Rabindra Maitree University

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Rabindra Maitree University
রবীন্দ্র মৈত্রী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
Type Private research
Established2015;9 years ago (2015)
Founder Mohammad Johurul Islam
Affiliation University Grants Commission (UGC)
Chancellor President Mohammed Shahabuddin
Vice-Chancellor Md. Shahjahan Ali
Location
Kushtia
,
7000
,
Bangladesh

23°54′11″N89°07′35″E / 23.9030°N 89.1263°E / 23.9030; 89.1263
Campus Urban
LanguageEnglish, Bengali
Website rmu.ac.bd

Rabindra Maitree University is a private university in Bangladesh. [1] It is located at Ram Chandra Rai Chowdhury Road, Kushtia. [2]

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History

The Rabindra Maitree University was proposed for approval to the Ministry of Education, Government of Bangladesh as Legend Trust University in 2011. It was the brain child and under an active nourishment of Professor Dr. Mohammad Johurul Islam, the formerly Chairman of the Department of Law of Islamic University and formerly Dean of Faculty of Law of Islamic University, Kushtia-the then Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the proposed Legend Trust University. [3] The proposed university campus was duly inspected by two member committee of the University Grants Commission headed by the then UGC member Professor Dr. Atful Hye Shible. They gave a very positive report to the Ministry of Education for approval of the proposed Legend Trust University. But the proposal met an unexpected delay for its approval. In 2015 the Honourable Minister for Information Mr. Hasanul Huq Inu MP, who hails from Kushtia approached and brought the matter before Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. [4] It had been planned to have a campus of Rabindra University, Bangladesh at Shilaidha in Kushtia. [2] But on May 8, 2015, at a Rabindra Jayanti event at Kuthibari in Shilaidah, Hasanul Haq Inu said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had agreed to set up a separate private university named after Rabindranath Tagore in Kushtia. [5] Government approval for the establishment of the university was reported on 10 January 2016. [6] Hasanul Haque Inu, the then minister of information and broadcasting, was the chairman of the board of trustees, and his wife, Afroza Haque Rina was also on the board. [7]

As of June 2017, the University Grants Commission (UGC) had not given permission for the university to enroll students. [8] In April 2024, the UGC advised students against enrolling at the university because it lacked a vice chancellor. [9]

Faculty and departments

Agricultural faculty [10]

Science and engineering faculty [11]

Business studies faculty [12]

Art and social science faculty [13]

Administration

The university is governed under a board of trustees, with former information minister Hasanul Haq Inu as chairman and Mohammad Zahurul Islam as vice chairman. [14] Former treasurer of Islamic University, Bangladesh, Md. Shahjahan Ali, is currently serving as the vice-chancellor of the university. And Mohammad Mamun and Ismat Ara Khatun are serving as treasurer and registrar respectively.

Campus

The university has a hall named Parisundari Hall for female students. The hall is named after Parisundari Devi, one of the leaders of the Blue Rebellion. The hall was inaugurated on July 4, 2019.

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References

  1. ↑ "Rabindra Maitree University, Kushtia". University Grants Commission of Bangladesh. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  2. 1 2 "Rabindra Maitree University | Kushtia, Bangladesh". 2019-06-23. Archived from the original on 2019-06-23. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  3. ↑ "Mohammad Johurul Islam | Kushtia, Bangladesh". 2024-10-05. Archived from the original on 2019-06-23. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
  4. ↑ "Rabindra Maitree University | Kushtia, Bangladesh". 2019-06-23.
  5. ↑ শিলাইদহে বেসরকারি উদ্যোগে রবীন্দ্র বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় হবে: তথ্যমন্ত্রী [Rabindra University will be a private initiative in Shilaidah: Information Minister]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  6. ↑ এসেছে আরও ৬ বেসরকারি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় [6 more private universities have come]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 10 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Private universities gripped by politics". Prothom Alo. 29 April 2019.
  8. ↑ "UGC flags 16 private universities, warns students against admission". bdnews24.com. 12 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "UGC advises admission seekers to avoid 30 pvt univs". New Age. 4 April 2024.
  10. ↑ "Faculty of Agriculture | Rabindra Maitree University, Kushtia". University Grants Commission of Bangladesh. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  11. ↑ "Faculty of Science and Engineering | Rabindra Maitree University, Kushtia". University Grants Commission of Bangladesh. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  12. ↑ "Faculty of Business Studies | Rabindra Maitree University, Kushtia". University Grants Commission of Bangladesh. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  13. ↑ "Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences | Rabindra Maitree University, Kushtia". University Grants Commission of Bangladesh. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  14. ↑ "Rabindra Maitree University | Kushtia, Bangladesh". 2019-06-23. Archived from the original on 2019-06-23. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
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