Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka

Institute of Business Administration

IBA Building, Dhaka
Type	Semi-autonomous Institute under University of Dhaka
Established	1966
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 financially challenged 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

• Dr. M. Safiullah
• Dr. Bodrul Ahmed
• Dr. Mahmudur Rahman
• Dr. Muzaffar Ahmad
• Dr. M Salimullah Miyan
• Dr. Shamsul Haque
• Dr. Rahim B Talukder
• Dr. Abdur Rabbani
• Dr. Nurur Rahman
• Dr. Anwar Hossain
• Dr. Iftekhar Ghani Chowdhury
• Dr. Md. Ziaulhaq Mamun

Controversies

In 2009, Professor Mahiuddin Ahmed led Hizb ut-Tahrir was banned by the Bangladesh Government in an effort to curb the rising influence of the organization among students in various universities. Professor Mahiuddin Ahmed of IBA, DU and Prof Golam Maola of Management Studies, DU were the face behind the organization and were trying to establish a self styled khilafat rule in Bangladesh.

Hizb-ut Tahrir - which has well known global links - has been active lately in universities and the government may well have been worried about its increasing influence among students.

— Sabir Mustafa, Bengali editor for BBC

The outfit was banned as it had been carrying out anti-state, anti-government, anti-people and anti-democratic activities for long in the country

— Sahara Khatun, Home Minister of Bangladesh '

On April 2010, after the arrest of Mahiuddin Ahmed who was still active after the Bangladesh Government imposed the ban, University of Dhaka sent him into a forced leave for an "indefinite period".

Any teacher of Dhaka University can take part independently in any political activities. Mohiuddin (Ahmed) has so far done no more than that ... But now it is something else since the government has disbanded his organisation,

— AAMS Arefin Siddique,Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University '

Later on June 2010, along with Mahiuddin Ahmed , four Chittagong University students were arrested after having distributed jihadi books and leaflets..

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