djuice-British Council award Music Scholarship to Bangladeshis
Thursday, 14 August 2008
djuice and British Council have jointly sent two young Bangladeshi music enthusiasts to the United Kingdom (UK) as a part of a youth development programme initiated by djuice, a youth brand mobile phone in the country.
The scholarships were awarded to candidates who went through a rigorous screening process before they were selected, said a press release.
The recipients are Nazia Ahmed, a student of Electronics and Communication Engineering of the CSE Department of BRAC University and Sheikh Muhammad Sarwar, a student of the Computer Science and Engineering Department of Dhaka University.
The scholarship recipients left Dhaka for the UK on July 29.
They will first enrol in the Music 4 People Summer School, Yorkshire, for a short course in music, and then take up the remaining classes at the Canford Summer School of Music in Surrey.
Under the program they will attend courses in musical composition, and group music as well as undertake some musical exercises. They are expected to return home on August 25, the release added.
The scholarships were awarded to candidates who went through a rigorous screening process before they were selected, said a press release.
The recipients are Nazia Ahmed, a student of Electronics and Communication Engineering of the CSE Department of BRAC University and Sheikh Muhammad Sarwar, a student of the Computer Science and Engineering Department of Dhaka University.
The scholarship recipients left Dhaka for the UK on July 29.
They will first enrol in the Music 4 People Summer School, Yorkshire, for a short course in music, and then take up the remaining classes at the Canford Summer School of Music in Surrey.
Under the program they will attend courses in musical composition, and group music as well as undertake some musical exercises. They are expected to return home on August 25, the release added.