14 DU students get Prof Zia Hayder Memorial scholarship

A total of 14 students of Theater and Performance Studies Department of Dhaka University (DU) have been awarded with Professor Zia Hayder Memorial Scholarship for their outstanding academic results of securing 1st and 2nd position in undergraduate level.
 
DU vice chancellor Professor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman distributed the scholarship among the students at a ceremony today at Nat Mandal on DU campus.
 Presided over by TPS chairperson Mrs Kazi Tamanna Haque Sigma, the programme was also addressed by DU Treasurer Professor Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed, Arts faculty dean Prof Abdul Bashir and Associate Professor of DU Mass Communication and Journalism Shaonti Haider.
 
The scholarship winning students are: SM Latiful Khabir, Kirti Vijaya, Imtenan Mohammad Zaki, Kamrun Nahar Liza, Md. Aminur Rahman, Ahmed Raufur Rahim, Rudra Sawzal, Farzia Haque Farin, Md Ashraful Islam, Debashish kumar de Prashant, Kripa kona Talukdar, Tanjila Jannat Ruma, Umme Sumaiya and Shanker kumar Biswas.  
 
Dr Akhtaruzzaman paid glowing tribute to the memory of Professor Zia Haider and said, Prof Zia Haider had played a pioneering role to promote theatre education and culture in the country. The VC urged the brilliant students to equip themselves with cultural and humanitarian values to search for the truth and establish it in the society.

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