The 6th Convocation of Eastern University (EU) held at the permanent campus situated at Ashulia yesterday. Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh presided over the ceremony and conferred degrees to the graduating students on behalf of the Honorable President, People's Republic of Bangladesh and Chancellor of Eastern University.
JoAnne Wagner, Charge d' Affaires, United States Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh graced the occasion as the convocation speaker. After congratulating the graduate students, she urged them to give their maximum effort for wellbeing of the world.
2972 students from different faculties were conferred degrees in the ceremony. Among them, two students, Nowshin Rahman & Sraboni Sarkar received Chancellor's Gold Medal. They are from Faculty of Business Administration. Three students, Sadia Afrin from Atrs Faculty, Ananna Islam from Business Administration & Nushera Tazrin Darin from LLM received Chairman's Gold Medal. Four students, Debika Sinha Gargi from Arts Faculty, Nazmul Islam Jihad from Business Administration, Tarek from Engineering & Technology and Masuma Dil Afroz from Law Department received Vice-Chancellor's Gold Medal at the ceremony.
Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury advised the students to be a good citizen. He mentioned that all universities must maintain quality in imparting education. He urged the students to take leadership in different sectors of the nation to expedite the dream of the father of the nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Prof Dr Shahid Akhter Hossain, Vice-Chancellor of Eastern University, congratulated the graduating students and their parents. He urged the students to be equipped with modern technological knowledge and become dynamic, successful and a good human being.
Prof Dr Kazi Shahidullah, Chairman of the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh was the special guest at the programme. He highlighted on the importance of lifelong learning.
