The comprehensive research universities are playing a vital role in offering quality education, said Professor Jeffrey Sean Lehman BU Lecture on Transnational University during a lecture session on 'The Role of Transnational University in the 21st century' on April 10, 2006 at BRAC Centre. BU and the Asian University for Women Support Foundation (AUW) organised the lecture session. Professor Jeffrey Sean Lehman, Professor of law and former president at Cornell University, is currently a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in Washington DC and president of the Joint Centre for China-US Law and Policy Studies at Peking University and Beijing Foreign Studies University. Professor J R Choudhury, VC, BU made the welcome address. Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, Pro-VC, BU introduced Professor Lehman while Mr. Kamal Ahmed, Vice Chair, AUW spoke on the occasion. Dr. Hafiz G A Siddiqui, VC-NSU, Dr. Iqbal Mahmud, AC Member, BU, Ambassador Farooq Sobhan, ED-BEI, the Cultural Attache of the Russian Embassy, BU teachers, officials and students attended the lecture.