For the first time, Department of Architecture, AIUB has arranged online thesis Jury of final year students for Spring 19-20 on 16th and 18th July, 2020. The event was shared live for students, alumni and interested participants from AIUB and other architecture schools. It reached to 19,770 people. 3,760 viewers were counted watching the live streaming and 163 link share in different pages.
The students worked under the guidance of Studio mentors Ar. Ajmeri Nusrat Shoma and Ar. Md Sariful Islam, along with the Head - Ar. Arefeen Ibrahim and their thesis supervisors. The Jury Panel was graced by a good number of honorable external jurors including Jalal Ahmad (President of IAB), Kazi Golam Nasir (Ex-Chief Architect, Department of Architecture, Ministry of Housing & Public Works), Prof. Fuad Hasan Mallick PhD (Dean, School of Architecture & Design, BRACU), Prof. Zainab Faruqui Ali, PhD (Chairperson, Department of Architecture at BRACU), Mahmudul Anwar Riyaad (Associate Professor-BUET), Architect Mustapha Khalid Palash, Architect Rafiq Azam, Architect Ishtiaque Zahir, Architect N.R. KHAN, Architect Mustafa Ameen, Architect Dewan S. Arif and many of our architects and faculties who are living in Bangladesh and abroad. Successful public events like these are essential to ensure wider exposure and better job opportunities for the graduating students. This also helps to establish a resourceful bonding between profession and academia.