Daffodil International University (DIU) and Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BCIC) have jointly organized an international webinar titled “Self -engineered sustainable economic development through: national industry globalization ” on 07 August 2022, a press release said Monday.
The aim of the webinar was internationalizing the industrial sector. Industry Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun MP was present as the chief guest in the webinar.
The keynote paper was presented by Professor Dr. M Nawaz Sharif, director of UNSCAF and associate professor of John Hopkins University and visiting professor of George Washington University. Dr. Md. Sabur Khan, chairman, board of Trustees of DIU presided over the webinar where Shyam Sundar Sikdar, chairman, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), Mostafizur Rahman, secretary, Ministry of Land and Mahbubur Rahman,Chairman, BSCIC were present as special guests. The webinar was also addressed by Professor Dr. M. Lutfar Rahman, VC of DIU, Mohammad Nuruzzaman, CEO of Daffodil Family and Abu Taher Khan, director, DIU Industrial Innovation Center.
Addressing as the chief guest Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun said that the government is making every effort to provide a sustainable foundation for the trend of achieving economic growth at a very high rate for more than a decade, and for that purpose, by increasing domestic and foreign investment in the industrial sector will be strengthened and government is trying to move forward quickly in that way.
BTRC Chairman Shamsunder Sikdar in his speech mentioned that the very first initiative in providing a sustainable base to the economy can be to educate a large section of the country’s population in technical education, who will help in achieving consistently higher productivity in industry and other sectors.
DIU Trustee Board Chairman and President of the webinar Dr. Md. Sabur Khan said, Daffodil International University is trying to make its students especially focused and enthusiastic about handicraft education in their respective fields and not just chasing after CGPA. Of course, we are also getting its results. The employment rate among Daffodil alumni is almost 100%.
