| Renewable
Energy Research Centre (RERC) a research organisation committed to
the development of renewable energy conversion in this country. With this
general aim, the projects taken up by the centre belong to the various
branches of science, both biological and physical, and involve different
departments of the Dhaka University. It was established in 1986 under
the Faculty of Science of the university and located in the university
campus. This centre is an autonomous body and is managed by an advisory
board chaired by the Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University. The Head of
the centre is a director nominated by the Vice Chancellor. The aims and
objectives of the centre are: to organise research activities in the field
of solar and other alternative sources of energy; to help establish multi-disciplinary
research activities in this field; to look for international assistance
and collaborations and to coordinate and establish liaison with scientists
and engineers working in other institutions inside and outside the country.
The Centre has its own scientific laboratory. Every year, a number of
researchers work at the centre for their MSc, MPhil, and PhD degrees.
A national exhibition on solar energy was recently organised
by this centre. Every year researchers of this Centre publish
papers on their research activities in different national and
international journals. At the moment, it is engaged in long-term
research on conversion of solar energy into electricity through
solar cells and is trying to popularise the technology.
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Renewable Energy Research Centre
Dhaka University
Courtesy:
Md Zahirul Islam Bhuiyan |
[Md Kamrul Alam Khan]. |
