Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University

Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University (Bengali: জাতীয় কবি কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) 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

For the university in Asansol, West Bengal, see Kazi Nazrul University.

Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University
জাতীয় কবি কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
TypePublic university
Established2006
ChancellorPresident Abdul Hamid
Vice-ChancellorPro. Dr. A.H.M Mustafizur Rahman
Students7296
UndergraduatesBSc(Eng), BSc, BBA, BSS, BA, LLB, BFA
PostgraduatesMSc(Eng), MA, MBA (regular), MBA (evening), MFA, MSS, MDS
33 (M.Phil, PhD)
Location
Nama para Battala, Trishal Upazila
,
Mymensingh
,
Bangladesh
CampusUrban, 57 acre[1]
Websitejkkniu.edu.bd

History

An initiative to establish the university was undertaken at a meeting of the Executive Committee of National Economic Commission (ECNEC) in February 2004.[1] Former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia laid the foundation stone of the university on 1 March 2005.[2] At a function on 25 May 2007, organized to celebrate the birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, Begum Khaleda Zia inaugurated the university.[1]

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.[3]

Mohammad Shamsur Rahman was the first vice-chancellor of JKKNIU. Its first batch consisted of 185 students.[1] 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.[2]

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 2009–2010 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 2010–11 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
JKKNIU Top View

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 23 departments under four faculties:

  • Faculty of Science and Engineering
Science Building
  1. Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
  2. Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)
  3. Environmental Science & Engineering (ESE)
  4. Statistics
Arts Building
  1. Bangla Language and Literature
  2. English language and Literature
  3. Fine arts
  4. Theatre and Performance Studies
  5. Music
  6. Film & Media studies
  7. Philosophy
  • Faculty of Business Administration
  1. Accounting and Information Systems
  2. Finance and Banking
  3. Human Resource Management
  4. Management
  • Faculty of Social Science
  1. Economics
  2. Public Administration & Governance Studies
  3. Folklore
  4. Law & Justice
  5. Anthropology
  6. Population Sciences
  7. Local Government and Urban development
  8. Sociology

Mphil & PhD Program: CSE, ESE, Bangla Language and Literature, English, Fine arts & Music Department. Circular

Notable Research

Professor Dr. Ashraf Ali Seddique, departmental head of the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering and his team found High levels of Uranium in Cox's Bazar.[4][5][6]

Facilities

Residents halls
Agnibeena Hall
Doloncapa Hall

There are two students hall in Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University- Agnibeena & Dolonchapa

Health services

The Medical Center of JKKNIU name BETHAR DAN(ব্যথার দান), 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
M. Shamsur Rahman[1] 7 June 2006 19 April 2009
Syed Gias Uddin 22-April-2009[7] 21-April-2013
Khondakar Ashraf Hossain 22-April-2013 June-2013
Mohit Ul Alam 14-August-2013 13-August-2017
A.H.M Mustafizur Rahman 13-November-2017[8]
  • Gahi Sammer Gan Moncho
  • Floating Cafeteria SINDHU SAROS

References
  1. Islam, Aminul (24 May 2009). "Kabi Nazrul University a tribute to the rebel poet". Star Campus. The Daily Star. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  2. "Nazrul Univ begins 1st academic session today". New Age. 3 June 2007. Archived from the original on 9 February 2008.
  3. "কবি নজরুল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় সৃষ্টির ইতিহাস" [Poet Nazrul University: Memoir]. Amar Desh (in Bengali). 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  4. "High levels of Uranium found in Cox's Bazar". daily-bangladesh. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  5. "Radioactive heavy mineral Uranium, Thorium found in ground water of Cox's Bazar". ourtimebd. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  6. Seddique, Ashraf Ali; Kon, Yoshiaki (20 January 2020). "Sources of U and Th in groundwater of the paleobeach aquifer at Cox's Bazar, Southeast Bangladesh". Groundwater for Sustainable Development. 10 (April 2020, 100332): 100332. doi:10.1016/j.gsd.2020.100332.
  7. "Prof Mohit new Kabi Nazrul VC". bdnews24.com. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  8. "Prof Mustafizur joins JKKNIU as VC". daily-sun.com. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

Further reading

Official website

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