Country’s super brand as well as electronics giant Walton and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) signed two memorandum of understanding (MoU) to conduct joint research and innovation works in the electronics and hi-tech products manufacturing sector.
In this regard, Walton Digi-Tech Industries Limited and BUET signed a MoU while Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC signed another MoU with the Research and Innovation Centre for Science and Engineering (RISE) of BUET.
The MoUs were inked at a programme held at the Council Building of BUET on Tuesday last (January 18, 2022).
On behalf of their respective organisations, BUET’s Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Satya Prasad Majumder and Walton Digi-Tech’s Chairman S M Rezaul Alam inked a MoU while Walton Hi-Tech’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Golam Murshed and RISE’s Director Prof. Dr. Muhammad Anisuzzaman Talukder signed the another MoU.
Among others, Walton Hi-Tech’s Deputy Managing Director Alamgir Alam Sarker, Walton Digi-Tech’s DMD Liakat Ali, Walton Hi-Tech Industries Research and Innovation’s Head Engineer Tapash Kumer Mojumder, Senior Executive Director Md. Sirajul Islam and Executive Director Krishnananda Bairagi also attended the programme.
At the event, Walton handed over the research project to BUET and also provided scholarship money, laptops and desktop computer for the students.
Earlier last year, four engineering universities individually signed memorandum of understandings with Walton to jointly work on research and development of the domestically produced hi-tech product’s technologies. These universities are: Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET), Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET), Islamic University of Technology (IUT) and Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST).
