Ruet Vice-Chancellor Prof SM Abdur Razzaque today spoke at the RUET conference hall. Photo: BSS

RAJSHAHI, July 5, 2025 (BSS) - Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) has undertaken a project aimed at generating more competent workforces through expediting its research and academic activities.

Vice-Chancellor Prof SM Abdur Razzaque revealed this while addressing a daylong workshop titled "Strategy for formulating competitive project proposal" as the chief guest here today.

Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) organized the workshop at the RUET conference hall. 

RUET will implement the Higher Education Acceleration and Transformation (HEAT) project with the financial support from the World Bank. 

Prof Abdur Razzaque said the HEAT project will bring an epoch-making change in the fields of research and higher education that will create competitive scopes for the teachers in the global arena.

Taking part in an open discussion of the workshop, the participants talked about the structure, research proposal preparation, modalities of getting donations and capacity development of the university level teachers.

They also took part in a question-answer interaction about benefits and implementation of the project. 

With IQAC Director Prof Imdadul Haque in the chair, the workshop was addressed, among others, by Prof Niamul Bari from the Department of Civil Engineering, Prof Shahid Uz-Zaman from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Prof Abdul Khaleque from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.