Dhaka school of Economics sets off

[GoldenAsif]

Dhaka School of Economic sets off


Thu, Feb 23rd, 2012 12:39 am BdST

Dhaka, Feb 22 (bdnews24.com) – Set up following the London School of Economics model, Dhaka School of Economics (DScE) has set off in the capital to act as a specialised institution for Economics.

Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid inaugurated its nine-month post-graduate diploma programme at the office of Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) on Wednesday evening.

The minister expressed his hope that it would contribute greatly to creating 'jewel economists' in Bangladesh.

DScE will run its activities from the BEA building.

The school achieved formal acknowledgement as an institution of Dhaka University in December last year. Seventeen students have already got admitted to the diploma course.

It will start offering eighteen-month course for Masters degree from this year.

DScE governing council chief Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad chaired the inaugural programme.

Governing council member and former chief justice Tofazzal Islam, former governor of Bangladesh Bank Mohammed Farashuddin, economists Abul Barakat, Toufique Ahmad Chowdhury, Saidur Rahman Laskar and Narayan Chandra Nath, former education secretary Syed Ataur Rahman and Mutual Trust Bank senior-vice president Shamim Hossai were present, among others.

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[tiger_bright]

just economics or also politics?

lse is economics and pol sci.

i miss dhaka.

[NoName]

Hayek, here we come.

[GoldenAsif]

Most of the subcontinent's Nobel prize winners have been Bengalis (India and BD) so this university should continue in a great intellectual tradition of producing great thinkers.

There is speculation btw that Fazle Hasan Abed may get the Nobel peace prize.

The graduates of this institute will no doubt play an influential role in contributing to policy formulation in the future.

Great news for Bangladesh.

[Bancan]

Originally Posted by GoldenAsif
Most of the subcontinent's Nobel prize winners have been Bengalis (India and BD) so this university should continue in a great intellectual tradition of producing great thinkers.

There is speculation btw that Fazle Hasan Abed may get the Nobel peace prize.

The graduates of this institute will no doubt play an influential role in contributing to policy formulation in the future.

Great news for Bangladesh.

I wonder what the faculty will look like. Hopefully they focus more on development economics rather than neoclassical economics. The former applies more to a country like Bangladesh and hopefully will produce some good policy makers.