Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University
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Type | Public university |
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Established | 2006 |
Chancellor | President Abdul Hamid |
Vice-Chancellor | Mohit Ul Alam[1] |
Students | 3464 |
Undergraduates | BSc(Eng), BBA, BSS, BA |
Postgraduates | MSc(Eng), MA, MBA (regular), MBA (evening), MSS, MDS |
Location | Nama para Battala, Trishal Upazila, Mymensingh, Bangladesh |
Campus | Urban, 42 acre[2] |
Website |
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Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University (Bengali: āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻ¸āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻ¯āĻŧ) is a government financed public university of Bangladesh. It is also known as JKKNIU. It is located at Nama para Battala, 1.5 kilometres from Trishal Upazila, some 22 kilometres from Mymensingh district and 100 kilometres from Dhaka.
History
A initiative to establish the university was undertaken at a meeting of the Executive Committee of National Economic Commission (ECNEC) in February 2004.[2] Former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia laid the foundation stone of the university on 1 March 2005.[3] At a function on 25 May 2007, organised to celebrate the birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, Begum Khaleda Zia inaugurated the university.[2]
The university was originally conceived to be the first culture-based university in Bangladesh, but the University Act of 2006 made it a general university with a special focus on liberal arts education and activities.[4]
Mohammad Shamsur Rahman was the first vice-chancellor of JKKNIU. Its first batch consisted of 185 students.[2] The academic programme of the university started effective from 3 June 2007 with three departments under the Faculty of Arts (Bengali Language & Literature, English Language & Literature, and Music) and the single department Computer Science and Engineering under the Faculty of Science and Engineering.[3]
Two more departments were established the next year under two new faculties: the Department of Accounting and Information Systems under the Faculty of Business Administration and the Department of Economics under the Faculty of Social Science.
Two other departments were opened in the academic year 2009â2010 under two faculties: the Department of Finance and Banking under the Faculty of Business Administration and the Department of Fine Arts under the Faculty of Arts.
Four additional departments were established in the academic year 2010â11 under four existing faculties, i.e., the Department of Dramatics under the Faculty of Arts, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering under the Faculty of Science & Engineering, Department of Public Administration under the Faculty of Social Sciences, and the Department of Human Resource Management under the Faculty of Business Administration.
Campus
It is in a place popularly known as Battala (shade of banyan tree) at Trishal Upazila headquarters in the district of Mymensingh.
The name of the place 'Battala' derives from the legendary banyan tree standing for years here at Namapara.
Faculties
There are nineteen departments under four faculties:
- Faculty of Arts
- Bangla Language and Literature
- English language and Literature
- Fine arts
- Theatre and Performance Studies
- Music
- Film & Media studies
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Faculty of Business Administration
- Accounting and Information Systems
- Finance and Banking
- Human Resource Management
- Faculty of Social Science
- Economics
- Public Administration & Governance Studies
- Folklore
- Law & Justice
- Anthropology
- Population Science
- Local Government and Urban development
Facilities
Residents halls
There are two students hall in Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University- Agnibeena & Dolonchapa
Health services
The Medical Center of JKKNIU name BETHAR DAN(āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻĨāĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨), located near the 3rd gate, offers free medical service and free pathological examinations to students, teachers and staffs of the University and also family members of the teachers and staff.
Cafeteria
There is a Cafeteria named 'Cafe Chokrobak'
Cultural activities
As it is known as a Cultural University, various types of cultural events held in campus. The birthday of Nazrul is the biggest cultural program of JKKNIU.
List of vice-chancellors
Name | From | To |
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Professor Dr. Mohammad Shamsur Rahman.[2] | May-2007 | 21-April-2009 |
Professor Syed Gias Uddin | 22-April-2009[1] | 21-April-2013 |
Late Professor Khondakar Ashraf Hossain | 22-April-2013 | June-2013 |
Professor Dr Mohit Ul Alam | 14-August-2013 | Present |
References
- 1 2 "Prof Mohit new Kabi Nazrul VC". bdnews24.com. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Islam, Aminul (24 May 2009). "Kabi Nazrul University a tribute to the rebel poet". Star Campus. The Daily Star. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
- 1 2 "Nazrul Univ begins 1st academic session today". New Age. 3 June 2007. Archived from the original on 9 February 2008.
- â "āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ˛ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸" [Poet Nazrul University: Memoir]. Amar Desh (in Bengali). 2 September 2013.
Further reading
- "Studying Nazrul". The Daily Star. 25 May 2010.
- "Govt to continue funding 3 univs". The Daily Star. 12 September 2012.
- "Sorry tale of road to Nazrul university in Trishal". The Daily Star. 11 September 2015.
External links
Coordinates: 24°35â˛20âŗN 90°22â˛33âŗEīģŋ / īģŋ24.5888°N 90.3757°E