IES goes to Delhi

From Left: Himadri Shekhar Day, Md. Khaled Saifullah

The Economics Association of Sri Venkateswara College invited IUB to participate in an International Economics Summit titled Blisspoint 2009 held in Delhi from 27th -29th October, 2009. Md. Khaled Saifullah and Himadri Shekhar Day of the Independent Economic Society represented IUB in this international event. The summit was inaugurated by various prominent personalities with great enthusiasm. There were several events which took place in Blisspoint 2009 amongst which IUB’s participants took part in horse trading, unmanageable, business plan and filler events. Other than students from many Indian national universities and colleges, international delegates from Pakistan, Bhutan, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka also participated in the summit. IUB was the only university to represent Bangladesh in the summit.

Students from the Economics Department of Sri Venkateswara College were involved in organizing the events that took place. Our IUBians found them to be very cooperative and friendly. They say through this event they got the opportunity to meet international students coming from different countries as well as local students from different states in India.

On the night of 29^th, the last day of the summit, participants from every country performed in a cultural event. Himadri Shekhar Day performed a song to represent both Bangladesh and IUB.