The first Alumni Campus Day of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) was held at its permanent campus in Bashundhara residential area in the capital on Friday amid much enthusiasm.
Festivity was in the air as several hundred alumni reunited with their friends, chatting and taking photographs during the programme that began in the afternoon. It was the first time the ex-students of the 20-year-old private university gathered on their permanent campus.
Saifur Rahman, the chairman of IUB Founding Trust, delivered a welcome speech, while other guests and alumni also gave speeches on the occasion.
Saifur asked the students and the alumni to strengthen bonding among them, for sharing knowledge, practical experience and advices in the future. He also urged the alumni to contribute to the development of the university.
IUB Vice-Chancellor Prof M Omar Rahman said the university always wants to stay connected with its former and current students. It will arrange get-together programs every year to keep the relationship alive, he added.
“We already have facebook groups, organisations of alumni and current students. The trend will continue,” the IUB VC said.
Showkat Aziz Russell, managing director of Partex Group and also an IUB alumnus, said there was a scope for the alumni members, who are in good positions in their careers, to contribute to the development of current students, who are more focused on good grades, jobs and salary.
After the welcoming session, alumni members went to their respective departments to meet the teachers. A cultural program was also held later in the day.