Association for Bangladeshi Students at Virginia Tech (ABS) serves to bring together the Bangladeshi student community at Virginia Tech and the surrounding areas. The association is a non-profit, non-political student organization. ABS’s main goal is to make the Bangladeshi population at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, and nearby areas feel at home. ABS sponsors a wide variety of events and activities, especially the celebration of Bangladeshi festivals and volunteer-based services. Association for Bangladeshi Students at Virginia Tech also frequently send contributions for charitable causes to Bangladesh with help from members, friends, and alumni.
ABS is a non-profit, non-religious, non-political, student organization at Virginia Tech looking after the interests of Bangladeshi students, as well as providing a platform for such students to showcase the education, history, culture, and development issues of Bangladesh. ABS also serves to bring together the Bangladeshi community at Virginia Tech and surrounding areas. Along with that, we sponsor a wide variety of events and activities, especially celebration of Bangladeshi festivals and volunteer services.
By celebrating Bangladeshi festivals, we try to bring a taste of our beloved country and culture to this foreign and diverse land. Along with that, we participate ‘International Week’ hosted by the university. The Street Fair during ‘International Week’ is our main fund-raising event where we sell Bangladeshi food. We also arrange picnics and camping trips to nearby areas. Often our talented members participate in university cultural programs.
By participating in volunteer-based activities, we try to spread awareness about Bangladesh. We also frequently send contributions for charitable causes to Bangladesh and other countries with help from our members, friends, and alumni. Every year ABS donates a large part of the year’s raised funds to charitable causes in Bangladesh as well as other countries around the world. We have made some major contributions to Bangladeshi and world communities in the past decade and we sincerely hope our future members continue to support worthy causes.
President: Munawwar M. Sohul (mmsohul@vt.edu)
General Secretary: Sajal Dash (sajal@vt.edu)