Two new trust funds titled “Professor Dr Anwarul Azim Chowdhury Trust Fund” and “Sulaiman Shah BSc- Professor Dr Hironmoy Sen Gupta Trust Fund” have been established at the University of Dhaka (DU). Chairperson of DU Microbiology Department Professor Dr Anowara Begum handed over a cheque for Tk 1 million and former Chief Scientific Officer of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission Alhaj Shah Mohammad Nurul Huda handed over a cheque for Tk 5 lac separately to the Vice-Chancellor of DU Professor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman on Sunday at the latter’s office of the university to set up “Professor Dr Anwarul Azim Chowdhury” and “Sulaiman Shah BSc- Professor Dr Hironmoy Sen Gupta Trust Fund” respectively.
DU Treasurer Professor Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed, Dean of the Faculty of Science Professor Dr Md Abdus Samad, Chairman of the Department of Physics Professor Dr ABM Obaidul Islam, Registrar Probir Kumar Sarker and some other teachers of DU Microbiology Department were present on this occasion.
Out of the income of Professor Dr Anwarul Azim Chowdhury Trust Fund, every year four financially challenged students of DU Microbiology Department will be given scholarship.
Besides, out of the income of “Sulaiman Shah BSc- Professor Dr Hironmoy Sen Gupta Trust Fund, one meritorious student who will secure the highest CGPA in BSc (Hons.) examination from the Department of Physics of DU will be given scholarship. Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman thanked the donors for setting up “Professor Dr Anwarul Azim Chowdhury Trust Fund” in memory of founder Chairman of DU Microbiology Department. DU VC also thanked the donor for setting up “Sulaiman Shah BSc- Professor Dr Hironmoy Sen Gupta Trust Fund” to perpetuate the memories of his father and teacher.
It may be mentioned that Professor Dr Anwarul Azim Chowdhury was the founder Chairman of DU Microbiology Department. Besides, Professor Dr Hironmoy Sen Gupta was a professor of DU Physics Department. Late Sulaiman Shah BSc is the father of Alhaj Shah Mohammad Nurul Huda.
