Jagannath University
| Jagannath University | |
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| জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় | |
 Logo of Jagannath University |
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| Motto | শিক্ষা, ঈমান, শৃঙ্খলা |
| Motto in English | Education, Faith, Discipline |
| Established | 2005 |
| Type | Public |
| Chancellor | Abdul Hamid |
| Vice-Chancellor | Professor Dr.Mizanur Rahman[1] |
| Academic staff | 350 |
| Admin. staff | 450 |
| Students | 19000 |
| Location | 10, Chittaranjan Avenue, Dhaka, Bangladesh 23°42′37″N 90°24′40″E / 23.71028°N 90.41111°ECoordinates: 23°42′37″N 90°24′40″E / 23.71028°N 90.41111°E |
| Campus | City |
| Former names | Jagannath College |
| Website | www.jnu.ac.bd |
Jagannath University (Bengali: জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a government-financed public university[2] in Sadarghat, Dhaka the capital of Bangladesh. Jagannath University is in the southern part of Dhaka city near the river Buriganga.
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Administration [edit]
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History [edit]
The university has a history that started in 1858 when Dhaka Brahma School was founded in 1858 by Dinanath Sen, Prabhaticharan Roy, Anathbandhu Mallik and Brajasundar Kaitra. The name Jagannath school was given by Kishorilal Chowdhury, the Zamindar of Baliati in Tangail, who took over the school in 1872 and renamed it after his father. In 1884, it was raised to a second grade college. Law was one of the first courses introduced. A common management committee administered the school and college until 1887, when the school section was separated to form the independent Kishore Jubilee School. It is now known as K L Jubilee School. The administration of the college was transferred to a board of trustees in 1907. In the following year, it became a first grade college.
The college started with 48 students and in five years, the roll raised to 396. In 1910, Raja Manmath Roy Chowdhury, the zamindar of Santosh, Tangail, affiliated the Pramath-Manmath College of Tangail with Jagannath College. With the establishment of Dhaka University in 1921 stopped admission to degree courses and was renamed Jagannath Intermediate College. This status was changed after 28 years in 1949, when it reopened degree classes. The college was taken over by the government in 1968.
Jagannath College opened honours and masters programmes in 1975. That year the government once again took over the college and upgraded it into a postgraduate college. In 1982, the college closed its programmes at intermediate level. The college introduced evening shifts in 1992.
It was transformed into Jagannath University in 2005 by passing a bill named Jagannath University Act-2005 in the national parliament.[3][dead link]
Academics [edit]
Jagannath University has 28 departments under six faculties. Every department follows the semester system. At present 350+ teachers are engaged in providing education to around 25,000 students.
Faculties [edit]
There are six faculties in this university.[4]
Faculty of Life and Earth Sciences [edit]
Dean:Professor Dr. A. Z. M. Ruhul Momen
- Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Dr.Zakaria Mia, Professor and Chairman
- Department of Pharmacy, Dr. A. Z. M. Ruhul Momen, Professor and Chairman
- Department of Zoology, Dr. Md. Saiful Islam, Professor and Chairman
- Department of Botany, Dr. Hasna Hena Begum,Professor and chairman
- Department of Psychology, Dr. Asoke Kumar Saha,Associate Professor and Acting Chairman
- Department of Geography and Environment, Dr.Md. Moniruzzaman, Associate Professor & Chairman
- Department of Public Health Science.
Faculty of Science [edit]
Dean: Prof. Dr. Md. Kamrul Alam Khan
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Mr.Uzzal Kumar Acharjee, Associate Professor and Chairman
- Department of Chemistry, Dr. Md.Shajan- Professor and Chairman
- Department of Physics, Dr. Deepeka Rani Sarkar, Professor and Chairperson
- Department of Mathematics,Dr.Ayuib Ali, Associate Professor and chairman
- Department of Statistics, Md. Ashraf-Ul-Alam, Professor and chairman
Faculty of Arts and Humanities [edit]
- Department of Bangla, Dr. Chanchal Kumar Bosh, chairman
- Department of English, Professor Dr.Shahinnoor Rahman, chairman
- Department of History, Prof. Dr. Shamsur Nahar, chairman
- Department of Philosophy, Dr.M. Lutfor Rahman, chairman
- Department of Theater and Music,
- Department of Islamic History and Culture, Professor Dr.Md. Atiur Rahman, Chairman
- Department of Islamic Studies.
Faculty of Law [edit]
- Department of Law
Faculty of Social Science [edit]
- Department of Anthropology, Shanzida Farhana, associate professor and chairman
- Department of Economics, Dr. Md. Azam Khan, chairman
- Department of Political Science, professor Dr. Anwara mahamud
- Department of Sociology, Professor Dr.Farida Akhtar Khanam
- Department of Social Work
- Department of Library and Information Science,
- Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, Junaid Ahmed Halim, associate professor and chairman
Faculty of Business Studies [edit]
The Faculty of Business was introduced in the 2005-2006 academic session and started functioning with two departments — Accounting and Management — which were renamed the Department of Accounting and Information Systems and Management Studies in 2010. Two other departments, Finance and Marketing, have been set up. The faculty offers graduate and post graduate programs. Prof. Dr. Mohammad Abu Misir is Dean of the Faculty of Business Studies. This faculty has four departments:
- Department of Accounting Information Systems, Dr. Ali Noor, Chairman
- Department of Finance & Banking, Prof. Dr. Mohammad Abu Misir, Chairman
- Department of Management Studies, Prof. Dr. Md. Mosharraf Hossain, Chairman
- Department of Marketing, Prof. Md. Jakir Hossain, Chairman
- An Overview of the Marketing Department
Marketing Department of Jagannath University is newly established Department which started its academic program from the session 2006-07. Today's rapidly changing business environment demands for well- rounded marketing professionals. Considering this issue, we have developed our marketing degrees and courses in close consultation with experts from other leading universities in the country. For ensuring quality education since it inception, the course curriculum has been developed in such a way by combining the theoretical grounding with practical experiences such as internships, and case studies so that the future graduates from this department with the knowledge and skills can perform successful in the highly competitive business environment. The aim of the Department is to cater the future demand of Graduates in Marketing through its BBA and MBA programs in Marketing which led us to incorporate the new dimensions of business competencies, by educating individuals to handle the complexities of today and tomorrow's business world with in an innovative, rigorous and challenging program with special focus on Marketing. It is hoped that the future Graduates from the department will take up numerous roles in marketing management, advertising, market research and consulting always keeping in mind that there is always more to be done. Beside, offering quality education, Marketing Department is also arranges extracurricular activities like, sports, cultural programs in every year. It has the faculty members with high academic excellence in home and abroad.
- Department of Finance & Banking, Prof. Dr. Mohammad Abu Misir, Chairman
- An Overview of the Finance Department
Department of Finance, Jagannath University starts its journey in the session 2006-07 under the Faculty of the University, Faculty of Business of Studies. Since its inception in 2006, The Department offers and administers BBA. The students after the accomplishment of Bachelor Degree will get them admitted into MBA. Very shortly, the Department is going to launch M. Phil and Ph.D. programs in the field of Business, Economics, Finance & Banking, Investments and other contemporary and relevant areas in Commerce. The four year BBA program comprises 132 credit hours spread over eight semesters.
Library and centers [edit]
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Residential student halls [edit]
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Notable alumni [edit]
The teachers and students of the college took active part in the Language Movement of the early 1950s, the mass movements of the 1960s and the War of Liberation of the country in 1971.
- Sufi Motahar Hosen - poet,
- Abdul Hamid[disambiguation needed] - sports organiser and sports journalist,
- Bhabatosh Dutta - economist,
- Premendra Mitra - writer and poet,
- AR Yusuf - bar-at-law, state minister of Bangladesh in early 1980s,
- A KMA Rouf - artist,
- Anisuzzaman - educationist, researcher,
- Haidar Hosen - singer,
- Brojen Das - swimmer, the first Indian to swim the English Channel.
Transportation [edit]
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References [edit]
- ^ Vice Chancellor
- ^ "University Grants Commission of Bangladesh". List of Public Universities. University Grants Commission. Archived from the original on 2008-04-05. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
- ^ "চারটি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের আচার্য রাষ্ট্রপতিকে করতে সংসদে বিল". Prothom Alo. 2009-06-23. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
- ^ University Grants Commission of Bangladesh
External links [edit]
- Jagannath University Home page
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- Jagannath University on Facebook
- Information Technology Research and Resource Center (ITRRC)
- Halls of Jagannath University on Google Map
- University Grants Commission of Bangladesh
