Published: 11:21 PM, 06 November 2026
Sayed Imtiaz Ahmed Memorial Scholarship awarded at DU
Twelve students from the Department of International Relations at Dhaka University have been awarded the Sayed Imtiaz Ahmed Memorial Scholarship.
These students received the scholarship in recognition of securing the highest and second-highest CGPA in the BSS (Honours) examinations across the academic sessions from 2019-2020 to 2024-2025.
At a ceremony held on Thursday afternoon in the meeting room adjacent to the Vice-Chancellor's office, the Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University, Professor Dr. A. B. M. Obaidul Islam, attended as the chief guest and handed over the cheques and certificates to the recipients, a DU press release said on Thursday.
The event was attended by Professor Kazi Mahbubur Rahman, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences; Professor Dr. A. S. M. Ali Ashraf, Chairman of the Department of International Relations; among other faculty members and officials.
Speaking at the event, Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. A. B. M. Obaidul Islam remarked that such scholarships play a vital role in recognizing and encouraging meritorious students.
Expressing his respect for the memory of Sayed Imtiaz Ahmed, he hoped that this scholarship would inspire students to focus more on higher education and research. He congratulated the awardees and wished them success in their future academic and professional endeavors.
The twelve scholarship recipients are: Tanjim Tasnim, Md. Mashrur Haq Nafis, Faria Islam, Tabassum Elahi, Khondokar Tahmid Rezwan, Kawsar Uddin Mahmud, Md. Himel Rahman, Kazi Fariha Iqbal, Aishwarya Sanjukta Roy Proma, Muhammad Estiak Hossain, Mohammad Abdullah Shibly, and Nishat Tasnim. Each student received a one-off grant of BDT 12,000.
Sayed Imtiaz Ahmed Memorial Scholarship Fund was established on October 3, 2009, donated by Dr. Nepisha Begum. The aim of this fund is to provide a lump-sum scholarship of BDT 12,000 to students during their Master's studies who achieve the highest and second-highest CGPA in the BSS (Honours) examinations in the Department of International Relations at Dhaka University.
Sayed Imtiaz Ahmed joined the Department of International Relations at Dhaka University as a faculty member on May 18, 1999. Prior to that, he served as a Research Officer at the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) and worked as a researcher at The Daily Star and the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). From 2000 to 2002, he earned a second Master's degree under a Fulbright Scholarship at the University of Washington in the United States.
