DHAKA, Oct 16, 2022 (BSS) - A new trust fund titled "Abdullah Al-Mahmud Trust
Fund" has been established at the Faculty of Engineering and Technology of
Dhaka University (DU).
 
Out of the income of this donation every year some financially-challenged
students of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology of DU will be given
scholarship, said a press release today.
 
To set up this trust fund, Chairman of Crystal Insurance Company Limited
Abdullah Al-Mahmud handed over a cheque for Tk. 15 lakh to DU Treasurer Prof
Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed today at a ceremony at the VC's office, with DU Vice-
Chancellor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman in the chair.
 
Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology Prof. Dr. Hafiz Md. Hasan
Babu, some faculty members and donor's family members, among others, were
present on this occasion.
 
Thanking the donor, Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman said the Trust Fund would play an
important role in bringing the financially-challenged students under the
social safety network.
 
He stressed the need for strengthening cooperation between academia and
industry to achieve Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
 
The VC also called upon the country's industrialists to come forward with
their helping hands to promote financially-challenged students as well as
make an inclusive society.