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BSS-41
DU-US-PROFESSORS
Two US professors meet DU VC
DHAKA, July 10, 2018 (BSS) – Professor Dr Steve Goodbred and Professor Dr
Jonathan M Gilligan of Vanderbilt University, USA, called on Dhaka University
(DU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman on the university campus
today.
Chairman of the Department of Environmental Development and Risk Management
of Technical University of Dresden, Germany, Professor Dr Bishawjit Mallick;
Chairman of the Department of Geology of DU Professor Dr Kazi Matin Uddin
Ahmed and Associate Professor of the Department of Fisheries of DU Dr Md
Monirul Islam were present.
During the meeting at the VC’s office, they discussed the possibilities of
strengthening ongoing joint collaborative academic and research programmes on
climate change, environment, river erosion, water pollution and arsenic being
conducted by the University of Dhaka and Vanderbilt University, USA.
Exchanges of data, information and sharing knowledge and experience on
climate change issues between the two universities were also discussed in the
meeting.
They stressed producing more experts and environmental scientists in
Bangladesh to reduce risk of vulnerable coastal people.
They discussed signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two
universities to promote education and research in this regard.
Later, Professor Dr Steve Goodbred delivered a lecture on environment at the
Department of Geology of DU.
Besides, Professor Dr Jonathan M Gilligan delivered a special lecture on
Rivers Transport and Climate Change at DU on July 7.
BSS/PR/MMN/MRI/2010 hrs