BULLETIN BOARD

Photography exhibition at BUBT

Photography Club of Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT) arranged a two-day Intra-university Photography Exhibition on May 5 and 6. BUBT Vice Chancellor Professor Md. Abu Saleh inaugurated the programme as chief guest. All 35 photographs at this exhibition were taken by club members. The certificate giving ceremony was held on May 6. BUBT Vice Chancellor, along with Pro-Vice Chancellor Professor Md. Ali Azam was present at the programme. Chief Advisor of Photography Club and Proctor of the university, Professor Mian Lutfar Rahman, presided over the programme.

Orientation programme at Eastern University

Orientation programme for the undergraduate students of Summer Semester-2014 of Eastern University was held on May 17 at the university premises. Md. Nazrul Islam Khan, Secretary to Information & Communication Technology Division, Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, was present as chief guest at the programme. Anwar Hossain Chowdhury, Vice Chairman of EU Foundation, was present as special guest. Professor Dr. Abdur Rab, Vice Chancellor of EU, chaired the programme. Among others, Professor Dr. A.B.M. Shohidul Islam, Vice-Chairman of EU Foundation; Sk. Saydur Rahman, member of Board of Trustees and Pro-Vice Chancellor, Professor Dr. Abdul Hannan Chowdhury addressed the programme.

UIU receives EPSRC Fund to install Nano-grids in Bangladesh and Kenya

United International University (UIU) recently received Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK) fund for its role in “Solar Nano-grids as an appropriate sustainable solution to the limitations of solar home systems in rural communities in Kenya and Bangladesh.” UIU is working on the project along with its partners Loughborough University (UK) and INTASAVE, Kenya.
UIU will lead the design and implementation of Solar Nano-grids project in Kenya and Bangladesh. The goal of the project is to supply a small cluster of households (15-20) in the off-grid area with electricity for household usage and other activities like small irrigation pumps. The project will also study the socio-economic impacts of solar nano-grid and the problems associated with the sustainability of such projects.
The kick-off meeting of the project was held in UK in December 2013 and the follow-up meeting of the project and a workshop on Nano-grid was held from May 6-9 in Nairobi, Kenya.