Letter and Nomination Form | Bangla...
Jun 07, 2024
Bangladesh
Chemical Society (BCS) was founded as a learned society in 1972 after
independence of Bangladesh. It is a largest professional organization of
chemists, applied chemists, chemical technologists, chemical engineers,
researchers in chemical sciences etc. of our beloved country having common
professional interests, committed to promote real life learning with
activities.
Bangladesh
Chemical Society is a founder member of the Federation of the Biological and
Chemical Societies of Bangladesh (FBCS). The Society is also a member (NAO-
National Adhering Organization) of International Union of Pure and Applied
Chemistry (IUPAC), Commonwealth Chemistry (CC), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
and Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (FACS).
The BCS is a
non-government, non-political national organization of professional chemists
and is dedicated to improving the quality of chemical education and research,
industrial and technological output and overall well-being of the chemists and
chemical technologists, chemistry lovers of Bangladesh. Professor Mukarram
Hussain Khundkar (DU), Professor Mofizuddin Ahmed (DU), Professor KA Latif
(RU), Professor AQ Chowdhury (BUET), Professor AK Shamsuddin Ahmed (CU),
Professor SZ Haider (DU), Professor MA Nawab (DU), Prof M. M. Huque (JU),
Professor A Jabbar Mian (DU), Professor SSMA Khorasani (DU), Dr Erfan Ali
(BCSIR), Dr. Shamsul Huque (AEC) and Dr Abdur Rahman (BCSIR) were pioneers
behind this venture. At present the society has 5000 members including life, ordinary
and associate members who are professionally engaged in different universities,
colleges, and research institutions, chemical & pharmaceutical industries,
financial organization and in civil administration of the Government of
Bangladesh (GoB) etc. The overall activities of the Society are run by a
central Executive Committee (EC) consists of seventeen (17) members and nine
Regional Committee of nine (9) members in some selected areas of the whole
country elected for a two-year term as per existing constitution of BCS.
The objectives
of BCS are to promote, to popularize, to expand through national chemistry
Olympiad (Bangladesh Chemistry Olympiad, BChO, started from 2007 under BCS) and
to improve the standard of education and research in chemistry, chemical
technology and relevant fields throughout the whole country; to safeguard the
interests and prestige of the professional chemists in different industries and
institutions; to address any professional discrimination, to promote
coordination, interaction and collaboration among universities-research
organizations and industries (academia-industry collaboration) in Bangladesh
and those of other countries; to spread the knowledge of chemistry and its
applications by publishing articles, reports, periodicals, journals. The
society since its inception has been dedicated to enhance and to improve the
quality of chemical education & research, and industrial &
technological output of the country.
Warm wishes.
Dr. Mohammad
Helal Uddin (LM-1446)
Professor (Grade-1), ACCE, CU
General Secretary of BCS
NR of CCE, IUPAC.