MA Kashem elected NSU trustee board chairperson

Noted educationist and industrialist MA Kashem has been elected North South University's trustee board chairperson.

He is one of the founder members of NSU, said a press release.

He has served as its chairperson thrice, and was also chairperson of NSU Foundation's endowment committee several times.

Kashem served as a syndicate member of Jahangirnagar University and Bangladesh Open University; chairperson of Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh; president of Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industries and founder chairperson and director of Southeast Bank.

He also founded M Kashem Trust, which aims to foster education by providing scholarships and stipends to underprivileged students.