A two-day long 2nd International Conference on “Business and Economics” has begun October 30, 2017 at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban Auditorium of Dhaka University (DU). Vice-Chancellor of DU Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman inaugurated the conference as the chief guest. The Faculty of Business Studies of DU has organized this conference with a theme of “Interdisciplinary Solutions for Business Challenges in a New Global Order”.
Dean of the Faculty of Business Studies of DU Prof. Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam presided over the inaugural function while President of Quinnipiac University, USA Prof. John L. Lahey and Vice-Chancellor of Central Queensland University, Australia, Prof. Scott Bowman addressed it as the special guests. Prof. Partha S. Ghosh of Tufts University, USA delivered key-note speech while Co-Chair of Conference Organizing Committee Prof. M. Sadiqul Islam gave vote of thanks.
DU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman urged the professionals, academicians and researchers to work together for facing various global challenges. Terming the Bangladesh is now facing different social challenges including Rohingya crisis, social inequality and poverty reduction the VC said, we have to solve those burning problems through interdisciplinary research. He stressed the need for undertaking joint collaborative academic and research programs by the University of Dhaka and other renowned universities in the world. He hoped that this conference would create a common platform in this regard.
It may be mentioned that academicians and researchers from Bangladesh, USA, Canada, UK, China, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Vietnam are participating in the conference. Total sixteen parallel sessions will take place in two-day international conference while more than eighty research papers will be presented.
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(Md. Rafiqul Islam)
Deputy Director
Public Relations Office
University of Dhaka
A two-day long 2nd International Conference on “Business and Economics” has begun October 30, 2017 at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban Auditorium of Dhaka University (DU). Vice-Chancellor of DU Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman inaugurated the conference as the chief guest. The Faculty of Business Studies of DU has organized this conference with a theme of “Interdisciplinary Solutions for Business Challenges in a New Global Order”. (Picture: DU PR Office)