MAWTS Institute of Technology in Pallabi, Dhaka

Mirpur Agricultural Workshop and Training School (MAWTS) is a Trust of Caritas Bangladesh. Legislation of MAWTS is under the Trust Act 1882 No. 8655 dated 12-08-2012. After the Liberation War in 1971, The Christian Organization for Relief and Rehabilitation (CORR) took up massive relief and reconstruction work. The CORR (In 1976 renamed as Caritas Bangladesh) brought a fleet of trucks, power tillers, and irrigation equipment to implement its relief and rehabilitation works in the rural areas of Bangladesh. It was realized at a certain point that the acute shortage of skilled hands for repair and maintenance of the equipment is causing enormous difficulties in keeping that functioning. In view of such a situation, it was planned to set up a center where rural youths will be trained to carry out the maintenance works. A group of Swiss Engineers was engaged to oversee the works. In 1973 both Caritas Bangladesh and Caritas Switzerland joined hands to set up a workshop in Mirpur, which is widely known as MAWTS. To carry out the activities independently and fulfill the objectives and vision, in July 2008 the institution has been transformed into a TRUST, and all its operations and management were handed over to the Board of Trustees.