Speakers at a webinar urged the government and private sector entrepreneurs to hire non-resident Bangladeshis in different projects offering them proper value and facilities to utilise their expertise.
They made the call at the virtual seminar titled: “Energy Sector HR Development: Can NRB Professionals Support?”, organised by Energy and Power magazine on Saturday.
They observed that foreign nationals are being appointed in many public and private projects at a higher value. But non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs), who have expertise on technical matters, are not offered with due value and facilities.
“If they are offered with a proper value and due facilities, they would be interested to return home to utilise their expertise”, said Prof Dr M Tamim, eminent energy expert and special assistant to a former chief advisor of caretaker government.
Dr Tamim, also a professor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), expressed his resentment over the deteriorating situation in the educational institutions in the country in regard to expressing opinions on different technical issuers.
“We cannot discuss anything with an open mind. Universities are the places to discuss with an open mind. But that places are being run with political identity”, he observed.
He said experts have to think of political lines while making opinions on technical issues. “Why don’t we talk in a transparent manner?” We have to bring change in this area”, he said.
The virtual seminar was also addressed by expatriate Bangladeshis Prof Firoz Alam, Prof Jahangir Hossain, Prof Tapan Saha, Saleque Sufi, and Power Cell Director General Mohammad Hossain while Energy and Power editor Mollah Amzad Hossain conducted the function.
Dr Tamim said Bangladesh’s education sector is also lagging behind in producing quality graduates as the local industry owners don’t find the right candidates when they try to recruit locally educated persons.
He said BUET has taken a programme to make a huge change in its educational structure to produce an outcome-based market-oriented workforce.
“You will see a big change within the next 2 years”, he added.
