
The textile engineering department of Southeast University hosted the 5th Textile Research Conference at the multipurpose hall of the university on Saturday.
The conference, initiated with the welcome remarks by professor Mashud Ahmed, chairman of the textile department of SEU, was an event from the research platform ‘Centre for Research and Innovation in Science and Technology’.
The 5th session of TRC, organised in collaboration with the SEU and in association with Auto-Tex Group and Nearchimiea SpA, included a plenary session and two technical sessions that hosted three keynotes by Michael Klode from Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, professor Arun Kanti Guha of SEU and professor Rajkishore Nayak from RMIT University – Vietnam and five technical presentations from the Universities BUFT, NUB, WU and MMU (UK).
Plenary session was graced by the special guests Abdus Sobhan, CIP and managing director of Auke-Tex Group and professor Ayub Nabi Khan, pro-vice-chancellor of BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology and was chaired and co-chaired by professor Yusuf Mahbubul Islam, vice-chancellor and pro-VC professor M Mofazzal Hossain respectively.
The first technical session was presided by professor ANM Ahmed Ullah from Southeast University and the second technical session by Sadat Sayem, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK).
Md Fazley Elahi, head of research and development of DBL Group and ASM Hafizur Rahman Nixon, executive director of RH corporation shared their industry insights in line with the presentations in the technical session.
Sadat Sayem launched the research event in Bangladesh in collaboration with other academics in 2014.