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Gono Bishwabidyalay
গণ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়

Other name	Gono Bishwabidyalay
Motto	A University with a difference
Type	Private
Established	14 July 1994; 30 years ago (14 July 1994)
Chancellor	President Mohammed Shahabuddin
Vice-Chancellor	Abul Hossain
Students	More than 5000
Address	Nolam, Mirzanagar, Savar, Dhaka-1344, Mirzanagar, Savar, Dhaka-1344, Bangladesh
Campus	Rural, 32 acres
Colors	Blue, Gray and Green
Affiliations	UGC
Website	www.gonouniversity.edu.bd

Gono Bishwabidyalay (Bengali: গণ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় lit. 'People's University', abbreviated as GB) is a private university in Savar, Bangladesh which was established on 14 July 1994 as the People's University. It is now operating their academic and administrating activity on their permanent campus at Nolam, Savar, Dhaka. It was approved by University Grants Commission (UGC) on 1998. Md. Abul Hossain is the vice-chancellor of the university.

History

Gono University was founded by the non profit Gonoshasthaya Kendra in 1994.

In December 2013, students of Gono University and its sister medical university, Gonoshasthaya Samaj Vittik Medical College, vandalized their own university and hospital over the death of a doctor of the institute in remote area of Patuakhali. Gonoshasthaya Kendra requires the students and doctors to work in 46 health care centres located in remote rural parts of Bangladesh.

University Grant Commission identified Gono University as one of number of Universities with Vice-Chancellors in September 2015 report; the last Vice-Chancellor recently finished his tenure. On 12 September 2015, students of Gono University blocked Dhaka-Aricha highway protesting the government decision to impose vat on private university tuitions.

Students of Gono University got into scuffles with protestors outside PHA building of the Gonoshasthaya Kendra in 2018. The protestors were laid by plaintiffs of cases against the founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Zafrullah Chowdhury, who alleged the building was built on land that belonged to Cotton Textile Craft Limited.

In December 2017, students of Gono University protested in Savar demanding University Grants Commission recognize BBA program of the university.

The University Grant Commission issued a warning against students joining Gono University over management irregularities at the university in 2019.

On 13 September 2020, the register of Gono University was fired for sexual harassment.

Bijon Kumar Sil, lead virologist at Gono University, developed a low cost COVID-19 test kit during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. It failed to secure approval from the government of Bangladesh and Sil, a citizen of Singapore, was forced to leave Bangladesh after failing to get a renewed work permit.

Vice-chancellor

Md. Abul Hossain

Trustee Board


Name	Designation	Reference
Serajul Islam Choudhury	Chairman
Amirul Islam Choudhury	Trustee
Altafunnesa	Trustee
Kazi Fazlur Rahman	Trustee
Dilara Choudhury	Trustee
Waliul Islam	Trustee
Salahuddin Ahmed	Trustee
Zafrullah Chowdhury	Trustee
Tahrunnesa Abdullah	Trustee
Syed Modasser Ali	Trustee
Abdur Rouf	Trustee
Hosne Ara Shahed	Trustee
Abul Qasem Chowdhury	Trustee
Shirin Parvin Huq	Trustee
Md. Nazrul Islam (Asif Nazrul)	Trustee
Farida Akhter	Trustee

Faculties

Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
Faculty of Science & Engineering
Faculty of Veterinary and Animal sciences
Faculty of Postgraduate Studies
Faculty of Agriculture

References

"Administrative – Gono Bishwabidyalay". Retrieved 29 July 2021.
"Background – Gono Bishwabidyalay". Retrieved 29 July 2021.
^ "Medical college students vandalise their hospital". The Daily Star. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
Habib, Wasim Bin; Adhikary, Tuhin Shubhra (5 September 2016). "Who runs these pvt universities?". The Daily Star. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
"Dhaka-Aricha highway blocked in anti-VAT demo". The Daily Star. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
^ "Gonoshasthya Kendra: Outsiders clash with students, officials". The Daily Star. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
"Gono University students protest demanding UGC approval for BBA". The Daily Star. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
"UGC warns students against admission to 30 private universities". Dhaka Tribune. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
"Registrar of Gono Bishwabidyalay fired on sexual harassment charge". Dhaka Tribune. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
Mortoza, Golam (21 May 2020). "Rapid, low-cost kit awaits nod". The Daily Star. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
Mortoza, Golam (20 September 2020). "Dreams dashed". The Daily Star. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
^ "Board of Trustees – Gono Bishwabidyalay". Retrieved 25 October 2022.
"Faculty of Health Sciences – Gono Bishwabidyalay". Retrieved 29 July 2021.
"Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences – Gono Bishwabidyalay". Retrieved 29 July 2021.
"Faculty of Science & Engineering – Gono Bishwabidyalay". Retrieved 29 July 2021.
"Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Sciences – Gono Bishwabidyalay". Retrieved 29 July 2021.
"Faculty of Post Graduate Studies – Gono Bishwabidyalay". Retrieved 29 July 2021.
"Faculty of Agriculture – Gono Bishwabidyalay". Retrieved 26 July 2023.

External links

Library GB
Home page of Department of Pharmacy, Gono University
(https://gonouniversity.edu.bd/microbiology/)
Gono University in university-directory.eu
Gono Bishwabidyalay in University Grants Commission

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