Industries should build up local knowledge base: CS Karim
Monday, 17 March 2008
CHITTAGONG, March 16 (bdnews24.com): Adviser CS Karim urged the nation's industries Saturday to build up and make use of a local knowledge base.
He said that industrial entrepreneurs were hiring less meritorious experts from abroad to solve the problems faced by their industries despite the existence of qualified experts in the country.
Speaking as the chief guest at the 30th Bangladesh Chemical Society Conference at Chittagong University, Karim said that local experts should use their expertise and experience to create a knowledge-based society and for the overall development of the country.
He emphasised different training programmes to enhance the quality of research done in the country to quickly solve fundamental problems faced by industries after identifying them.
Chittagong University Vice Chancellor M Badiul Alam urged different government and non-government organisations to come forward to improve the quality of research and other facilities in universities.
Bangladesh Chemical Society President M Mohibur Rahman presided over the conference at the CU social science faculty auditorium.
Agriculture Secretary Md Abdul Aziz and Home Secretary Md Abdul Karim were special guests.
Dhaka University applied chemistry and technology department professor AI Mostafa presented the key-note paper.
Research reports and papers were presented in the two sessions of the day-long conference.
This year's conference was dedicated to the memory of former dean of Chittagong University's science faculty and internationally reputed scientist the late Prof MA Saleh.
He said that industrial entrepreneurs were hiring less meritorious experts from abroad to solve the problems faced by their industries despite the existence of qualified experts in the country.
Speaking as the chief guest at the 30th Bangladesh Chemical Society Conference at Chittagong University, Karim said that local experts should use their expertise and experience to create a knowledge-based society and for the overall development of the country.
He emphasised different training programmes to enhance the quality of research done in the country to quickly solve fundamental problems faced by industries after identifying them.
Chittagong University Vice Chancellor M Badiul Alam urged different government and non-government organisations to come forward to improve the quality of research and other facilities in universities.
Bangladesh Chemical Society President M Mohibur Rahman presided over the conference at the CU social science faculty auditorium.
Agriculture Secretary Md Abdul Aziz and Home Secretary Md Abdul Karim were special guests.
Dhaka University applied chemistry and technology department professor AI Mostafa presented the key-note paper.
Research reports and papers were presented in the two sessions of the day-long conference.
This year's conference was dedicated to the memory of former dean of Chittagong University's science faculty and internationally reputed scientist the late Prof MA Saleh.