Chairman of University Grants Commission Prof Abdul Mannan has said that the public universities will get Tk 40 million every year for research quality improvement.
He said the government allocated Tk 80 billion for quality improvement of infrastructure, technical, education and research of the country's public universities during last nine years.
Prof Mannan said this while he was inaugurating a three-day 'International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ICEEE)' at central auditorium of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) on Wednesday evening as the chief guest.
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of RUET organised the conference in order to take the technological growth one step forward.
The ICEEE aims at focusing the rapid strides and technological advancements in EEE in recent years. It aspires to open a forum for technical excellence and exchange of technology between technocrats, research scholars, and representatives from the academia and industry.
RUET Vice-chancellor Prof Rafiqul Alam Beg, Prof Saifur Rahman from USA's Virginia Technology, Prof Faz Rahman from Australian New South Wales University and Prof Shila Shahnaj from BUET spoke as special guests.
Large number of academics and researchers from home and abroad joined the conference.