American Centre team meets UGC chairman
UNB
A four-member delegation from the American Centre, embassy of the United States of America, yesterday met University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Abdul Mannan at the latters office and discussed on academic and research collaboration, reports UNB.
Public Affairs Officer and Director of the American Centre Ann Barrows McConnell led the delegation, said a press release.
Other members of the delegation included George Mesthos, Cultural Affairs Officer, Shaheen Khan, Fulbright Programs and Tysir Chowdhury, Education USA Adviser, the American Centre, Embassy of the United States of America, Dhaka.
Ann McConnell said more and more academic and research collaboration between the higher educational institutions of Bangladesh and those of USA need to be established for internationalization of higher education. UGC Chairman briefed the delegation about the role and functions of the UGC and said the UGC has been working with a number of components including Academic Innovation
Fund.
