DU VC off to Japan

Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr A S M Maksud Kamal leaves Dhaka today (April 16) for Japan on an 11-day official visit at the invitation of the authorities of Kobe University, Kyushu University, and Ehime University.

During this visit, he will deliver a series of lectures on ‘International Disaster Risk Management’ at the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies of Kobe University, according to a press release.

Besides, Prof Kamal will pay a courtesy call on his counterpart, the president of Kobe University, and hold talks of mutual interests regarding joint research programmes, future collaboration and exchange of faculties, researchers and students between Dhaka University and Kobe University. He will also visit the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution and exchange views with its authorities for undertaking joint collaborative academic and research programmes.

The DU VC will also meet with the president of Kyushu University and exchange views, share knowledge and hold discussions with his counterpart regarding further strengthening ongoing joint collaborative academic, research, innovation, culture and other programmes between DU and Kyushu University. He will attend the Board Meeting of Kyushu University and hold bilateral & multilateral talks at different high-level meetings there.

Prof Kamal will also visit Ehime University (EU) and hold bilateral discussions with the president and high-level authorities of this university regarding the possibilities of undertaking joint collaborative academic and research programmes between DU and EU.

He is expected to return home on April 26, 2024. During the VC’s absence, Dhaka University Pro-Vice Chancellor (administration) Prof Dr Muhammad Samad will discharge the routine duties of the VC, in addition to his own.