Out there with more options

Panel of guests at the inaugural ceremony of the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering at DIU. - Photo: Star

The curriculum consists of two fields, electronics and telecommunication. The total duration for each field is 142 credit hours. Courses till the third year are same for all students of the department. It is only during the fourth year that they can specialise in any field of choice.

The launching ceremony of the new department was inaugurated by Post and Telecommunication Minister Aminul Houqe.

The minister encouraged students to study electronics & telecommunication engineering and said they would be able to prove themselves, as it is yet an uncontested field in Bangladesh.

"We have to wipe out the digital divide," said Syed Marghub Murshed, chairman, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), present as special guest.

"Education and economy have become interrelated since an economy is based on the efficiency of the country which in turn requires educational qualification.", said Vice-chancellor of DIU Prof. Aminul Islam.

Md. Sabur Khan, chairman, board of governors DIU, Iqbal Mahmud, divisional engineer, Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB), Md. Shahrin Islam, member, board of governors DIU, and Prof. M. Shahjahan Mina, pro vice-chancellor DIU were also present at the inaugural ceremony.

DIU hopes that students graduating from their university would be able to provide their service in both local market and world market. The insertion of a new department has opened wider opportunities for students.

ICT can give impetus to the demand for our service but we need to develop skills in the international standard so that we are able to sell our service in the world market and make the name of our nation.