Daffodil International University (DIU) celebrated its 15th founding anniversary on Saturday (Jan 27) with great enthusiasm and in a colorful festive mood at the permanent campus of the university at Ashulia in the capital.
Prof Dr Refik Polat, Vice-Chancellor, Karabuk University in Turkey, Chair Professor KK Yoon, Chungnum National University of South Korea, Azman Bin Bidin, Managing Director of Perfect Triangle of Malaysia, Prof Dr Mark James Bartholomew, UK, Yiping Wang, Professor, SIAS International University, China, took part in the program, among other foreign guests.
Editor and publisher of The Daily Star Mahfuz Anam was the Foundation Day Speaker. Md. Sabur Khan, Chairman, Board of Trustees, DIU and Chairman, Daffodil Family, presided over the ceremony. Conducted by Syed Mizanur Rahman, Director of Student Affairs, the function was addressed by Prof Dr Yousuf M Islam, Vice-Chancellor, Prof Dr Yousuf Mahabubul Islam, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof Dr Syed Akter Hossain, Head, Department of CSE, Prof Dr Mostafa Kamal, Dean, permanent campus. Thousand of students including 600 foreign students took part in the program.
DIU's permanent campus in a green and serene environment holds academic building, administrative blocks, auditorium, residential halls, departmental faculties and an ICT center, football play ground, gymnasium, swimming pool, basket ball court, Shahid Minar and tennis court.