Bangladesh National Scientific and Technical Documentation Centre

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Bangladesh National Scientific and Technical Documentation Centre
Formation1972
Headquarters Dhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Website www.bansdoc.gov.bd

The Bangladesh National Scientific and Technical Documentation Centre is the national scientific research archive and provides support to research and development projects in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [1] [2]

History

The organisation traces its origins to a regional unit of Pakistan National Scientific and Technical Documentation Centre in East Regional Laboratories of the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. After the Independence of Bangladesh it was reestablished as the Bangladesh National Scientific and Technical Documentation Centre and placed under Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in 1972. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Sobhan, M. Abdus. "BANSDOC". Banglapedia. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  2. Chatterjee, Amitabha (5 November 2016). Elements of Information Organization and Dissemination. Chandos Publishing. p. 339. ISBN   9780081020265 . Retrieved 28 November 2016.