JU English deptt launches Prof Abu Rushd scholarship

8 August 2011, 18:00 PM

A Correspondent, Gazipur

Department of English of Jahangirnar University launched a scholarship titled Prof Abu Rushd Motin Uddin Memorial Trust Fund yesterday to assist poor students of the department. Azija Rushd, spouse of late Prof Abu Rushd Motin Uddin, a teacher of the department, handed over a cheque worth Tk 5 lakh for the fund to Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Sharif Enamul Kabir yesterday. Pro-vice chancellors Prof Dr Muniruzzaman and Prof Dr Md Forhad Hosen and the department's Chairman Mashrur Shahid Hossain were present on the occasion. The scholarship would be awarded to a male and a female student who scored the highest in their honours final year. Prof Motin retired from the department in 1982 and passed away on March 23, 2010.