TheUGC visited a study tour comprises 50 trainee of two batches of FoundationTraining (coming from 20 universities) run by the Graduate Training Institute(GTI) financed by the University Grants Commission. Professor. Dr. Md SajjadHossain, Honorable Member of the Commission and also a full-time member of theBangladesh University Grants Commission (UGC) spoke about the Universityautomation for the visitors.

TheGraduate Training Institute is the first institute of BAU, established in 1976.GTI was established with the financial assistance of FAO/UNDP to train officersworking in agriculture and rural developmentGTI performs the thirdfunction of the university: extension and community service. The motive behindestablishing GTI in BAU campus was to make links between teaching, research andextension. 



Speakingon the occasion of 16th and 17th foundation training forUniversity officers, Prof. Dr. Sajjad Hossain delineates about the prospectusof Foundation Training more specifically training on teaching, learning, curriculum and quality assuranceprovided by GTI- Graduate Training Institute, BAU, Mymensingh. “It’s a trainingof changing attitude, a training of making fellowship with other 15university\'s teacher colleagues, a training of gathering & sharingknowledge, a training of making individuals a lifelong learner".

Professor Dr. Md. Akhtar Hossain, Member, UGC;Jesmin Pervin, Additional Director of International Co-operation &Collaboration ,among others, were present in the courtesy call.