The President desires implementation of the Nuclear

On August 17, 2010 at Bangabhaban, President Zillur Rahman called for implementation of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant while unveiling the “Sudhasmarak” a memorial book on Dr. MA Wajed Miah. The book was presented by Prof. AAMS Arfin Siddique, President of the Bongabondhu Education and Research Council (BERC) and Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University. Dr.Wajed Miah is the Founder President of BERC established in 2001. The presidium members, general secretary, members of BERC and the contributors of the book were present in the occasion. The contributors are from different disciplines like the teachers, scientists, researchers, politicians and social workers. The articles are mainly on his personal life from birth to death. His academic, political, scientific research and social activities have been very nicely focused in the book. The President Zillur Rahman called him a devoted scientist and he said the Rooppur Nuclear Plant was a dream of Dr. Wajed Miah who was devoted to developing the country and also building the nation through the development of scientific applications. He further added that Dr. Wajed Miah cherished the concept of building a modern Bangladesh through expansion of science education.

The contributors of the Sudhasmarak have raised different aspects of Dr. Wajed Mia in their writings. This author too has a contribution with the title “Realizing importance of a scientist after death”. The glorious parts of his life have been raised in the article.

In 1969, Dr Wajed Mia got the Associate ship of the Italy based International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and he was engaged in a research project under the world renowned scientist Nobel Laureate Prof. Abdus Salam at ICTP in Trieste, Italy. Dr. Wajed Mia wanted to set up a nuclear power plant at Rooppur, Pabna under guidelines of Prof. Abdus Salam, the founder of ICTP and the third world academy of science (TWAS) but he was not given the opportunity to do so.

A science institute can now be established in the name of Dr. M.A.Wajed Mia, like the Dr. C V Raman University that has been established at Raipur, India to educate the young generations on nuclear science as well as to follow life of the great scientist, Dr. Raman. The author’s direct involvement with Dr. Wajed Mia, and Prof. Shubash Chowbey, the Vice-Chancellor of C V Raman University has enabled him to propose such this project.

Dr. M.A. Wajed Mia is the founder President of the Bongobondhu Sikkha-O-Gobeshona Parishad (Bongobondhu Education and Research Council, BERC) established with the objective of reaching benefits of science education to all, particularly to remote people. Nuclear Scientist Dr. Wajed Mia’s vision was also to establish a sound and sustainable research organization in the country.

An initiative may be taken by the members of the BERC through modification of BERC to BERSC where ‘S’ stands for Science that  means the Bongobondhu Education and Research Council will take shape of the Bongobondhu Education, Research and Science Council (BERSC). To make the issue more transparent, let us take example of UNESCO.  Initially there was no UNESCO in the world rather it was UNECO that means Science was not under consideration even in the developed countries of Europe and America. The delegates meeting at the Institute of Civil Engineers in London on 1st November 1945 were invited to the founding conference of UNECO. The President of the Conference proposed in augural address to put S for Science between the E of education and C for culture. (Ref: World Science Forum 1999). UNECO was thus transformed to UNESCO.