Background of SMF
Md. Imamul Kabir Shanto realized that he needed immense amount of money to carry out his dreams. He started business. One after another, he built business organizations, of which Sundarban Courier Service (pvt.) Ltd. is the most prominent that gained popularity among the people as an example of service oriented business. With the money he earned from his business organizations, he first established the Shanto-Mariam Foundation, a non-political, service and human-welfare oriented organization, to realize his cherished dreams and to provide job-oriented, creative and cultural education to the underprivileged and neglected people of the country.
Joint-Venture Activities at the International Level by Shanto-Mariam Foundation
Shanto-Mariam Foundation is committed to raising the standards of the job oriented, creative and cultural education of the country to the international standard. With this aim, the Foundation signed cooperation and exchange agreements with Edexcel International, UK for vocational education and with Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Germany, for textile and design education, and with Pearl Academy of Fashion, India, for design education. At the same time, Shanto-Mariam Foundation regularly organizes seminars, symposiums, art and photography exhibitions and cultural events for education and cultural exchange with different countries where many famous artists, scholars and experts participated. Shanto-Mariam Foundation organized the ‘Vote for Sundarban’ campaign to elect Sundarban as one of the world’s seven best natural wonders where dignitaries from the country and abroad were present. These aside, Shanto-Mariam Foundation started China Radio International and Shanto-Mariam Foundation Confucius Class Room under an agreement for language, education and cultural exchange with the China Radio International.