major role in the development of the country, there has been acute shortage of skilled manpower in this field.
According to a survey launched earlier, at least 25,303 textile engineers will be needed but we have 17,500 textile engineers. After producing these skilled manpower, 7803 more engineers are to be acutely needed.
The experts opined that , if the college will start functioning, 120 textile engineers will pass each year. Since Sylhet is a land of the country’s most expatriates, there is a bright prospects for thriving textile technological knowledge.
Prof Dr Md Iqbal Hussain of Shah Jalalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) said, with the establishment of this college, skilled graduate engineers will be produced and the scarcity of textile graduate engineers will be mitigated in Bangladesh.
