Today, a delegation led by Ichiro Adachi, senior global environment expert of JICA, met with DU Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Niaz Ahmed Khan at the latter's office. Photo: DU

DHAKA, Sept 22, 2025 (BSS) - An eight member delegation led by Ichiro Adachi, senior global environment expert of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), today met Dhaka University (DU) Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Niaz Ahmed Khan at the latter's office on the campus.

During the meeting, they discussed implementation of a research project titled 'Implementing Water Quality Monitoring and Purification Technologies to Mitigate Health Risks for Antimicrobial Resistances in the Dhaka Metropolitan Area', funded by JICA and JST. 

Notably, the Dhaka University will oversee the implementation of the project whereas Prof. Dr. Anwar Hossain of university's Fisheries Department will serve as the Principal Investigator (PI) of the project.

Prof. Niaz Ahmed thanked JICA for undertaking the project and expressed his willingness to work with JICA to promote academic and research activities at DU in the days to come.

The JICA team included Hironori Nishikawa, Prof. Dr. Kozo Watanabe, Makiko Fijita, Toshiya Sato, Masahiro Tokumara, Dr. Bijon Kumer Mitra and Dr. Sui Kanazawa.

DU Pro-Vice Chancellor (admin) Prof. Dr. Sayema Haque Bidisha, Biological Sciences Faculty Dean Prof. Dr. Md. Enamul Haque, Meteorology Department Chairman Dr. Fatima Akter and Fisheries Department Chairman Mohammad Mamun Chowdhury and Prof. Dr. Anwar Hossain, among others, were present at the meeting.