People's Republic of Bangladesh

Soviet Alumni Association, Bangladesh

Establishment date: 1981

Total number of graduates in the country: 2,700
Number of the graduates who are members of the Association: around 1,000

Structure of governing bodies: president, vice-presidents (5), general secretary, secretary for organizational issues, financial secretary, secretaries (4), members of the executive committee (6)

Mailing address: 30, Elephant Road, Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh
Phone: (880-2) 911-73-53, 8614698, 0171616276
Fax: (880-2) 8822212
E-mail: farah@bol-online.com
Newsletter: annually updated directory of graduates


Association heads:

Prof. Dr. Bazlul Haque: president graduated from Plekhanov Academy of National Economy in 1982, Cand. Sc., professor of Dacca State University (phone 9118832, 9664430);

Eng. Taksem Khan: vice-president, graduated from Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) in 1981, businessman (phone 9333157, 9337312);

Dr. Eng. Golam Mostafa: vice-president, graduated from Moscow Institute of Vehicle and Highway Construction (MADI) in 1981, Cand. Sc., director of a construction company (phone 8321788, 8625073);

Eng. Habib Ahsan: vice-president, graduated from Kiev Institute of Construction Engineering in 1979, businessman (phone 7392934, 608081);

Dr. Sakhawat Hossain: vice-president, graduated from Kharkov State Medical Institute in 1991, Cand. Sc., doctor with a private clinic (phone 8311721, 9334852);

Abdus Sobkhan: vice-president, graduated from Peoples' Friendship University (UDN) in 1978, director of the economy department of the Ministry (phone 9112489, 9132945);

Dr. Anisur Rahman Mallik: general secretary, graduated from 2^nd Moscow Medical Institute in 1988, Cand. Sc. (Medicine), doctor with a private clinic (phone 8816798, 9117353);

Zawadur Rakhim Wadud: secretary for organizational issues, graduated from 1st Moscow Medical Institute in 1985, Cand. Sc. (Medicine), doctor with a private clinic;

Shikder Miraz: financial secretary, graduated from Kharkov State Academy in 1990, businessman (phone 8826884, 8614698);

Tanwir Khasan Khan: secretary, graduated from Volgograd State Technical University in 1996, businessman (phone 8112033);

Anisur Rakhman: secretary, graduated from Peoples' Friendship University (UDN) in 1992, businessman (phone 7519909, 9888080);

Shirazul Islam: secretary, graduated from Kharkov State Academy in 1994, subway architect (phone 9558257, 413455);

Jagadish Ash: secretary, graduated from Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) in 1995, businessman (phone 8822212);

Kaji Salekh Akhmed: member of the executive committee, graduated from Kiev Institute of Economics in 1970, Cand. Sc., professor of Dacca State University, former dean (phone 9114204);

Kaji Billur Rakhman: member of the executive committee, graduated from 3^rd Moscow Medical Institute in 1998, Cand. Sc., associate professor of the Institute of Dentistry (phone 8117342, 9340203);

Moshiur Rakhman: member of the executive committee, graduated from Moscow Institute of Power Engineering (MEI) in 1991, businessman (phone 8822212, 9111629);

Altaf Hossein: member of the executive committee, graduated from Moscow Institute of Power Engineering (MEI) in 1989, businessman (phone 329224);

Mushfikur Rakhman: member of the executive committee, graduated from Donetsk Polytechnic Institute in 1991, Cand. Sc., director of a company (phone 8611807, 9119099);

M. Ismail: member of the executive committee, graduated from Voronezh State University in 1976, Cand. Sc., director of an oil corporation (phone 8114951, 9004609).


Activities of the Association

The Association published a Guide containing data on about 400 Bangladesh graduates of the Soviet and Russian higher educational (HE) institutions. 2002 saw the 20th anniversary of the Association's founding and a colorful magazine was published to commemorate the event. It carried material on the national Association's activity and several alumni's reminiscences of their student days in the Soviet Union.