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Facilitating research for students

August 15, 2022 00:00:00


Research plays a decisive role in the development of any nation. However in Bangladesh, research has been largely ignored by the country's policymakers. Our research students hardly get the financial assistance they require. Many countries in the world are competing with each other for gaining technological edge. However, Bangladesh is falling behind even in the most basic fields. One of the causes behind this is limited opportunities for doctoral programmes open to students. Those who have taken full-time jobs along with their higher studies cannot manage both at the same time. They just cannot give full attention to their research projects.

In 2021, Bangladesh ranked the 116th among the 132 countries featured in the Global Innovation Index. This explains our inability to explore new technologies. To help research students, local industries/farms or multi-national companies can make a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the universities to hire interns for research and also provide financial reimbursement for research projects. These organisations can use the intellect of young people to innovate and expand operations in emerging fields. Also, the universities can work with other institutions to support students in pursuing a master's or a doctorate degree.

Shahriar Bin Kabir,

Student of BBA,

Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka,

[email protected]


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