Renowned writer and educationist Prof Dr Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, who has long taught at SUST, inaugurated the program scheduled to start at 9:30am on Friday.

After the inaugural ceremony, the first day’s program includes sequences of learning session, views-exchanging, documentary exhibition, and campus roaming.

SUST Press Club President Abdullah Al Mansur presided over the programme and the General Secretary Fayzullah Wasif coordinated it. Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, Prime Minister’s media adviser and editor of the Daily Observer, as a guest and Vice Chancellor Prof Farid Uddin Ahmed, special guest Ekushey TV Chief Editor Manjurul Ahsan Bulbul and some others were present.

Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury said the main reason for the lack of proper education in the universities and the future leadership are uncertain is that the election of the student leader in the universities is not regular. The student leaders’ election can  create a future leader of honest, courageous and strong leadership.

The students who are involved in journalism on campus, they should be able to engage in journalism policy ethics, courage and independence to create journalism. And from that perspective, the upcoming Bangladesh will be built, he said.

Around 200 Journalists from 22 universities under 27 journalists associations took part in university level, the two-day long festival fest for the first time.