The British Council celebrated the 65-years legacy of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission with an event at its auditorium on Fuller Road in Dhaka on Saturday.
The celebration featured an engaging line-up of activities, including panel discussions on the entrepreneurship, innovation, and job creation, said a press release on Sunday.
A theatre performance directed by Sudip Chakroborty, the first Commonwealth scholar from Bangladesh to study theatre, was also showcased at the event.
The panel discussion on entrepreneurship, innovation, and job creation focused on challenges and offered guidance to inspire the younger generation to take risks and pursue success as entrepreneurs.
Dhaka University finance department professor M Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, shared research findings on access to finance and women鈥檚 entrepreneurship in Bangladesh.
Moderated by senior programme officer, International Labour Organisation country office, Bangladesh, Tanjilut Tasnuba, TARANGO CEO Kohinoor Yeasmin, Dementia Care Foundation Bangladesh secretary general Rashed Suhrawardy, and Probin Seba founder and CEO Khondkar Siddique-e-Rabbani, have shared their journey of being an entrepreneur.
Stephen Forbes, country director, British Council in Bangladesh, said that the 65th anniversary celebration of the CSC was a landmark event. 鈥極ver the past six decades, more than 1,800 Commonwealth scholars have completed their studies in the UK and gone on to make significant contributions to Bangladesh and to the welfare of people around the world.鈥�
Toufiq Hasan, head of education, along with other officials, were present in the event.
