President urges engineers to halt brain drain

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President urges engineers to halt brain drain

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image Graduates pose before lens on the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology campus during its 10th convocation in Dhaka on Thursday. — New Age photo

Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka

The president, Zillur Rahman, has attached importance to halting ‘brain drain’ from the country so that fruits of science and information technology would reach the country’s hardworking and resilient common people.

‘Our students go to Europe and America for higher studies,’ he said adding but it is a matter of regret many of them didn’t return after completing higher education abroad which may make the country void of merit.’

The president told tenth convocation of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology on Thursday.

The president urged the new graduates for creating proper working environment in the country and try to make it sustainable. ‘It’s you who have to explore alternative source of energy, invent environment- friendly technology and build technology-based society,’ the president added.

‘Country’s common and simple people are looking at you, your cooperation can change their standard of living,’ he said while presiding over the convocation of the country’s leading engineering institute.

The president said new engineers would have to take lead in implementing the government declared digital Bangladesh. ‘The information technology would have to reach up to remote places,’ he added.

Zillur Rahman also urged the engineers, who are working abroad, to provide services to people of their motherland side-by-side working in foreign land.

During the convocation nearly 3,500 students of six academic years from 2002-03 to 2007-08 were conferred graduate, postgraduate and PhD degrees from various disciplines of engineering.

Farhana Ashraf of academic year of 2003-04, Asif Islam Khan of 2004-05, Sania Rahman of 2005-06, Suporno Barua of 2006-07 and Rashid Islam of 2007- 08 received University Gold Medals from the president for scoring highest marks in their respective years.

Besides, Abdullah Adnan for 2009, M Al Amin Khan Choiwdhury for 2008, AKM Bashirul for 2007 and Fahmida Ferdous for 2006 received Rashid Gold Medals.

Former chief adviser to the caretaker government Justice Habibur Rahman gave the convocation speech while education minister Nurul Islam Nahid spoke as the special guest. BUET vice-chancellor professor SM Nazrul Islam and Pro-vice-chancellor professor Mohammad Habibur Rahman also spoke on the occasion.

Congratulating the new graduates, the president expressed his hope that they would put in their all-out efforts using talent and creativity to implement the government-declared Vision 2021 to build an information technology-based prosperous Bangladesh.

Saying the state and the society would ensure employments for the new graduates as per their capacity, the president suggested some of the graduates could create self-employment motivated by many stories of successful Bangladeshi entrepreneurs.

The president agreed with BUET vice-chancellor’s demand of expanding research activities and digital programme as well as building a female hostel at the university. ‘The demands are very logical,’ he added.

The president urged the ministries concerned and organisations to solve the problems giving top priority.

He said engineering education of BUET was well known in international arena. ‘This esteemed institution has already produced over 25,000 engineers, architectures and planners in the country,’ he added.

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This sort of words are very easy to be said...... but the reality is different... after graduating it becomes really hard for the new graduates to get a good jobs.. whatever job they get it only worth in most cases 8000-12000 tk per month this is very negligible amount.... I personally do not think that going abroad for higher studies is a loss of a country... for couple of reason... 1st they are getting higher degrees from prestigious university abroad... after completing they are getting better job with handsome salary from which they remit a certain part to their family specially I am talking about Bangladeshis... they are getting experiences which they could not get in bangladesh.. they usually fascilitate other members of his family to migrate to that country specially in the case of USA, CANADA and Aus... The experience that they are getting they may utilize in their home country some times in the future...but if they return just right after tgeir degree or 2 or 3 years after their degree is there any guarantee that they will get any better opportunity in bd???? even bhartis from IIT goes to usa, canada, aus just like birds after their graduation... does it really mean that india is not benefitting from the engineers those who are going abroad??/

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This sort of words are very easy to be said...... but the reality is different... after graduating it becomes really hard for the new graduates to get a good jobs.. whatever job they get it only worth in most cases 8000-12000 tk per month this is very negligible amount.... I personally do not think that going abroad for higher studies is a loss of a country... for couple of reason... 1st they are getting higher degrees from prestigious university abroad... after completing they are getting better job with handsome salary from which they remit a certain part to their family specially I am talking about Bangladeshis... they are getting experiences which they could not get in bangladesh.. they usually fascilitate other members of his family to migrate to that country specially in the case of USA, CANADA and Aus... The experience that they are getting they may utilize in their home country some times in the future...but if they return just right after tgeir degree or 2 or 3 years after their degree is there any guarantee that they will get any better opportunity in bd???? even bhartis from IIT goes to usa, canada, aus just like birds after their graduation... does it really mean that india is not benefitting from the engineers those who are going abroad??/

Exactly what i was about to say...it can be beneficial in a variety of ways...

But then again, govt. should always strive to provide the best possible working environment as the proportions of students that go abroad is less compared to others...as you also need to have the financial ability to do so...

Hence the students who cannot afford to fly abroad ca certainly work for the country but given, as i said, a better prospectus and incentive...


Cheers!!!

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whatever job they get it only worth in most cases 8000-12000 tk per month this is very negligible amount.... I personally do not think that going abroad for higher studies is a loss of a country... for couple of reason... 1st they are getting higher degrees from prestigious university abroad... after completing they are getting better job with handsome salary from which they remit a certain part to their family specially I am talking about Bangladeshis... they are getting experiences which they could not get in bangladesh./

Where a diploma graduate doesn't want to join any job less than 15000 BDT. As for the telecom BOOM, the civil engineers expectation is not less than 20000 BDT from joining even being fresher. I believe 20000 BDT is not too little for a fresher.

Higher degree is really good for adding reputation and value to ones life. But going abroad from a middle-class family rarely helps the country. If you have read the economics, u will see the people from the lower class transfers the most of which they earns. The reason is most cases their pay includes food and accommodation. But, a middle class people are higher paid, but they have to live an expensive life to copeup being a middle class on abroad too. As their families are solvent, they are reluctant to take any money from abroad. So, country actually gets help from lower class people who lives abroad but not from the engineers.

And, another thing to add according to TIB: The rate of brain drain is a major factor of a failed state. So, Good Brains are definitely needed for the country.

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Where a diploma graduate doesn't want to join any job less than 15000 BDT. As for the telecom BOOM, the civil engineers expectation is not less than 20000 BDT from joining even being fresher. I believe 20000 BDT is not too little for a fresher.

Higher degree is really good for adding reputation and value to ones life. But going abroad from a middle-class family rarely helps the country. If you have read the economics, u will see the people from the lower class transfers the most of which they earns. The reason is most cases their pay includes food and accommodation. But, a middle class people are higher paid, but they have to live an expensive life to copeup being a middle class on abroad too. As their families are solvent, they are reluctant to take any money from abroad. So, country actually gets help from lower class people who lives abroad but not from the engineers.

And, another thing to add according to TIB: The rate of brain drain is a major factor of a failed state. So, Good Brains are definitely needed for the country.

I can not agree with your claim... it is true that poor people remit money to cover living expenses of the families back home... but those who are doing better job... they are also sending money for different reasons... 1 of my uncle is in USA who has sent in the last 12 to 13 years couple of hundred thousand dollars to my other uncle and aunts to set up business or upgrade those or to buy new stuff etc..... same thing is true also to other relatives and other NRBs.... even despite of being a student I have sent brand watches, laptop... money to my mom and dad during anniversary etc... same thing also done by other bangladeshis and even bangladeshi students but differ in the purpose of the money... If I would remain in BD what would I accomplished!!! Now at least I have income of 2000-25000 CAD per month hopefully more when I will graduate... just look at the Japan, south korea, china etc... how they have sent their children abroad... now they are seeing the result... bangladesh needs to send more engineer abroad specially to study more high tech subjects which is not available in bd right now... to develop bd in the longer run....