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Training on ‘new tech for scientists’ at BARI

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National Desk :

The ‘Training and Communication Wing’ of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) arranged a closing ceremony of a training course on ‘New Technologies invented for Scientists’ at the BARI Seminar Room on Tuesday. Among 30 BARI’s scientists took part in the training.
The training Program was funded by “Program on Agricultural and Rural Transformation for Nutrition, Entrepreneurship and Resilience in Bangladesh (Partner) (BARI Part)” project.
Chief Scientific Officer (Training and Communication) Dr. Ashraf Uddin Ahmed presided over the session while Director General of BARI Dr. Debasish Sarker was present as chief guest. At this time, Agency Program Director (Partner Project) Dr. Jagadish Chandra Barman was present as special guests. The training was conducted by Senior Scientific Officer (Training and Communication) Dr. Md. Emran Khan Chowdhury.

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