Abdullah Al-Mahmud Trust Fund established at DU

Campus Report :
A new trust fund titled “Abdullah Al-Mahmud Trust Fund” has been established at the Faculty of Engineering and Technology of Dhaka University (DU).
Out of the income of this donation every year some financially-challenged students of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology of DU will be given scholarship, said a press release today.
To set up this trust fund, Chairman of Crystal Insurance Company Limited Abdullah Al-Mahmud handed over a cheque for Tk. 15 lakh to DU Treasurer Prof Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed today at a ceremony at the VC’s office, with DU Vice-Chancellor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman in the chair.
Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology Prof. Dr. Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu, some faculty members and donor’s family members, among others, were present on this occasion.
Thanking the donor, Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman said the Trust Fund would play an important role in bringing the financially-challenged students under the social safety network.
He stressed the need for strengthening cooperation between academia and industry to achieve Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
The VC also called upon the country’s industrialists to come forward with their helping hands to promote financially-challenged students as well as make an inclusive society.