Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET)’s fifth convocation is set to be held on Sunday as all sorts of preparation has been taken to hold the function a grand success.
President and RUET Chancellor M Abdul Hamid is scheduled to preside over the convocation while Professor Saifur Rahman, director of Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA, will attend it as convocation speaker.
Education minister Dr Dipu Moni will attend as special guest while RUET Vice-chancellor (VC) Professor Rafiqul Islam Sheikh will deliver his welcome speech on the occasion, to be held on RUET’s premises at 2.30 pm, the RUET VC said.
He said a total of 2,586 undergraduates registered their names to attend the convocation to obtain their graduation degrees.
Of them, 597 are from two departments under Civil Engineering faculty, 1,066 from three departments under Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty and 853 from four departments under Mechanical Engineering faculty, he added.
Seventy other postgraduates including nine for PhD, 45 for MSc Engineering, 10 for Masters Engineering and 10 for M. Phil degrees have also registered their names to join it.
Professor Sheikh also said various sub-committees are working relentlessly to complete the convocation successfully and preparations to this end have already been completed.
