Topic: Foreign Policy & Economic Diplomacy

Speaker: Mr. Reaz Rahman, Hon’ble State Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Date: March 1, 2004

Topic: The Aftermath of War in Iraq

Speaker: Mr. Ikram Sehgal, Managing Director, PATHFINDER GROUP Date: Sunday, September 7, 2003

Topic: Private Universities in Bangladesh - Current Issues and Future Directions

Speaker: Dr. Khashruzzaman Choudhury, Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy, Southern University, Louisiana, USA. Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2003

Topic: Picturing South Asian Culture in English: Textual and Visual Representations & How to Initiate and Conduct Cross-Faculty Collaborative Research?

Speaker: Dr. Tasleem Shakur, Director, International Center for Development and Environmental Studies (ICDES), Edge Hill, University of Lancaster, UK. Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2003

Topic: Managing IT Project and Process of Software Development.

Speakers: Dr. Syed Mushtaque Ahmed, Analysis Power Engineer, National Grid Transco, UK on “IT Project Management: Hands-on Experience”; and Mr. Monsur-ul-Hakim, Head, Quality Assurance and Lead, Millennium Information Solution Ltd., Bangladesh on “Fulfilling Clients’ Software Needs: Millennium Perspective”. Date: Sunday, July 27, 2003

Topic: Credit Analysis and Related Issues.

Speakers: Mr. Mujtaba Mojumder, Manager Branches, Standard Chartered Bank and Mr. Sohrab Sayeed, Senior Relationship Manager, Standard Chartered Bank. Date: Monday, April 7, 2003

Topic: The October 2001 Parliamentary Election of Bangladesh: An Empirical Analysis of Results.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Waresul Karim, visiting faculty from Victoria University of Wellington. Date: Sunday, February 9, 2003

Topic: Marketing strategies for Public Health: Observations from Australia.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Abdul Monaem, Principal Research Associate, University of Western Sydney, Australia. Date: Monday, December 23, 2002

Topic: Technology Transfer & Induced Innovation.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Shafi A. Khaled, Visiting Scholar at NSU from USA. Date: Tuesday July 30, 2002

Topic: Risk Averse Sectoral Investment Choice: Prospects of Various Foreign and Domestic Strategies for Bangladesh.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Shafi A. Khaled, Visiting Scholar at NSU from USA. Date: Tuesday July 09, 2002

Topic: Financial Statements: Standard and Practices in Bangladesh.

Speakers: C.R. MAzumder, FCA ,Mazumder & Co, Mr. Ali Newaz, Ececutive Director, Finance, Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and Mr. Sarwar Azam Khan, Director, Finance, Glaxo SmithKline Wellcome Bangladesh Ltd. Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2002

Topic: Finance Issues.

Speakers: Mohd. Ali Khokon, MD, Metro Spinning Limited on “IPO – An Issuer’s Perspective”, Md. Rezaur Rahman, CEO, Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited on “Stock Exchange”, and, Yawer Sayed, MD and CEO, AIMS of BANGLADESH Limited on “Role of Investment Companies”. Date: Thursday, April 04, 2002