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	The Official Website of IBA, DU

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 IBA Karachi, but is currently only affiliated with the University of Dhaka. This is due to the strong resentment of Pakistan after the liberation war of 1971. 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 Karachi IBA, Pakistan with the objective of providing professional training to provide graduate level education for low income families in business. In spite of the English curriculum, the medium of instruction continues to be Bengali or at best an Indian dialect of English. This is attributed to both the lack of English comprehension by the financially challenged students and also due to their mentors, the larger majority of its faculties having been conferred their PhDs from obscure universities in Thailand or Bangladesh.

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 20 BBA batches and 46 MBA batches. In 2007, IBA introduced an Executive MBA (EMBA) program to meet the huge demand for quality education for low income families. There are plans to revamp the BBA program (offering double majors, for example), too. As is the case with government subsidised universities, bureaucracy continues to ensure that these remain just 'plans’. Perhaps, by the turn of the next millennium (should Bangladesh not have succumbed to the rising sea-level) a double major may finally be offered. The institute though claims to be the first educational institution in Bangladesh to introduce semester system in contrast of year long traditional system of Bangladesh.

Owing to pressure from a larger number of students who cannot afford to study in more competitive 'politics-free' private universities, a growing consensus is arising to officially increase the reputation of public universities.

Public universities have become places of political unrest, agitation, battle-field, and repression. In recent days, much of the fighting involved members of rival student factions of the ruling party. The students battle for control of everything from admission to universities to toll collection at fish markets. Though warnings were issued by Sheikh Hasina and her home minister Sahara Khatun several times, amid frequent clashes on the different campuses, it seems the government is reluctant to take any drastic actions in real sense. Apart from students’ involvement in campus politics, many faculty members get involved in university politics, which is closely linked with national politics. Teachers often salute their students to save their own lives on the campus. In such an environment, faculty members tend to lose their interest and motivation in teaching. Insufficient financial conditions for faculty members have resulted in a low quality of teaching at the public universities. The monthly salary of faculty members at a public university is considerably less than the salary of their counterparts in the private schools. In Bangladesh, teachers are low-paid compared to their counterparts in India and Pakistan. As a result of these limited financial benefits, many faculty members at public universities take up part-time or full-time jobs at a private university, which offers better remuneration. Motivated by these economic benefits, such teachers often devote a larger amount of their time in teaching at the private universities than their regular posts at public institutions. Dhaka University's Professor Hawlader was one of the first to openly write to the Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Commission Chairperson.

All these ominous trends need to be reversed at the earliest. The sooner the better is for the cause of higher education in Bangladesh.

IBA is ranked 16,169 as per global university world rankings, well below other Bangladesh universities.

Board of Governors

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. Chaired by the Vice-Chancellor of University of Dhaka, an 11-member Board of Governors provides the policy and administrative guidance for IBA. . 1) Vice-Chancellor of the University 2) Treasurer of the University 3) Dean of the Faculty of Business Studies 4) One nominee of the Syndicate from among its members 5) One nominee of the Academic Council from among its members 6) One nominee of the Faculty of Social Sciences 7) Three members from the business community nominated by the Chancellor 8) One elected representative of IBA faculty members, and 9) Director, IBA as Member Secretary The present Vice Chancellor of the University of the Dhaka is the Chairperson of the board: Professor A A M S Arefin Siddique

The Institute is headed by a Director, who is also a faculty member of the Institute. The Director is responsible for overall management and supervision of the activities of the Institute. The present Director of IBA is:Professor G M Chowdhury.

Academic Board

The Academic Board of the Institute reviews the academic programs. All Professors and Associate Professors of IBA are members of this Board and the Director of IBA is the Chairperson of the board. The other members are the Dean of the Faculty of Business Studies and the Chairmen of the Departments thereunder. There is also a provision of including nominated members from the academic and business communities.

Co-ordination and Development (C&D) Committee

The Co-ordination and Development Committee consists of the top one-third of the total number of teachers of the Institute. It is responsible for, among other things, planning of further development of the Institute in the areas of academic and research programs, and recruitment and training of teachers.

Academic Committee

The Academic Committee is composed of all the teachers of the Institute. The Committee provides operational guidance to the academic programs of the Institute. It deals with admission of students, orgies, curricula, examinations, dildos, teaching, thongs and co-curricular activities etc.

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 inner after recent renovation.lack of light.

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. This unfortunately is due to the lack of funds. People mimicking Buddist monks, 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' (an example of the Indian dialect of English that is prevalent). The canteen is also a gathering place for students from all departments who wish to discover the art of sitting and eating on the floor. The EMBA floor has a separate cafeteria. This fortunately has tables and chairs.

To cater to the unique needs of the business and society, the Institute has created some special centers, viz., Center for Management Research and Publications(CMRP), IBA Computer Center (IBACC), Development and Policy Research Center(DPRC), Center for Women’s Studies (CWS), Center for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (CESBD), IBA Case Development Center (ICDC), Center for Population Management and Research (CPMR), and IBA Environment Development Center (IEDC). Each Center is headed by a Chairperson chosen from among the IBA faculty members.

Academic programs

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

Support programs

• Management Development Program (MDP)
• Management Consultancy Program (MCP)

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