DUAA celebrates 73rd founding anniversary

The Dhaka University Alumni Association (DUAA) has celebrated its 73rd founding anniversary amid enthusiasm and festivity.

To mark the day, DUAA arranged different programmes including hoisting of university and alumni flag, cutting cake, releasing balloons and holding a discussion at university's Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban today.

DU Vice-Chancellor (VC) Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman inaugurated the programes as the chief guest with DUAA President A K Azad in the chair.

"The university has taken a number of initiatives related to basic and applied research, innovative and entrepreneurship aiming to produce skilled and qualified human resources, make the university 4th industrial revolution friendly as well as to achieve the goals of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)," said DU VC Akhtaruzzaman while addressing the discussion.

The VC hoped that the alumni association would play an effective role in implementing the initiatives and goals as well as build strong alumni networking and an effective industry-academia relationship.

Pro VC (Education) Prof ASM Maksud Kamal, General Secretary of Dhaka University Teachers Association (DUAA) Prof Md Nizamul Hoque Bhuiyan, and DUAA Secretary-General Ranjan Karmakar attended the programme, among others.