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Mr. Sudripta Roy, Secretary General of the International
Jute Study Group (IJSG) met His Excellency Dr. Stefan
Frowein, the Ambassador and Head of the Delegation of the
European Union to Bangladesh on 24 January 2010 at his
office to have a discussion on jute based composite material
(JUTIN) developed by Dr. Mubarak Ahmad Khan of the Banglaesh
Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC).
Dr. Frowein welcomed the Secretary General and thanked for
making himself available along with other officers of IJSG.
He spoke on the importance of diversified uses of jute and
added that the technology to produce jute based composite
material (JUTIN) developed by Dr. Mubarak Ahmad Khan may be
useful for the poor people of Bangladesh especially the
people affected by cyclone or other natural calamities. He
remarked that it has appeared to him that the technology has
potential and building materials could be made with this
technology and used by the people. Dr. Frowein opined that
people may be extremely benefited and he would be happy if
this could be commercialized and made easily available to
common people.
Mr. Sudripta Roy thanked HE the Ambassador of the EU for
inviting him to have a discussion on the issue. He informed
him of a project on Jute Reinforced Polyolefines implemented
by the IJSG through AFSG of the Netherlands. He remarked
that IJSG can take initiative to carry it forward and
suggested that IJSG could organize a workshop in Dhaka and
Kolkata to disseminate the technology to the entrepreneurs,
plastic manufacturers and NGO’s so that interested
entrepreneurs/persons may go for commercialization of the
technology. In this context he opined that a market survey
to assess the actual potential may be necessary to convince
the entrepreneurs. It was discussed that the proposed
workshop could be held in mid March in Dhaka.
Mr. Andrew Barnard, First Secretary (Political & Economic),
Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh; Mr. Faruque
Hosain, Finance and Administrative Officer, IJSG; Mr. Md.
Siddiqur Rahman, Consultant (Operations), IJSG and Dr.
Mubarak Ahmad Khan, BAEC were present in the meeting.
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