Staff Reporter:
President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the country’s engineering and technology universities play a very important role in preparing world class human resources.
“Engineering and technology universities of the country play a very important role in developing skilled, innovative and technology-oriented human resources, who are capable of meeting the chal-lenges of the modern world,” he said.
President said this when a delegation of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) paid a courtesy call on him at the Bangabhaban yesterday, President’s Press Secretary Md. Sarwar Alam told .
RUET vice-chancellor Professor S M Abdur Razzak led the delegation.
During the meeting, the delegation briefed the President on the university’s academic activities, research, infrastructural development and overall academic progress
“Engineering and technology universities have a very important role in the country’s technological and economic development,” the President said.
He also stressed enhancing the capacity of RUET to improve the quality of its education and re-search and elevate them to international standards.
Relevant secretaries of the President’s Office were present during the meeting.
