silchar assam university silchar signed a memorandum of understanding mou with the deputy high commission of bangladesh in kolkata to set up a centre for bangladesh studies at the university bangladesh deputy high commissioner abida islam and vice chancellor somnath dasgupta signed the mou on tuesday evening assam university is the first university of the northeast and is one of the few indian universities to initiate the process of bandhan with bangladesh in the diverse area of academic and cultural collaboration and exchange we firmly believe that the people of bangladesh and india will benefit immensely from cultural and educational exchanges between the two countries as the countries have shared a close relation and similar identities for thousands of years the mou read the mou will facilitate introduction of courses in the universities of bangladesh on bengali language and literature in india with special reference to the linguistic and literary situation in the northeast and barak valley in particular it will facilitate research on the bengali language movement of the subcontinent and the liberation war of bangladesh the proposed centre will help promote and provide facilities for advanced studies and research on history geography economics politics sociology anthropology law language literature linguistics philosophy art archaeology music ethnic studies folklore culture and media of bangladesh