Bangla Academy conferred its prestigious Fellowship to Professor J R Choudhury, VC, BRACU, for his contributions in Science & Technology. This was announced in Academy's 29th Annual General meeting held on December 29, 2006. The others who received the fellowship are Professor T A Chowdhury, Professor Qazi Abul Fattah and Mr. Qazi Azhar Ali. Mr. Moinul Hasan, Acting Director, Bangla Academy coordinated the program while eminent poet Asad Chowdhury presided.