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The Launching Ceremony of the Book -Jute Basics, published
by the International Jute Study Group (IJSG) was held on 02
May 2010 at the IJSG Conference Room at Dhaka. Mr. A F M
Sarwar Kamal, former Secretary General of the IJSG launched
the book as the Chief Guest.
Presided over by Mr. Sudripta Roy, Secretary General of the
IJSG, Mr. Md. Ashraful Moqbul, Secretary, Ministry of
Textiles and Jute, Govt. of Bangladesh and Head of
Bangladesh Delegation, Ms Rita Menon, Secretary, Ministry of
Textiles, Govt. of India and Head of Indian Delegation and
Mr. Enzo Barattini, Director General, Development and
Relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific States,
European Commission and Head of the Delegation of EU spoke
on the occasion. The speakers congratulated IJSG for
publishing such a comprehensive book on jute of
international standard which contains jute agriculture,
mechanical and chemical processing of jute, jute products,
eco status of jute, market of jute, strategy for the jute
sector etc. along with product gallery and glossary.
In his opening remarks the IJSG Secretary General said that
the publication is indented to be treated as a handbook for
jute and to introduce jute with its versatile attributes to
the prospective consumers and the environmentally conscious
people of the world. He informed that the price of the book
is Tk. 2000 in Bangladesh, Rs. 1500 in India and US$ 100 for
the rest of the world.
The chief guest Mr. Sarwar Kamal said that Jute Basics is a
complete package containing a lot of information on jute.
The endeavour of the IJSG is indeed commendable which would
help improvement of the jute sector. Mr. Kamal hoped that
higher research work may be added to the new addition of the
book and suggested that IJSG may take initiative to publish
another book on kenaf and its application.
Mr. Ashraful Moqbul, Secretary, Ministry of Textile and
Jute, Government of Bangladesh said that the core
information contained in the book would enable readers to
understand what jute is all about and its various usages.
Ms Rita Menon, Secretary, Ministry of Textile, Government of
India said that the book would fill the knowledge gap in the
jute sector and hoped that the universities, research
institutes, governments would subscribe to this book. She
also suggested for posting all the chapters of the book on
the web to make it economic and user-friendly especially for
the younger generation.
Mr. Enzo Barattini mentioned that millions of people are
engaged in the jute sector and EU always wanted to be active
to do their best for the development of jute commodity. He
hoped that this book would be popular among the stakeholders
of the jute sector and people interested in natural fibres
like jute.
The programme was attended by the govt. officials,
diplomats, industrialists, entrepreneurs, scientists,
researchers and other dignitaries of the jute sector. After
the formal launching of the book, a grand jute fashion show
by Emdad Hoque was arranged. |
