'Tk 80b allocated to public universities in 9 yrs'

Chairman of University Grants Commission Abdul Mannan has said more than Tk 80 billion was allocated for the country's public universities during last nine years under the present government.

Professor Mannan said the public universities will get Tk 10 million every year for quality improvement of research.

He was inaugurating a three-day 'International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ICEEE)' at central auditorium of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) on Wednesday evening as chief guest.

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of RUET organised the conference in order to take the technological growth one step forward.

The ICEEE aims at focusing the rapid strides and technological advancements in EEE in recent years. It aspires to open a forum for technical excellence and exchange of technology between technocrats, research scholars, and representatives from the academia and industry.

RUET vice-chancellor Rafiqul Alam Beg, professor Saifur Rahman from USA's Virginia Technology, professor Faz Rahman from Australian New South Wales University and professor Shila Shahnaj from BUET spoke as special guests.  

Prof Mannan said the conference is expected to provide a highly interactive platform in which leading experts and researchers in the field of electrical and electronic engineering can discuss recent scientific advances and seek cooperation from all over the world.

Large number of academics and researchers from home and abroad joined the conference.