Southeast University organized a practice session on Fire Fighting was held on March 9 and 10, 2020 respectively in the permanent campus, Tejgaon and the roof top of main building, Banani, Dhaka. Mr. Md. Shamim Khan, Operation Manager, M/S Shah Poran Enterprise, trained the officers and staff of Southeast University.

All the officers, assistant officers, lab assistants, lab attendants, technicians, drivers, OSS, cleaners and security guards were present on the occasion.

Pharmacy Department of Southeast University (SEU) organized Freshers’ Reception & Spring Celebration program for the newly admitted students of Spring Semester 2020 on 5 March in the Pharmacy Department, Banani, Dhaka. Prof. Dr. AFM Mafizul Islam, Vice Chancellor of SEU chaired the program while Mr. Monjurul Alam, Director, Beacon Pharmaceuticals Limited attended the program as Chief Guest. Mr. Muhammad Hanif, EVP (Marketing), Beacon Pharmaceuticals Limited was the Special Guest.

Dr. Md. Siddiqul Islam, Chairman of the Pharmacy Department welcomed the fresher’s. He inspired them to acquire knowledge and do good works for the development of world in the field of Pharmacy.

Among others, Mr. Mofazzal Hossain, Controller of Examinations, Mr. Mohammad Imtiaj, Director of BCPR, Mr. Md. Jamal Uddin, Director of CPDS, faculty members of Pharmacy Department, and newly enrolled students and their guardians were present at the program. Later a cultural event was organized where students of Pharmacy department Performed.

A team of 4 students from Southeast University (SEU) participated at the 13th South-Asian Universities Youth Festival (13th SAUFEST) held from 24 to 28 February 2020 at Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India. Association of Indian Universities (AIU) organized the Festival.

The concept of organizing SAUFEST is to make active collaboration and mutual assistance among the South-Asian countries in Educational, Social, Cultural and Economic field. The key objective of the fest is ‘Connect, Compete, and Celebrate’ and is to strengthen the unity and harmony among the participating countries.

The activities held during the fest include- Poster Making, Light Vocal, Mime, Folk Orchestra, Folk Dance, Elocution, Debate, Clay Modeling, Classical Dance, and seminars. During the fest, SEU student Mr. Md. Shakawat Hossain and Mr. Bidhan Chandra Dey performed Folk Dance & Clay Modeling, and Mr. Yeasin Arafat Omi sung a Song. Mr. Md. Mejbaur Rahamn Miju participated in Debate and Elocution competition. About 700 student delegates participated in the festival from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Mauritius, Nepal, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. Southeast University Team received certificate, Gold Medal and memento for being part of 13th SAUFEST.

Southeast Business Innovation Forum (SBIF) organized a program titled “Interaction & Reception 2020” to welcome the newly recruited members on 19 February 2020 at SEU Seminar Hall, Main Building, Banani, Dhaka. The new members were recruited through an interview session. A get together of all existing forum members and farewell program for former executive committee (2019-2020) was held on that day. Dr. Farhana Ferdousi, Moderator of SBIF delivered the welcome speech.

Then, the new executive committee members displayed a video documentary of SBIF to review previous year activities and also discussed about their upcoming tentative program plans. Prof Dr. ANM Meshquat Uddin, Adviser of BoT, Prof. Dr. Md. Serajul Islam, Advisor of SBS, Mr. Md. Jamal Uddin, Director of CPDS, Mr. Tawfeeq Hasan, Coordinator of BBA program and Ms. Faieza Chowdhury, Assistant Moderator of SBIF were present in the program. They rendered their valuable speech to congratulate and motivate the members to bring more exposure of the forum. Lastly, the former executive committee members were appreciated with a token of honor presented by SBIF.

A workshop on “Research Methodology” was organized by the Seminar Series Committee of English Department, in collaboration with IRT, on 27 February, 2020. As part of the planned seminar series throughout various semesters in 2020, the first one was conducted by Dr. Kazi Tanvir Mahmud, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Member, IRT. Dr. Farhana Ferdousi, Director of IRT and Ms. Aliya Shahnoor Ameen, Chairperson of English Department, were present in the workshop. More than 20 faculty members from English Department actively participated in the 3-hour long workshop where different types of research methodologies were discussed. It was a rewarding experience for the researchers of English Department.

Southeast Textile Club organized a “Meet and Greet” program with fresher’s of spring semester 2020 on 24 February 2020 at SEU Permanent Campus, Tejgoan, Dhaka. The purpose of the program was to introduce existing students and Southeast Textile Club to the fresher’s. Prof. Syed Fakhrul Hassan, Chairman, Department of Textile Engineering chaired the inaugural session Dr. ANM Ahmed Ullah, Associate Professor, Dr. Arun Kanti Guha, Associate Professor and Dr. Syed Atiqur Rahman, Coordinator & Associate Professor gave their valuable speech in the program. Mr. S. M. Masum Alam, Moderator of Southeast Textile Club delivered the vote of thanks.

Mr. An Nur Rasel, General Secretary of Alumni Association, Mr. Kamanshis Dhar from 2nd Batch, Mr. Rubaiet Raihan, ex-president of Debate Club & ex-student of 27th Batch of Department of Textile Engineering and Mr. Saidul Momenin, ex-president of Textile Club & ex-student of 31stBatch of Department of Textile Engineering shared their experiences with the students. There was a cultural part in the program to give some enjoyable moment to the fresher’s. Mr. Mahfuzur Rahman Himel, President, Southeast Textile Club introduced club activities to the newly admitted students. Ms. Israt Zerin, Assistant Moderator of Southeast Textile Club along with other faculties, different club members and students from different batches of Department of Textile Engineering were present in the program.

Department of Economics conducted an internal orientation and technical session for the newly admitted students of 38th batch of semester Spring 2020 on February 25, 2020. Students were informed about the library, IT, accounts and other facilities that are available for them at Southeast University. Prof. Dr. M. A Hakim, Director, IQAC and Professor of Dept. of Economics, Ms. Madiha Khan, Chairperson of Dept. of Economics and all the faculty members of the department were present in the session. The orientation program was highly interactive with enthusiastic participation of the students.

Department of Career & Professional Development Services (CPDS) of Southeast University (SEU) in association with Southeast Pharmacy Club organized a Seminar on 'Power of Extra and Co-curricular Activities and Personal Development' on 20 February 2020 at SEU Seminar Hall, Main Building, Banani, Dhaka. Dr. Md. Siddiqul Islam, Chairman, Department of Pharmacy, SEU inaugurated the seminar.

Mr. Mohammad Yousuf Efti, Executive Director, BOLD, Sales Leadership Trainer and Founder, Future Icon and Mr. Md. Jamal Uddin, Director of CPDS were the Resource Persons of the seminar. Ms. Israt Jahan Bulbul, Moderator of Pharmacy Club delivered the welcome speech. Among others, faculty members and students of Pharmacy department were present in the seminar.