QFFD, HBKU and GI sign pact for Qatar Scholarship Program
05 May 2021 - 9:14
Officials from QFFD, HBKU and GI during the agreement signing ceremony.
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Doha: Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) has signed a Trilateral Contribution Agreement with Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) and the Geneva Institute for Graduate Studies (GI) as part of the Qatar Scholarship Program, an initiative from QFFD.
The agreement, signed via video conference, is part of Qatar’s program for scholarships that is overseen by Qatar Fund for Development. It is also part of an initiative from the fund to enhance national and regional competence in the field of international development to attract international students from developing countries, and to increase academic outcomes related to development in the Middle East and North Africa region.
BKU leader Rakesh Tikait
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A year on, Shoojit Sircar remembers the purity in Irrfan s thoughts, says it made him special
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A year on, Shoojit Sircar remembers the purity in Irrfan s thoughts, says it made him specialBy
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The film-maker says the actor was a free bird who just always wanted to fly in the sky.
Sircar says he has started to believe in the magic of life that Irrfan believed in.
I can t believe it s been a year since he left us. I recall him as God s special child. He was that - very pure in terms of his craft, artistry and his conduct. That purity in his thoughts made him special as a person. He was like a free bird. He just always wanted to fly in the sky - let s fly is all that his spirit asked for, and he d always say things that gave this away.
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