A total of 20 students from the Faculty of Law at Jagannath University (JnU) received scholarships and certificates from the “Advocate Tapan Bihari Nag Trust” on Thursday.
JnU Treasurer Professor Dr Sabina Sharmin handed over the scholarships and certificates to the students at a programme held at the university in the presence of scholarship donor Advocate Tapan Bihari Nag.
Under the trust, 20 students from two academic years across the Department of Law and the Department of Law and Land Administration received the scholarships. Five students from each academic year of each department were selected, with 10 recipients from each department.
The students from the Department of Law and Land Administration who received the scholarships are Shoena Akter, Salma Akter, Farzana Suvra, Md Sajib Ali, Tanwee Saha, Md Arob Ali, Mst Tarin Jahan Toma, Md Adel Mia, Acia Akter Natasha and Md Antor Hossain.
The students from the Department of Law who received the scholarships are— Anika Tabassum Ontora, Nusrat Jahan Prity, Niloy Paul, AL Mahmud, Easin Kamal and five others.
Addressing the programme, Professor Sabina Sharmeen said such welfare initiatives were made possible by people whose noble thoughts, humanitarian values and sense of responsibility towards others inspired them to contribute to society.
She expressed her gratitude to Advocate Tapan Bihari Nag for taking the initiative to provide scholarships to students, adding that the recipients would establish themselves in their respective fields and engage in similar humanitarian activities in the future.
Among those present at the programme were Professor Dr Md Shahidul Islam, dean of the Faculty of Law and chairman of the Department of Law; Professor Christine Richardson, chairman of the Department of Law and Land Administration; and members of Advocate Tapan Bihari Nag's family. Teachers and students of the Faculty of Law also attended the event.