The Asian University for Women (AUW), http://www.asianuniversity.org/ is proposed to be set up in Bangladesh. The Government of Bangladesh has agreed to enact legislation to enable AUW to operate as an international institution. Prof. J R Choudhury, VC, BU participated in the Planning Conference on AUW held at Wellesley College, Boston from November 3 to November 4, 2002. He made a presentation on "Student Recruitment for AUW" and was a panelist in the session on "Faculty Recruitment". In addition, the two-day conference discussed the various issues relating to fund-raising, campus planning, implementation schedule and curriculum development.