3-day scientific confce begins at NSU tomorrow

North South University, (NSU) Bangladesh for the first time ever is organising a major scientific conference of the South East Asia titled ‘International Conference on Genomics, Nanotech and Bioengineering-2017 (ICGNB-2017)’. The three-day conference will be inaugurated on Sunday on North South University campus at Bashundhara, Dhaka. Prof Dr Rita R Colwell, Former Heath Advisor to the President Barak Obama Administration, USA will be present as the plenary speaker. This is an excellent platform to showcase and experience the best of multidisciplinary scientific research and technological innovation.
The conference covers a wide range of research areas such as genomics, bioinformatics, proteomics, tissue engineering, drug design, and nanotechnology. Distinguished academicians and research professionals from across the globe would be delivering insightful presentations on their cutting edge research. In total, more than 500 researchers would be showcasing their research over the three days. ICGNB-2017 intends to develop a modern, cutting-edge and friendly environment for seamless exchange of scientific information in multidisciplinary areas. It offers a great opportunity for scientists, researchers and clinicians, at any stage in their career, to present their own research work and networking with other people from cross-disciplinary avenues.

Certificate giving ceremony held
The certificate giving ceremony and orientation programme of Daffodil International Professional Training Institute (DIPTI) was held at auditorium-71 of Daffodil International University (DIU) on Friday, says a press release.  Javed Ahmed, Acting Secretary, Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment, was the chief guest and Abdur Rouf, Executive Project Director, Skills for Employment Investment was present as special guest at the programme.
Md Sabur Khan, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Daffodil International University presided over the programme while Md Abul Kashem, Project Director, SEIP-PKSF, Mohammad Nuruzzaman, Executive Director, Daffodil Education Network, Rathindranath Das, Executive Director, DIPTI and Moazzem Hossain, Deputy Director, DIIPTI were also spoke at the program. Addressing as the chief guest Javed Ahmed said that there are 70 training institutes under government affiliation and lot of non-government training institutes are working actively in Bangladesh. Most of the migrant workers took training from these training institutes. So, it’s not absolutely truth that all of our migrant workers are unskilled. Problem is ‘Branding’. We can’t brand properly of our skilled manpower. So we should give emphasis on branding.

 Shab-e-Barat observed at DU
Milad, doa mahfil and discussion were held at the Dhaka University Central Mosque on Thursday in observance of holy Shab-e-Barat, known as the night of fortune.
DU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique addressed the function as chief guest while Islamic Studies Department Professor Dr Md Abdur Rashid took part as chief discussant.
 Addressing the function, DU VC termed Islam as a religion of peace and harmony and called upon all to follow the Islamic discipline in all spheres of life.
DU Pro-VC Professor Akhtaruzzaman and senior teachers of the university were present at the function, among others, a DU press release said.