UNESCO Madanjeet Singh South Asian Institute of
Advanced Legal and Human Rights Studies (UMSAILS) has presented copies of The Sasia Story to the President of the
Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB), Architect Mubasshar Hussain.
Dr. Kamal Hossian, Chairperson of the Governing
Council of UMSAILS presented the book at a function on 12 December 2012 in
Dhaka. It is written by UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Madanjeet Singh.
The book reflects on South Asian Regional Integration
and Cooperation.
Professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury, Vice Chancellor of
the University of Asia Pacific and Member, Governing Council of UMSAILS, Dr.
Sharif Bhuiyan, Director of UMSAILS, Dr. Fuad Hasan Mallick, Chair, Department
of Architecture, BRAC University,
Architect Mohammad Fayez Ulla, Managing Director of VolumeZero, Architect
Marina Tabassum of MTArchitekts, Competition Director Architect Selim
Altaf Biplob, Assistant Competition Coordinator Architect Suriya Zabin, and Dr.
Uttam Kumar Das, Deputy Director (on sabbatical) of UMSAILS were among those present at the presentation.
UMSAILS has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with
IAB for organizing an Open Architectural Design Competition for the design of
UMSAILS Building.
Sasia is the
name Ambassador Singh, who dreams of a integrate South Asia, has coined for regional
common currency like Euro. It will become the anchor of economic stability and
regional cooperation, as Ambassador Singh dreams.
The book is
published by the University Press Limited in Dhaka; it has English and Bangla
versions.
Ambassador
Singh was born on 16 April 1924 in Lahore, present-day Pakistan. A well-known
painter and distinguished photographer, he is an internationally known author
of several books. He served with Indian Foreign Service from 1953 to 1982 and
was Ambassador in Asia, South America, Africa and Europe. Ambassador Singh also
worked with UNESCO in Paris.
In 2000, he
was designated as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador on the United Nations’
International Day of Tolerance. He is the Founder Chairperson of South Asia
Foundation.
In
recognition of his lifelong devotion to the cause of communal harmony and
peace, the biennial ‘UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of
Tolerance and Non-Violence’ was unanimously created by the 52-member UNESCO
Executive Board at their meetings in Paris and Fez (16 May to 4 June
1995).
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