Jahangirnagar University plans four days of events to celebrate 45th anniversary

by Sharmin Rahman

The institution  located in Savar on the outskirts of Bangladesh capital Dhaka was formally launched on Jan. 12, 1970 under the Jahangirnagar Muslim University Ordinance, 1970.

Since then the day is being observed as University Day.

At the time of starting, its name was Jahangirnagar Muslim University, and the initial plan was to operate this university as like as Aligarh Muslim University. But after the independence of Bangladesh, its name changed as Jahangirnagar University under the act of Jahangirnagar University Act’ 1973.

The university which has some 14,500 students including celebrities or glamorous figures, 672 teachers, 206 staffs and 1,200 other employees,  boasts to have the first ever female Vice-Chancellor of any public university in Bangladesh.  Farzana Islam, a professor of Anthropology department, was appointed the country’s first-ever female Vice Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University in March last year.

Jahangirnagar University with a dozen residential halls a few more under construction is mandated to provide residential accommodation to each and every students with separate halls for the female students.  Enditem