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Engr Md Abdul Moqaddem, vice chancellor (in-charge) and treasurer of United International University (UIU); Prof Emeritus M Rizwan Khan, executive director of the Institute for Advanced Research (IAR), UIU; Prof Hasan Sarwar, dean of the School of Science and Engineering, UIU; Dr Md Zulfiqar Rahman, registrar of UIU; and Md Abid Hossain, mentor of the UIU Mars Rover Team and lecturer of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at UIU, attend a press conference at the university campus yesterday after the UIU Mars Rover Team secured third place globally and first place in Asia at the University Rover Challenge (URC) 2026, organised by The Mars Society, USA. The event was moderated by Abu Sadat, director of the Office of Strategic Communication.