The Bangladesh Bank governor, Atiur Rahman, and noted engineer Jamilur Reza Chowdhury were awarded Sheltech Padak 2010 on Tuesday.
They were given the award for their contribution to their respective fields at an award ceremony at the Ruposhi Bangla Hotel.
Sheltech chairman Kutubuddin Ahmed and managing director Toufiq M Seraj handed the award comprising a crest and a cheque worth Tk 2 lakh to each of them.
BB governor Atiur Rahman who was a Dhaka University development studies teacher also worked as a director of Sonali Bank and chairman of Janata Bank board of directors earlier.
Atiur, also a researcher and author of around 50 books, was the president of research organisation 'Samunnay' and Credit Development Forum.
Receiving the award, Atiur declared to give Tk 1 lakh to one Sitesh Babu of Shrimangal, who cares ailing forest birds and animals, for development of his zoo and the remaining Tk 1 lakh to develop the nursing faculty of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Medical University.
Engineer Jamilur Reza Chowdhury, who was a teacher at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, was the vice-chancellor of BRAC University. He was the fuel and mineral resources adviser of the caretaker government in 1996.
Jamilur, who worked in the field of engineering for around 48 years nationally and internationally, said Bangladesh could not make expected progress in the field of engineering mainly for dependency on foreign engineers.
Source : New Age
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