Indira Gandhi Culture Centre (IGCC) is organising a programme titled ‘Joy Bangla’ on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rehman featuring recitation by Dr. Sahadat Hossain Nipu and performance of songs by Dr. Padmini Dey at its Gulshan premises today. Dr. Sahadat Hossain Nipu is an artist, director and researcher. He studied MA in Rabindra Bharati University through ICCR scholarship and got his Doctorate from Bardhaman University. He was trained under famous theatre personalities in India, namely, Kumar Ray, Bivash Chakrovorty, and Manoj Mitra. He also got training in Elocution from famous Indian elocutionist Pradip Ghosh in India. Dr. Podminee Dey is presently Associate Professor in Rajshahi University Department of Music. She got her Masters Degree in Bengali Music from Rabindra Bharati University and PhD as an ICCR Research scholar from Visva Bharati University, Shantiniketan. In Rabindra Bharati University, she was awarded with `Bani Bosu Smriti Padak’. Dr. Podminee Dey has performed Nazrulsangeet and Adhunik Gaan for almost three decades in Bangladesh Television and Bangladesh Betar. She has also given solo performances in many national and international stages. An audio CD of Bengali song named, `Tumi je Amaar’ has been published from Sangeeta, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Where:    IGCC, House 35, Road 24,
Gulshan 1, Dhaka.
When:    6:30pm