Jagannath University
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Jagannath University is a government-financed public university in Sadarghat
, Dhaka
the capital of Bangladesh
. Jagannath University is in the southern part of Dhaka city near the river Buriganga.
The college started with only 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. It was known as the best-equipped private college in Dhaka as early as 1910. With the establishment of Dhaka University in 1921 the college had to stop admission in 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 of 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. At present, the university has 28 departments under four faculties. The faculties are Science, Arts, Business Studies and Social Science. Now 359 teachers are engaged in providing quality education of around 25000 students on diverse areas.
The leadership is striving to make this institution as a center of excellence for creating productive and responsible citizens of Bangladesh.
Since its inception the faculty of business upholds its unwavering commitment to first-rate teaching quality and teaching staffs. The faculty offers graduate and post graduate programs with a clear philosophy to develop in students the required knowledge and understanding of theoretical concepts and practical techniques for professional.
Prof. Md. Mosharraf Hossain Ph.D. is dean of the Faculty of Business Studies. This faculty has four departments:
(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), and Brojen Das
(swimmer, the first Indian to swim across English Channel).
Sadarghat
Sadarghat River Front, located in the southern part of Dhaka, on the river Buriganga, is one of the most dynamic places in Dhaka. Here, the Sadarghat Lunch Terminal is one of the largest river ports in the world. About 200 large and small passenger launches depart and arrive at the terminal every...
, Dhaka
Dhaka
Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...
the capital of Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
. Jagannath University is in the southern part of Dhaka city near the river Buriganga.
History
This educational establishment has a history of about 150 years 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 only 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. It was known as the best-equipped private college in Dhaka as early as 1910. With the establishment of Dhaka University in 1921 the college had to stop admission in 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 of 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. At present, the university has 28 departments under four faculties. The faculties are Science, Arts, Business Studies and Social Science. Now 359 teachers are engaged in providing quality education of around 25000 students on diverse areas.
The leadership is striving to make this institution as a center of excellence for creating productive and responsible citizens of Bangladesh.
Academics
Jagannath University has 28 departments under four faculties. Every department follows the semester system. At present 359 teachers are engaged in providing quality education to around 25,000 students.Faculty of Science
This faculty has eleven departments. The departments of this faculty are- Department of chemistry Dr. Md.Shajan- Chairman
- Department of Mathematics Dr. Payer Ahmed, chairman
- Department of Physics Prof. Dr. Md. Kamrul Alam
- Department of Statistics Prof. Md. Ashraf-Ul-Alam, professor and chairman
- Department of Botany Prof. Dr. Hasna Hena Begum, dean, Science Faculty and chairman
- Department of Zoology Dr. Md. SAIFUL ISLAM, associate professor and chairman
- Department of Geography & Environment Md. Moniruzzaman, Assistant Professor & Chairman
- Department of Psychology Dr. Kazi Saifuddin, Chairman
- Department of Pharmacy Dr. A. Z. M. Ruhul Momen, Professor and Chairman
- Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology Dr. Zakaria Mia (Chairman)
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering Uzzal Kumar Acharjee (Chairman)
Faculty of Arts
This faculty has seven departments. The departments of this faculty are- Department of Bangla Dr. Chanchal Kumar Bosh, chairman
- Department of English Professor Dr. M. Shahinoor Rahman, chairman
- Department of History Prof. Dr. Shamsur Nahar, chairman
- Department of Philosophy Dr Nurul Momen, chairman
- Department of Islamic History & Culture
- Department of Islamic Studies
- Department of Law
Faculty of Business Studies
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 system and management studies in the year 2010. Two other departments, finance and marketing, were set up with a view to prepare students with specialized knowledge for positions in government, business and academia.Since its inception the faculty of business upholds its unwavering commitment to first-rate teaching quality and teaching staffs. The faculty offers graduate and post graduate programs with a clear philosophy to develop in students the required knowledge and understanding of theoretical concepts and practical techniques for professional.
Prof. Md. Mosharraf Hossain Ph.D. is dean of the Faculty of Business Studies. This faculty has four departments:
- Department of Marketing, Prof. Md. Zakir Hossain, chairman
- Department of Finance, Prof. Dr. Mohammad Abu Misir, Chairman
- Department of Management Studies, Prof. Dr. Md. Monuruzzaman, chairman
- Department of Accounting Information Systems, Dr. Ali Noor, chairman
Faculty of Social Science
There are seven departments in this faculty:- Department of Economics, Dr. Md. Azam Khan, chairman
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Sociology
- Department of Social Work
- Department of Mass Communication & Journalism, Junaid Ahmed Halim, associate professor and chairman
- Department of Anthropology, Shanzida Farhana, associate professor and chairman
Notable alumni
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. The college produced tens of thousands graduates. Many of them have become famous at home and abroad. Noted among the alumni of the college are Sufi Motahar Hosen (poet), Abdul HamidAbdul Hamid
Abdul Hamid is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Ḥamid. The name means "servant of the All-laudable", al-Ḥamīd being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.The letter a of the al- is...
(sports organiser and sports journalist), Bhabatosh Dutta (economist), Premendra Mitra
Premendra Mitra
Premendra Mitra was a renowned Bengali poet, novelist, short story writer and film director. He was also an author of Bangla science fiction and thrillers.-Life:...
(writer and poet), AR Yusuf (bar-at-law, state minister of Bangladesh in early 1980s), A KMA Rouf (artist), Anisuzzaman
Anisuzzaman
Anisuzzaman is an author and academic of Bengali literature. He is Professor Emeritus of the University of Dhaka. He has received the Bangla Academy Award and the Ananda Purashkar for his work in the field of Bengali literature...
(educationist, researcher), and Brojen Das
Brojen Das
Brojen Das was the first Asian to swim across the English Channel, and the first person to cross it four times.-Early life:...
(swimmer, the first Indian to swim across English Channel).