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Berger Paints Bangladesh Ltd (BPBL) has awarded eight meritorious students of the Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka, including the special selection of ‘BERGER Student of the Year.’
The award programme, titled ‘Berger Award for Students of Fine Art, University of Dhaka,’ aims to honour the students with the highest CGPAs in the Honor’s Programme under eight departments of the Faculty of Fine Art (FFA).
A five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between BPBL and the FFA on December 31, 2017, regarding this talent acknowledgment initiative.
Helal Hosen from the Department of Drawing & Painting has won this year’s ‘Student of the Year’ award, bagging the prize of Tk 50,000 for the 2019 academic year, besides a regular scholarship.
Seven other students are -- Emran Hasan (Department of Graphic Design), Tafannum Kagoji (Department of Printmaking), Sandipta Mollick Shabnam (Department of Oriental Art), Abu Ibney Rafi (Department of Ceramics), Shimul Kumar Paul (Department of Sculpture), Sharmin Khatun (Department of Crafts) and Naushad Islam (Department of History Art) -- were also rewarded with the scholarship of Tk 30,000 each. All the students are from the 2018-19 academic session.
BPBL Senior General Manager, Sales & Marketing, Mohsin Habib Chowdhury said, “Berger is more than a paints solution brand in this country. It is the name of emotion full of colors and hope in almost every household.
