BUET, GPH sign deal on research

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and GPH Ispat Limited signed a memorandum of understanding at the university council building on Tuesday.
BUET vice-chancellor Satya Prasad Majumder presided over by the ceremony while Mohammad Shahidullah Khandaker, secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works was present as chief guest.
BUET and GPH Ispat will work together to provide BUET students with timely research and development through joint research collaborations, fellowships, internships, access to interactive laboratories, product quality research etc.
The MoU was signed by BUET professor Muhammad Anisuzzaman Talukder, director of Research and Innovation Centre for Science and Engineering, and Mohammad Jahangir Alam, managing director of GPH Ispat.
BUET pro-vice-chancellor Abdul Jabbar Khan and GPH Ispat adviser Shamim Z Basunia were special guests, said a press release.
Alamgir Kabir, chairman, GPH Ispat Limited, Almas Shimul, additional managing director of GPH Ispat, the deans, directors of different departments and directorates, heads of departments, senior officials of the organisations, students and representatives of electronic and print media were present on the occasion.