On May 18, this year the Embassy hosted the ceremony of presenting medals
and certificates of the 1st International Astronomy Olympiad, which took place in
the city of Saransk (Mordovia, Russia) from September 26 to October 2, 2022 in a
remote format. The event was organized by the Embassy jointly with the office of
“Rossotrudnichestvo” (Russian House) in Dhaka.
Students and schoolchildren from Bangladesh, who participated in the
Olympiad, won 1 silver and 5 bronze medals: Hritom Sarker Oyon (Adamjee
Cantonment Public School), Imdallulah Raji (Notre Dame College), Anhaf Anna
Nafi (Chittagong College), Radh Chowdhury (Dhaka Residential Model College),
Fijul Kabir Jishan (Ananda Mohan College) and Faiyaz Siddiqui (DPS STS
School).
H.E. Ambassador of Russia Mr Alexander Mantytskiy and Minister-
Counsellor of the Embassy Ms Ekaterina A.Semenova held the prize-giving
ceremony in a solemn atmosphere.
Mr Md Abdul Momin, Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Science and
Technology of Bangladesh, noted the role of Russia in the development of a
knowledge-based economy in this country and highly appreciated the progress in
the implementation of the Rooppur NPP project in this context.
Mr Maxim E.Dobrokhotov, Director of the Russian House in Dhaka, stressed
that such initiatives are important in promoting talented Bangladeshi youth, who
can take an advantage in participation in scholarship and grant programs in Russia.
According to him, the Russian universities train at a high level the specialists in
technical areas, which may be relevant for Bangladesh in the light of its successful
socio-economic development.
Mr Fahim Rajit Hossain, Team Leader of the Bangladesh Olympiad on
Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Mr Moshurul Amin, Founder and Adviser of
Bangladesh Astronomical Association, congratulated the participants of the
competition on the successful performance and expressed hope for the further
educational exchanges with Russia.
The winners of the Olympiad unanimously noted that they would like to
commit their future to scientific activities, represent their Motherland at similar
events abroad and also expressed the interest in studying at the Russian
universities.
