On August 6, 2021, Faculty of Engineering organized a technical session titled “Responsibilities of Maintenance and Operations Engineers at Power Plant” for the newly joined EEE interns of “Physical Plant and Infrastructure (Electrical) Division, AIUB”. The program began at 07:30 PM at online platform Zoom. The purpose of this session was to familiarize the interns about the responsibilities of maintenance engineers at a power station.

Mr. Biswajit Banik Pathik (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB) inaugurated the session by welcoming the speaker and the interns. Mr. Mahmudur Rahman (Executive Engineer, Operation, 450MW CCPP North Ashuganj Power Station Co. Ltd.) started his alluring speech with the responsibilities of maintenance Engineer working in a power plant. Then Mr. Rahman started explaining about the different scenario of errors and solutions that an engineer must face in Ashuganj Power Station, Bangladesh. He emphasized on the reporting procedure of all the task carried out for maintenance with various images and documents and mentioned the importance of safety in a power plant. Prof. Dr. Md. Abdur Rahman (Associate Dean, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB) expressed his gratitude towards the speaker with a token of appreciation.

Afterwards, Mr. Mehedi Azad Shawon (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB) continued the session with his speech on the key responsibilities of Operation Engineer in a power plant. He shared his experience as an operation engineer of a power plant located in Narayanganj, Bangladesh. He emphasized on safety protocols followed by engineers based on international standards and day to day reporting of tasks completed. Finally, Mr. Md. Saniat Rahman Zishan (Associate Professor and Head, Dept. of CoE, AIUB) expressed his gratitude towards the speaker in his closing remarks. Mr. Rethwan Faiz (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB) acted as the moderator for this session.

The webinar was graced by the presence of Abul Hasnat (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB), and Mr. Abir Ahmed (Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB).