Seminar on “Emergence and Evolution of Green Chemistry for Environmental Responsible and Sustainable Technologies” held at Daffodil International University.

A Seminar on “Emergence and Evolution of Green Chemistry for Environmental Responsible and Sustainable Technologies” was held today at DIU Auditorium organized by the Department of Pharmacy of Daffodil International University. Presided over by Professor Dr. M. Lutfar Rahman, Vice Chancellor, Daffodil International University, the Keynote paper was presented by Dr. Muhammed Hashmat Ali, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Southeast Missouri State University, USA. The Seminar was also addressed by Prof. Dr. S. M. Mahabub- Ul Haque Majumber, Dean, Faculty of Science and IT, Prof. Dr. Shamsul Haque, Head, Department of Pharmacy and Prof. Dr. M. Mizanur Rahman, Head, BRE of Daffodil International University.

 The speakers in the seminar said that massive practice of “Green Chemistry” is very important for every industry in Bangladesh to keep the environment free from all sorts of pollution and restoration of environment. To keep peace with huge industrialization and rapid growth of population, it is high time to have practice and implement of Green Chemistry which is nothing  but the design of the chemical products and  processes to reduce or eliminate the use and or generation of hazardous substances. They also emphasized not to generate waste in the first place rather than depositing or treating it afterwards.

Taposhey Rabeya and Mousumy Akter students of the department of Pharmacy

conducted the program.  

Seminar on-""Mainstreaming CSR towards climate sustainability: imperatives for South Asia" held at Daffodil International University.

Speakers at the international seminar in Dhaka today urged the business to come forward in developing sustainable environment.

They made the observation in a day long seminar held at Daffodil International University (DIU) auditorium.

The panel of speakers in the seminar “Mainstreaming CSR towards climate sustainability: imperatives for South Asia.”  This held at DIU on Tuesday.           

Photo- Md. Imdadullah Siddiquee

The seminar sponsored by Daffodil International University and it was organized by Nature Alliance and supported by Global Sustainable Solution, Reed Consulting (BD) Ltd., Biz Care and Responsible Business Initiatives.

Speakers at the seminar (from the left) Dr. Faiz Shah, Ms. Ambreen Wahid, Mr. Mohiuddin Babar, Prof. Dr. M. Lutfar Rahman, Rondy Reed, and Uchita De Zoysa

Vice Chancellor of DIU Prof. Dr. Lutfar Rahman, Internationally acclaimed writer Uchita De Zoysa from Sri Lanka, Vice President- Communication & Media Relations for ROBI- Mr. Mohiuddin Babar, Dr. Faiz Shah Head- Department of Management- Asian Institute of Technology, Ambreen Wahid Exicutive Director- Responsible Business Initiative, Rondy Reed- Managing Director – Reed Consulting Bangladesh Ltd. CSR Managers of different company and students of different department of DIU were also presented in the seminar.

Vice President- Communication & Media Relations for ROBI- Mr. Mohiuddin Babar presented the keynote paper, he also presided the seminar as well.

In the seminar V. C of DIU said- “Global warming is very harmful phenomenon for us, our 17 percent of land will be go in the bally of the water, so this is the high time to take some technical initiatives for the solution of this problem.”

Uchita De Zoysa said- “CSR is a new strategy to make business responsible towards their impact on the environment and society.”

In the key note paper Mr. Mohiuddin Babar Said- “Business should be pro- active in influencing people to adapt to climate change impact.”

He also said-“the director of CSR should changed from traditional course heath and education to developing adaptability of the people”

He further said- “as part of CSR business could extant soar power usage and heap in research and development of climate resilient crops.”

Dr. Faiz Shah - from Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok said-“there has to be a bigger role of business in dealing with the climate change impact.”

Ambreen Wahid said- “the basic rules of business we have to define first for the sustainability.’

Rondy Reed said- “In bold line Bangladesh has no any CSR rules.”

In the seminar a Documentary shown made on Sunder Baan 

Pharmacy council team visit Pharmacy Department of ASA University Bangladesh

Members of the Education and Accreditation Committee, Bangladesh Pharmacy Council, visited the Department of Pharmacy, ASA University Bangladesh, recently. Mr. Suvas (Chandra) Sinho Roy, President of committee led the delegation while members of the Accreditation Committee, Bangladesh Pharmacy Council Dr. Abu Shara Shamsur Rouf, Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dr. Sitesh Chandra Bachar, Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dr. Abdur Rhaman, Associate Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka and member Secretary Mr. K K Saha were also present. 

Professor Minuddin Khan, Vice-Chancellor of ASA University Bangladesh, Professor Bilkis Begum, Dean, Faculty of Science and Engineering and Chairman, Department of Pharmacy, ASAUB received the delegation.

 Pharmacy council team visit Pharmacy Department of ASA University Bangladesh.

The team members visited pharmacy labs, class rooms, computer labs, central and seminar libraries and medicinal plant garden. After that, the visiting team attended a discussion session with Vice-Chancellor Professor Minuddin Khan, Md. Shahjahan, Registrar, Mr. Md Khalequzzaman, Additional Registrar, Chairman of Pharmacy Dept. Professor Bilkis Begum, Coordinator & Assistant Professor Mr. Ferdous Khan, Lecturer Mr. Md. Mazharul Islam Chowdhury and other faculty members of the Dept. of Pharmacy. They expressed their satisfaction to the updated educational curriculum and various facilities of Pharmacy Department of ASA University Bangladesh.

Members of the Education and Accreditation Committee visited ASA University Bangladesh

Members of the Education and Accreditation Committee, Bangladesh Pharmacy Council, visited the Department of Pharmacy, ASA University Bangladesh, recently. Mr. Suvas (Chandra) Sinho Roy, President of committee led the delegation while members of the Accreditation Committee, Bangladesh Pharmacy Council Dr. Abu Shara Shamsur Rouf, Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dr. Sitesh Chandra Bachar, Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dr. Abdur Rhaman, Associate Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka and member Secretary Mr. K K Saha were also present. 

Professor Minuddin Khan, Vice-Chancellor of ASA University Bangladesh, Professor Bilkis Begum, Dean, Faculty of Science and Engineering and Chairman, Department of Pharmacy, ASAUB received the delegation.

The team members visited pharmacy labs, class rooms, computer labs, central and seminar libraries and medicinal plant garden. After that, the visiting team attended a discussion session with Vice-Chancellor Professor Minuddin Khan, Md. Shahjahan, Registrar, Mr. Md Khalequzzaman, Additional Registrar, Chairman of Pharmacy Dept. Professor Bilkis Begum, Coordinator & Assistant Professor Mr. Ferdous Khan, Lecturer Mr. Md. Mazharul Islam Chowdhury and other faculty members of the Dept. of Pharmacy. They expressed their satisfaction to the updated educational curriculum and various facilities of Pharmacy Department of ASA University Bangladesh.

Rag Day celebrated at Prime University

Prime University recently celebrated rag day in esteem mood at their campus. The whole event was initiated by the Business Administration Department. It was inaugurated by The Vice Chancellor of the University Prof. Dr. P. C. Sarker, accompanied by the Chairman of the Business Administration Department along with the Registrar Prof. Md. Arshad Ali. It was a day of thrill, merry-making and great fiesta to everyone especially for the outgoing students. This eventful day was the teachers and students collaborated outcome which brought more attraction in it. As a part of it a football match was arranged between the outgoing students and the faculty members that ended in 0-0 draw further enhanced the day’s festive mood. Later a colorful procession with fanfare brought out by the students and teachers crossed the campus and area around. The program also included luncheon, a pompous cultural evening, drama, fashion show and a cheerful DJ party.

Project Fair-2011 held at Daffodil International University, Bangladesh

 Vice Chancellor of Daffodil International University Prof. Dr. M. Lutfar Rahman handing over the Prizes to the members of Champion team in Project Fair-2011 in Junior Group

A project fair was held today on June 25, 2011 at Daffodil International University ( DIU)  organized by Human Resource Development Institute at the DIU Auditorium. Altogether 13 teams participated in the fair. Seven projects were presented by senior students with mostly web-based projects. Six projects were presented by junior students who are now in L1T2. These projects were all Excel based. The students used Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) with Excel to produce complete applications. Prof. Dr. M. Lutfar Rahman,Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dr. S. M. Mahbub Ul Haque Majumder, Dean, FSIT, Prof. Dr. Yousuf M. Islam, Executive Director, HRDI attended the fair among other teachers and distributed the prizes among the winners.

Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. M. Lutfar Rahman was very pleased to see students of first year completing in-course projects. He appreciated the high quality work done by the senior students. He said that students learn a lot by doing projects in their courses. He discussed the benefit of giving in-course projects to students. In each category, Champion and Runners up prize was given.

The members of the winner team of Champion in Junior Group comprised: Amir Hossai, Iqbal Hossain, Lora Annana Bishwas, Rafia Ferdousy, Gobinda Karmakar of the department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE).

The members of the winner team of Champion in Senior Group comprised:   Imran Hossain, Umam Mustain and Mujib La Sanny of department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE).

Caaption: Vice Chancellor of Daffodil International University Prof. Dr. M. Lutfar Rahman handing over the Prizes to the members of Champion team  in Junior Group.

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Md. Anowar Habib Kazal

Sr, Public Relations Officer

Daffodil International University