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ESAB TO ARRANGE

Engineering Students' Association of Bangladesh (ESAB) is going to organise National Robotic Festival on February 7, 2014. Students from different engineering universities, schools and colleges are encouraged to take part in this multidimensional tech festival. ESAB, a non-profit and voluntary national organisation of engineering students, is arranging the festival to promote robotic technology among students. The festival is taking place as a continuation of last year's robotic contest, “Robi-Prothom Alo Global Robotics Challenge”, which was the regional segment of Techkriti '13, a grand robotic contest arranged yearly by IIT, Kanpur, India.
This year ESAB is arranging a competition as part of the annual robotic festival. Apart from iARC, there will be three other big events. Motivating school and college students to explore their knowledge on robotics, a new event, titled “Exploring the Dreams”, has been added. Like last year, iARC will be the major focus of this tech festival. Participants of iARC will have to face challenge to solve a maze full of obstacles in the game with their line following robots. They have to find out the shortest path in the maze in the shortest possible time. The event will test participants' analytical and coding skills, and help them bring out the genius in them. Another major attraction of the event is 'Robots Got Freedom', where students are called for building a robot, capable of doing a particular task without any dependency on mankind. Different problem solving as well as entertaining robots will be displayed for the audiences in this segment.
The registration for the programme is open till February 3, 2014. Any undergraduate (engineering), school or college student will be able to register online through this web link: http://goo.gl/LYnuhI . To know details about the programme, interested people can visit http://www.esab.org.bd/nrf/ and for updates on the programme, subscribe to the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/esab.bd.

Freshmen orientation programme at BRAC University

Orientation programme for the newly admitted undergraduate students of Spring-2014 semester took place on January 19, 2014 at BRAC University's Mohakhali campus. Vice Chancellor of BRAC University, Professor Ainun Nishat was the chief guest at the programme. Among others, Professor Fuad Hassan Mallick, Pro-Vice Chancellor; Khan Ahmed Murshid, Joint Registrar of the university; Dr. Akbar Ali Khan, Professor of BRAC Business School (BBS), were present at the event along with all heads of the departments and a number of faculty members. Ismat Shereen, Head of Relationship Management and Public Relations Office, coordinated the entire programme. There was an interactive dialogue session between the concerned personnel and the guardians for better understanding of BRAC University campus life and co-curricular activities which both parties found effective. The programme ended with several inaugural video presentations, visit to the university library, alumni reflections and refreshments.

UAP signs MoU with EATL for  innovating mobile apps

University of Asia Pacific (UAP) and Ethics Advanced Technology Limited (EATL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on January 20, 2014 to innovate mobile applications and related technologies. Professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury, Vice Chancellor of UAP, and M.A. Mubin Khan, Managing Director of EATL, signed the memorandum on behalf of their respective organisations. The MoU aims to render support, service and solution in the fields of mobile application training, research and development with the participation of UAP students under the guidance of faculty members. It will initially be effective for three years. The agreement will play a vital role in strengthening students' professional skills and involving them in apps development, said the Vice Chancellor while signing the MoU.

Stamford University students arrange Winter Clothes Distribution Drive

Stamford University Volunteers (SUVs), a social club of Stamford University Bangladesh, arranged its 'Annual Winter Clothes Donation Drive' to mark their third anniversary. Members of the club collected clothes from staff, students and faculty members of the university throughout November and December 2013 and distributed the clothes among the destitute living around Komolapur area in the city. The club works to develop young leaders with the capacity to bring about change in society. Organised and maintained entirely by the students and chief coordinator Farahnaaz Feroz, the club has been growing bigger with time.