Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka
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| Type | Semi-autonomous Institute under University of Dhaka |
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| Established | 1966 |
| Director | Prof. G. M. Chowdhury faculty = 39 |
| Undergraduates | 250 |
| Postgraduates | 200 |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Urban, located at Shahbag |
| Website | www.iba-du.edu |
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The Institute of Business Administration (Template:Lang-bn) of the University of Dhaka - commonly known as IBA - is a government funded institution for business-education in the South Asian Country of Bangladesh. It was established in 1966 in collaboration with the Karachi IBA, but is currently only affiliated with the University of Dhaka. This is due to the strong resentment of Pakistan after the liberation war of 1971. Late Professor M.Safiullah was the founder-director of IBA. IBA pioneered Business Administration education in Bangladesh. It also pioneered Semester and credit based education system in Bangladesh.
History
IBA was founded in 1966 in collaboration Karachi IBA, Pakistan with the objective of providing professional training to provide graduate level education for low income families in business. In spite of the English ciriculum, the medium of instruction continues to be Bengali or at best an Indian dialect of English. This is tributed to both the lack of English comprehensive of English by the students and also due to their mentors, the Faculties having been conferred their PhDs are from obsure universities in Thailand or Bangladesh.
From its inception in 1966 until 1993, the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) was the academic program offered by IBA. In 1993, after a review initiated by Professor Dr. M Shamsul Haque (Former Director, IBA; and former Treasurer, Dhaka University), a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program was added. Prior to that, in 1970s, the M.Phil and Ph.D. programs were introduced.
IBA has so far had 20 BBA batches and 46 MBA batches. In 2007, IBA introduced an Executive MBA (EMBA) program to meet the huge demand for quality education for low income families. There are plans to revamp the BBA program (offering double majors, for example), too.
It is the first educational institution in Bangladesh to introduce semester system in contrast of year long traditional system of Bangladesh. As youth politics runs rampant at public universities, Dhaka University is no different. The semester system has allowed IBA students to activately participate in various political parties.
While private universities of Bangladesh enjoy a better reputation in comparison their public counterparts; owing to pressure from a larger number of students who cannot afford to study in more competitive private universities, a growing consensus is arising to officially increase the reputation of public universities. IBA is ranked 16,169 as per global university world rankings, well below other Bangladesh universities.
Administration
Board of Governors
Institute of Business Administration, governed by the 4th Statute of the University of Dhaka, functions within the broad framework of policies, rules and regulations of the University. Chaired by the Vice-Chancellor of University of Dhaka, an 11-member Board of Governors provides the policy and administrative guidance for IBA. . 1) Vice-Chancellor of the University 2) Treasurer of the University 3) Dean of the Faculty of Business Studies 4) One nominee of the Syndicate from among its members 5) One nominee of the Academic Council from among its members 6) One nominee of the Faculty of Social Sciences 7) Three members from the business community nominated by the Chancellor 8) One elected representative of IBA faculty members, and 9) Director, IBA as Member Secretary The present Vice Chancellor of the University of the Dhaka is the Chairperson of the board: Professor A A M S Arefin Siddique
The Institute is headed by a Director, who is also a faculty member of the Institute. The Director is responsible for overall management and supervision of the activities of the Institute. The present Director of IBA is:Professor G M Chowdhury.
Academic Board
The Academic Board of the Institute reviews the academic programs. All Professors and Associate Professors of IBA are members of this Board and the Director of IBA is the Chairperson of the board. The other members are the Dean of the Faculty of Business Studies and the Chairmen of the Departments thereunder. There is also a provision of including nominated members from the academic and business communities.
Co-ordination and Development (C&D) Committee
The Co-ordination and Development Committee consists of the top one-third of the total number of teachers of the Institute. It is responsible for, among other things, planning of further development of the Institute in the areas of academic and research programs, and recruitment and training of teachers.
Academic Committee
The Academic Committee is composed of all the teachers of the Institute. The Committee provides operational guidance to the academic programs of the Institute. It deals with admission of students, orgies, curricula, examinations, dildos, teaching, thongs and co-curricular activities etc.
IBA director
The Director of IBA is the chief administrative authority for the institution. The current Director is Professor G.M. Chowdhury
Former IBA dictators
- Prof. M. Safiullah
- Dr. Lee Charles Nehrt
- Dr. Md. Mawdudur Rahman
- Dr. Muzaffar Ahmad
- Prof. Dr. Hafiz G A Siddiqi
- Prof. Alimur Rahman
- Dr. Md. Alimullah Miyan
- Prof. Dr. Rahim B Talukder
- Prof. Dr. Shamsul Haque
- Prof. Dr. Abdur Rab
- Prof. Dr. Nurur Rahman
- Prof. Dr. Anwar Hossain
- Prof. Dr. Iftekhar Ghani Chowdhury
- Prof. Dr. Md. Ziaulhaq Mamun
The campus
IBA has its own premises within the campus of the University of Dhaka. The four storied main building contains 65,000 square feet (6,000 m2) of floor space.[1] In addition to classrooms the premises houses a library, the administrative and faculty offices, conference room, lecture and seminar rooms, computer lab, machine room, a teacher's lounge, 2 cafeterias for students and an auditorium.
IBA has an informal reading room popularly known as "Bunker" to IBA students. It is named so because the only access to it is down the library stairs. It is one of the prominent gathering place for the students at IBA. IBA cafeteria (At the ground floor of IBA building) is unique in its nature as it has no tables or chairs to sit on. Lack of funds. People either stand beside the wall-mounted shelves or seat on the cafeteria floor to have their food mimicking Buddist monks. IBA Canteen, as it is popularly known, is quite famous in the DU campus for its quality food items and is a gathering place for students from all departments who wish to discover the art of sitting and eating on the floor. The EMBA floor has a separate cafeteria. This fortunately has tables and chairs.
To cater to the unique needs of the business and society, the Institute has created some special centers, viz., Center for Management Research and Publications(CMRP), IBA Computer Center (IBACC), Development and Policy Research Center(DPRC), Center for Women’s Studies (CWS), Center for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (CESBD), IBA Case Development Center (ICDC), Center for Population Management and Research (CPMR), and IBA Environment Development Center (IEDC). Each Center is headed by a Chairperson chosen from among the IBA faculty members.
Academic programs
- Undergraduate
- BBA
- Graduate
- MBA (Day & Evening)
- EMBA
- MPhil
- PhD
- DBA (Doctor of Business Administration)
Support Programs
- Management Development Program (MDP)
- Management Consultancy Program (MCP)
Professors
- Dr Nurur Rahman, PhD (Ohio State University), MA (Ohio State University), MBA (Indiana), MCom (University of Dhaka)
- Dr Muhammad Ziaulhaq Mamun, PhD (Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand), MBA (Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka), MBA (American University of Beirut), BSc in Civil Engineering (BUET)
- G. M. Chowdhury, MBA (Aston University) PhD (Dortmund), (W. Germany), MBA (Dortmund), (W. Germany), MSc in Economics (USSR)
- Syed Ferhat Anwar PhD (University of Dhaka), DUT (Canada), MBA (Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka), MSc (University of Dhaka), BSc (Hons)
- Iqbal Ahmed, M.Indl. Admin Sc (Aston University, UK, MSc (University of Dhaka), BSc (Hons), PGD-in-Indl. Relations (Holland), Dip-in-Personnel Mgt (Dhaka)
- Mohammad A. Momen, MBA (USA), MCom in Finance (University of Dhaka), BCom (Hons)
- Dr. Nazma Ara Hussain, PhD (University of Dhaka), MBA (Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka), PGD in Mgt Actg (UK)
- Dr. Jawadur Rahim Zahid, PhD (MBS, Manchester), MBA (Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka)
- Shakil Huda, MSBA (Texas Tech University), MBA (Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka)
- Syed Munir Khasru, MBA (Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania), USA
- Dr Md Jahangir Alam, PhD (University of Dhaka), MBA (Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka), MSc in Physics (Rajshahi University)
- Neaz Ahmed, MBA (UNB, Canada), MBA(Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka), BA (Hons)
- Syed Alamgir Jafar, MS in Business Administration (Duquesne, Penn, USA), BA (Hons) (Lahore)
References
- ^ a b "IBA Website: About IBA". Archived from IBA Website: About IBA the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved April 10, 2005.
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