Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka

Institute of Business Administration
Established	1966
Type	Semi-autonomous Institute under University of Dhaka
Director	Prof. G. M. Chowdhury faculty = 39
Undergraduates	250
Postgraduates	200
Location	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Campus	Urban, located at Shahbag
Website	www.iba-du.edu

The Institute of Business Administration (Bengali: ব্যবসায় প্রশাসন ইনস্টিটিউট) of the University of Dhaka - commonly known as IBA - is a government funded institution for business-education in the South Asian Country of Bangladesh. It was established in 1966 in collaboration with the Karachi IBA, the Ford Foundation, and Indiana University, Bloomington but is currently only affiliated with the University of Dhaka. Late Professor M.Safiullah was the founder-director of IBA. IBA pioneered Business Administration education in Bangladesh. It also pioneered Semester and credit based education system in Bangladesh.

History

IBA was founded in 1966 in collaboration with Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, under a Ford Foundation Financial Assistance Program with the objective of providing professional training to provide graduate level education to students. It is widely regarded as the best business school in the country.

From its inception in 1966 until 1993, the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) was the academic program offered by IBA. In 1993, after a review initiated by Professor Dr. M Shamsul Haque (Former Director, IBA; and former Treasurer, Dhaka University), a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program was added. Prior to that, in 1970s, the M.Phil and Ph.D. programs were introduced.

IBA has so far had 19 BBA batches and 45 MBA batches. In 2007, IBA introduced an Executive MBA (EMBA) program to meet the huge demand for quality education in EMBA. There are plans to revamp the BBA program (offering double majors, for example), too.

It is the first educational institution in Bangladesh to introduce semester system in contrast of year long traditional system of Bangladesh.

Administration

Institute of Business Administration, governed by the 4th Statute of the University of Dhaka, functions within the broad framework of policies, rules and regulations of the University. An 11-member Board of Governors provides the policy and administrative guidance for IBA. The Board of Governors is chaired by the Vice-Chancellor of University of Dhaka and it has the Director of IBA as its Member Secretary.

IBA director

The Director of IBA is the chief administrative authority for the institution. The current Director is Professor G.M. Chowdhury

Former IBA directors

• Prof. M. Safiullah
• Dr. Lee Charles Nehrt
• Dr. Md. Mawdudur Rahman
• Dr. Muzaffar Ahmad
• Prof. Dr. Hafiz G A Siddiqi
• Prof. Alimur Rahman
• Dr. Md. Alimullah Miyan
• Prof. Dr. Rahim B Talukder
• Prof. Dr. Shamsul Haque
• Prof. Dr. Abdur Rab
• Prof. Dr. Nurur Rahman
• Prof. Dr. Anwar Hossain
• Prof. Dr. Iftekhar Ghani Chowdhury
• Prof. Dr. Md. Ziaulhaq Mamun

The campus

IBA has its own premises within the campus of the University of Dhaka. The four storied main building contains 65,000 square feet (6,000 m²) of floor space. In addition to classrooms the premises houses a library, the administrative and faculty offices, conference room, lecture and seminar rooms, computer lab, machine room, a teacher's lounge, 2 cafeterias for students and an auditorium.

IBA Interior

IBA has an informal reading room popularly known as "Bunker" to IBA students. It is named so because the only access to it is down the library stairs. It is one of the prominent gathering place for the students at IBA. IBA cafeteria (At the ground floor of IBA building) is unique in its nature as it has no tables or chairs to sit on. People either stand beside the wall-mounted shelves or seat on the cafeteria floor to have their food. IBA Canteen, as it is popularly known, is quite famous in the DU campus for its quality food items and is a gathering place for students from all departments. The EMBA floor has a separate cafeteria.

Academic programs

• Undergraduate
  • BBA
• Graduate
  • MBA (Day & Evening)
  • EMBA
  • MPhil
  • PhD
  • DBA (Doctor of Business Administration)

Professors

• • Dr Nurur Rahman, PhD (Ohio State University), MA (Ohio State University), MBA (Indiana), MCom (University of Dhaka)
  • Dr Muhammad Ziaulhaq Mamun, PhD (Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand), MBA (Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka), MBA (American University of Beirut), BSc in Civil Engineering (BUET)
  • G. M. Chowdhury, MBA (Aston University) PhD (Dortmund), (W. Germany), MBA (Dortmund), (W. Germany), MSc in Economics (USSR)
  • Syed Ferhat Anwar PhD (University of Dhaka), DUT (Canada), MBA (Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka), MSc (University of Dhaka), BSc (Hons)
  • Iqbal Ahmed, M.Indl. Admin Sc (Aston University, UK, MSc (University of Dhaka), BSc (Hons), PGD-in-Indl. Relations (Holland), Dip-in-Personnel Mgt (Dhaka)
  • Mohammad A. Momen, MBA (USA), MCom in Finance (University of Dhaka), BCom (Hons)
  • Dr. Nazma Ara Hussain, PhD (University of Dhaka), MBA (Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka), PGD in Mgt Actg (UK)
  • Dr. Jawadur Rahim Zahid, PhD (MBS, Manchester), MBA (Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka)
  • Shakil Huda, MSBA (Texas Tech University), MBA (Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka)
  • Syed Munir Khasru, MBA (Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania), USA
  • Dr Md Jahangir Alam, PhD (University of Dhaka), MBA (Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka), MSc in Physics (Rajshahi University)
  • Neaz Ahmed, MBA (UNB, Canada), MBA(Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka), BA (Hons)
  • Syed Alamgir Jafar, MS in Business Administration (Duquesne, Penn, USA), BA (Hons) (Lahore)

External links

• The Official Website of IBA, DU