More involvement of women for development of SME suggested
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Speakers at a seminar in the city Monday suggested involvement of more women for development of small and medium enterprises in the country, reports BSS.
"Women entrepreneurs should give priority to bring woman in production for womens' empowerment and gender equality," they said.
"The present government is SME friendly and all concerned should utilize the opportunity timely," they said adding that identified constraints in this sector could be jointly solved by government and private sectors.
The seminar on "SME Sector in Bangladesh" was organized by Asian University of Bangladesh (IUB) at its Motijheel Campus.
Vice-Chancellor of the university Professor Dr Abulhasan M Sadeq attended the seminar as the chief guest while BSS Managing Editor Azizul Islam Bhuyian was the main speaker. Joint Secretary (LPR), Ministry of Water Resources Narayan Chandra Dey presented the keynote paper on the subject.
Dean of the School of Business, AUB Professor Md Ashraf Hossain presided over the seminar while Professor Shamsul Islam Latifi acted as the moderator.
The speakers underscored the need for removing all the barriers on the way of flourishing SME which was the pre-condition of nation's industrial advancement.
"With limited resources and technological know how we have no way to develop big and heavy industries industries in the country," they said adding that "for quick economic development SME should set up unto remote rural levels."
The speakers were unanimous that the industrial development of the country could not be possible with the prescriptions of the World Bank, IMF or other international financial and donor agencies. "We have to evolve our own polities and strategies in the light of prevailing socio-economic conditions of the country," they observed.
The vice chancellor said the AUB would be developed at per international standard of education that existed in the USA, UK or other developed countries. He called upon the students to avail the "supper highway of learning". "You have no scope to precede in snail's space at a time when the rest of the world is moving at a faster speed, he said.
The seminar was followed by a freshers' reception and cultural functions.
"Women entrepreneurs should give priority to bring woman in production for womens' empowerment and gender equality," they said.
"The present government is SME friendly and all concerned should utilize the opportunity timely," they said adding that identified constraints in this sector could be jointly solved by government and private sectors.
The seminar on "SME Sector in Bangladesh" was organized by Asian University of Bangladesh (IUB) at its Motijheel Campus.
Vice-Chancellor of the university Professor Dr Abulhasan M Sadeq attended the seminar as the chief guest while BSS Managing Editor Azizul Islam Bhuyian was the main speaker. Joint Secretary (LPR), Ministry of Water Resources Narayan Chandra Dey presented the keynote paper on the subject.
Dean of the School of Business, AUB Professor Md Ashraf Hossain presided over the seminar while Professor Shamsul Islam Latifi acted as the moderator.
The speakers underscored the need for removing all the barriers on the way of flourishing SME which was the pre-condition of nation's industrial advancement.
"With limited resources and technological know how we have no way to develop big and heavy industries industries in the country," they said adding that "for quick economic development SME should set up unto remote rural levels."
The speakers were unanimous that the industrial development of the country could not be possible with the prescriptions of the World Bank, IMF or other international financial and donor agencies. "We have to evolve our own polities and strategies in the light of prevailing socio-economic conditions of the country," they observed.
The vice chancellor said the AUB would be developed at per international standard of education that existed in the USA, UK or other developed countries. He called upon the students to avail the "supper highway of learning". "You have no scope to precede in snail's space at a time when the rest of the world is moving at a faster speed, he said.
The seminar was followed by a freshers' reception and cultural functions.