Rajshahi: Speakers at a seminar unanimously mentioned that close collaborations between the academics and industry can be the best ways of boosting the country's economic growth. In all the present perspectives, the collaboration can play vital roles towards removing the gap between the theoretical and practical knowledge of the graduates.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, academics and professionals came up with the observations while addressing a seminar titled "Academic-Industry Collaboration of Innovation: Real-World Challenges and Advances in Turbo Machinery" at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET). The Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) at RUET organized the seminar at its conference hall supported by RUET Society of Automotive Engineering.
RUET Vice-chancellor (VC) Prof SM Abdur Razzaque addressed the seminar as the chief guest, while IQAC Director Prof Imdadul Haque was in the chair. Dean of Mechanical Engineering Faculty Prof Nurul Islam, Dean of Electronics and Computer Science Faculty Prof Bashir Ahmed, Students Welfare Director Prof Rabiul Islam, IQAC Additional Director Prof Mahmud Sazzad, and Managing Director of Roto Tech Bangladesh Limited Abdul Aziz also spoke on the occasion.
VC Prof Abdur Razzaque emphasized the importance of building reciprocal relationships and working jointly by industry experts and academia, highlighting its significance in generating competent workforces. He announced that RUET plans to host more large-scale industry-academia collaboration meetings to enhance the country's development through stronger relations between the industry experts and academia.
Prof Razzaque further stressed that industry experts and academia should collaborate to develop skilled human resources to face the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution. He asserted that close collaboration between industry and academia is crucial for achieving the nation's development goals.
He concluded by stating that efforts are ongoing to strengthen these collaborations, aiming to boost employment generation and industrial production by making the best use of skilled human resources.