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Professor Lutfor Rahman
Vice-Chancellor
PUNDRA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
BOGRA, BANGLADESH
Campus Office:
Gokul, Bogra
Phone: 051-89109
Mobile: 018-240006
lutfor@agni.com
Dhaka Office:
House # 37, Road #6
Dhanmondi R/A
Dhaka-1205
Phone: 9672386 (Off.)
8802-8126381 (Res.)


Dear Lutfor:

(1) Many, many thanks for your msgs (ATTACHMENT I and II) with an excellent bio.

I am very delighted to learn of your strong willingness to create GUS in East Asian countries.

Thank you also your excellent paper:

TVTE and Problem Based Learning: The Strategic Needs of Industries:
The Challenge to Training and Education Institution
http://makeashorterlink.com/?Q5F321C8D
The above is with some emendations of mine.

I greatly appreciate your kind publicity effort of our GUS project.

(2) Yes, we would be grateful if you can forge ahead on the creation of GUS in those countries.

Should you proceed from Bangladesh, you may contact the following persons;
Dr. Sikder M. Zakir
Telemedicine Consultant
President & CEO
Telemedicine Reference Center Ltd. (TRCL)
Corporate Address:
8/5 Pallabi, Mirpur
Dhaka-1221, Bangladesh.
Telephone:
Office: +880-2-8023803
        +880-2-862-0911
Home: +880-2-8829891
          +880-2-8316039
Cell: +880-173-008475
      347-239-9831--Cellphone while in the US
      or in Dhaka 018-226471
Fax: +880-2-986-1722
Fax: +880-2-861-9913
Fax: +880-2-831-6871
trcl@neksus.com <mailto:trcl@neksus.com>
trcl@siriusbroadband.com
anyquestion@trclcare.com
contact@trclcare.com <mailto:contact@trclcare.com>
smzakir@accesstel.net
http://www.trclcare.com

Professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury
Ph.D FIE FICE (UK) CEng (UK)
Vice Chancellor
BRAC UNIVERSITY
66, Mohakhali
Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
Tel: 880-2-988 1265
Fax: 880-2-881 0383
vc@bracuniversity.ac.bd
www.bracuniversity.ac.bd

Samudra E. Haque, S21X, B. Comp.Sci (USA)
Managing Director
PraDeshta Limited
Bangladesh Leading Data Communication Company
VSAT Satellite Operator,
Broadband Internet Service Provider
House 24/E, Road 13/C
Banani, Dhaka, Bangladesh-1213
Phone: 880-2-988-2751, 988-1126
H/P: (0)18-25-6842
Fax: 880-2-988-6152, +1 202 478-1998
haque@pradeshta.net
haque@nmc.pradeshta.net
pradeshtaspace@hotmail.com
http://www.pradeshta.net

(3) Pls visit the following write-up, in which I outlined how to proceed your project;

Concept Paper
on
the Creation of Global University System (GUS)
in Ghana and later in Countries of ECOWAS
http://makeashorterlink.com/?F20323F2D


(4) You may then start constructing a concept paper (about 4 page long) for funding inquiry;

(a) to make my fact-finding and assessment trip,
(b) to organize a planning workshop.

You can find their samples at our web site <http://makeashorterlink.com/?P63312E09>, particularly in the Section V-A-4 (GUS/Sierra Leone) and Section V-C-1 (GUS/Alati Mir/Siberia, Russia).

Pls send me your first draft so that we can work on it together.

Pls feel free to contact me for any questions.

Keep in touch.

Best, Tak

ATTACHMENT I


> From: <lutfor@agni.com>
> Date: Sun,  6 Aug 2006 10:44:52 +0600
> To: <utsumi@columbia.edu>
> Subject: Re: [gu-new] (07/11/06) GUS/USA/NYC Chapter and GUS in India, Africa
> and Canada
>
> 1Dear Dr. Takeshi Utsumi
>
> I understand that the GUS concept is expanding all over the world.
> Let us start our activities in Bangladesh and neighboring
> countries like Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Indonesia and
> so many countries who will be interested in GUS. This is my
> realization from my recent participation in Malaysia. Some people
> were interested to learn more about it. I think I could be a
> valuable resource person in disseminating the concept with the
> local/traditional ideas. You will agree that sharing of ideas is
> really a tough matter. It depends on the person who picks the
> ideas and his ability to pick up.
>
> I am interested in GUS concept. My present contract with the
> university is going to expire at the end of this year. So,I am a
> bit relaxed. It is my realization that GUS has a nice scope of
> entering into East Asian countries.
>
> I look forward for your advice
>
> Best regards
>
> Prof. Lutfor Rahman
> Founder Vice-Chancellor
> (Pundra University of Science and Technology)
>
> Mailing address:
> Apt. 5A, House # 93,
> Road # 9A, Dhanmondi,
> Dhaka-1209, Bangladesh
> Phone: 8802-8126381
> Email: lutfor@agni.com
>        lutfor.aait@gmail.com
>
>
>
>
> Short Resume of Prof. Lutfor Rahman
>
> Professor Lutfor Rahman is currently employed as Vice-Chancellor
> of Pundra University of Science and Technology, Bogra, Bangladesh.
> He was appointed in January 2003 on approval of HIS EXCELLENCY,
> the President of the Peoples' Republic of Bangladesh for a term of
> 4 years. Before joining Pundra University he served the University
> of Science and Technology at Chittagong as Pro-Vice-Chancellor for
> two years. He also served the Institute of Science and Technology
> at Dhaka as deputy director for 4 years. He started his career as
> lecturer in Physics on approval of the public service first
> commission of East Pakistan in 1970.
>
> Professor Rahman has academic, industrial as well as research
> experience with U.S. Geological Survey (U.S.Govt) and Sanyo
> Electronics co. (Japan) for ten years. He has organized research
> and training programs on ICT and Telemedicine under sponsorship of
> Commonwealth Science Council (CSC) based in London and ministry of
> Science and technology, govt. of Bangladesh. He is the Founder and
> executive director of the Association for Advancement of
> Information Technology (AAIT), a non-government organization
> registered with the Prime Minister's NGO affairs bureau govt. of
> the peoples' republic of Bangladesh. AAIT was established in 1996
> under auspices of the Commonwealth Science Council (CSC), London.
>
> Professor Rahman earned M.Sc in Physics in 1969 and M.Sc. in
> Electronics in 1972 both from the University of Rajshahi
> He attended a large number of training courses on various
> disciplines of science and technology at home and abroad.
> He has many publications and he attended 35 international events
> for paper presentation at universities abroad.

ATTACHMENT II


> From: <lutfor@agni.com>
> Date: Sun,  6 Aug 2006 09:42:39 +0600
> To: <utsumi@columbia.edu>
> Subject: Dissertation Paper by Prof. Lutfor Rhman
>
> Dear Dr. Takeshi Utsumi
>
> Recently I attended an international conference on the following
> name held in Sarawak, Malaysia. I was one of the speakers. In my
> paper an important portion is covered by you and your GUS as you
> advised in the prevous email. The copy of paper is here. Please
> have a look.
>
> Best regards
>
> Prof. Lutfor Rahman
> Founder Vice-Chancellor
> Pundra University of Science and Technology
> Bogra, Bangladesh
> Email: lutfor@agni.com    lutfor.aait@gmail.com

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