Intellectuals' directory and much more

Scholar Search
Currently listing more than 10,000 scholars, the website stores information on the scholars of Bangladesh by their profession, village and name. Anyone can search for their required person through these three criterions.

Scholarsbangladesh.com wishes to form a 15-members advisory council to administer the regular activities of the website. National experts living in different parts of the world are to be selected in the fifteen member council that is planned to include two members living in Bangladesh, two from Asia-Pacific, two from Europe, one from Africa, five from North America, two from Australia and one from the Middle East.

Scholars in the news
There is a monthly section for scholars who have been written about or who's ideologies or any other contribution has been acknowledged by the newspapers.

Scholars of the year
The website invites those scholars who have contributed to the nation by means of education, research, science, technology, culture and political influences. The five best scholars will be recognised in the 'Scholars of the year' section for their role in national development.

Scholars Birthday
Birth dates of the nationals who have contributed to the development of the nation are posted on the website, which allow fans to make their greetings and wishes to their desired persons.

Journal
There is a journal section, where professional scholars make their contributions and therefore information and knowledge seekers can find worthy information in this place written by various professionals.

Next Generation scholars
The website also holds information on the nationals who were born abroad or lived outside the country such as the non-residential Bangladeshis and made various inventions or innovations.

Jobs
Those who wishes to come back and serve their country but seek jobs prior arriving can put their resumes on the website as well in the jobs section. Both, the employers and job seekers would be benefited out of such information.

Idea Centre
This is where non-residential Bangladeshis can participate for the development of Bangladesh by means of their contribution in aspects such as their own opinions, ideologies and knowledge sharing. This section will also mention the procedures of contributing and the persons' tour information if required to visit the country for that purpose. On the other hand even the nationals who contribute outside the country will be able to find their credit for their performance and achievements.

Ask Questions
As mentioned in the website, general people can make their enquiries regarding various issues to professionals and eminent personalities.

Vote and opinion
Those who are willing to share their views and ideas can do so in this section. This will also be counted as part of the development in the society and the nation as well. If the advices and opinions are valid or relevant, only then they would be published on the website.

Important Links
Scholarsbangladesh.com has arranged a section containing important links to those websites that are worthy.

Publisher
This section lists the publication houses including important books and journals.

Foundation
Scholarsbangladesh.com was established by Scholar's Foundation. Those who are admitted in the government colleges and medical universities or engineering would be provided scholarships through this foundation. Research and development for basic education will also be carried out by this foundation. Educational institutions established at home or abroad by the nationals would receive scholarships from this foundation too.

The site's founder and president ME Chowdhury Shameem who was working for IBM Corp. New York, Poughkeetsie, as a production specialist told The Daily Star that the site's concept is not entirely new. The United Nations was among the first to explore an innovative way to non-resident professionals back to their country through their programme called Transfer of Knowledge through Expatriate Nationals (Tokten). This programme was launched by the UNDP with the aim of reversing patterns of brain drain by encouraging expatriate nationals to volunteer their expertise in the service of their homelands for short period of time. It is currently instituted in more than 25 countries such as Turkey, India, China, Philippines, Poland, Palestine, Vietnam, Lebanon, Syria, where highly skilled expatriate provide successful technical expertise, policy advice and research to governments, public and private sector expertise, universities and research centres in various fields.

The website will be officially launched today.

Nafid Imran Ahmed