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Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University

জাতীয় কবি কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
Motto	চির উন্নত মম শির
Type	Public university
Established	2006; 18 years ago (2006)
Chancellor	President Mohammed Shahabuddin
Vice-Chancellor	Md Jahangir Alam
Students	9000
Doctoral students	33 (M.Phil, PhD)
Location	Nama Para Battala, Trishal, Mymensingh, Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh 24°34′54″N 90°22′32″E / 24.58167°N 90.37556°E / 24.58167; 90.37556
Campus	Rural, 57 acres (23 ha)
Website	jkkniu.edu.bd

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 Namapara-Battala, Trishal which is a suburb of Mymensingh, some 22 kilometres from Mymensingh urban center.The university was established in 2006. At present more than eight thousand students are studying in the university.

History

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

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.

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

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.

Location

It is located at Namapara Battala,Trishal about 22 km from Mymensingh city center and 3 km from Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway.It is 100 km away from the capital city Dhaka.

The name of the place 'Battala' derives from the legendary banyan tree standing for years here at Namapara.

Faculties

The university has 25 departments under 6 faculties.

Institute

The university has an institute called 'Institute of Nazrul Studies'.

Academic buildings

The university has four academic buildings for conducting academic activities. The buildings are

1. Arts Building
2. Old Science building
3. Social Science Building
4. Business Administration Building
5. New Science Building

Notable research

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.

Notable faculty and alumni

Faculty:

• Jatin Sarkar (writer, thinker, honorary guest teacher at the university)
• Khondakar Ashraf Hossain (poet, translator, 3rd VC of the university)
• Mohit Ul Alam (writer, Shakespearian scholar, 4th VC of the university)
• Soumitra Sekhar Dey, (researcher, writer. the 6th VC of the university)
• Brindaban Das (actor, TV director, guest lecturer of the theatre dept.)
• Manoj Pramanik (actor, film producer, assistant professor of the film and media studies dept.)

Alumni:

• Fazle Hasan Shishir (film producer, alumni of English dept.)
• Animes Roy (Folk singer)

Cultural activities

Various types of cultural events are held on campus. The birthday of Nazrul is the biggest cultural program of JKKNIU. Every year a two-day long cultural festival is arranged under the name Kuyasha Utshab. There were many segments like photography exhibition, painting exhibition, bookstall, indigenous traditional product stall, film show, recitation, literary debate and musical nights with famous and student band of the university that made a unique impression.

The university arranges Nazrul and Rabindranath's birthday celebration every year.

List of vice-chancellors

Gallery

• 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. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. 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. 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. Bibcode:2020GSusD..1000332S. doi:10.1016/j.gsd.2020.100332. S2CID 213507465.
6. "'Please don't speak ill about my mother tongue'". The Daily Star. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
7. Islam, Aminul (11 December 2019). "Fog Festival preparations in full swing at JKKNIU". The Daily Star.
8. নজরুল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে দুই দিনব্যাপী কুয়াশা উৎসব. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali).
9. প্রতিবেদক, নিজস্ব. কুয়াশায় ঘেরা সু-আশার উৎসব. Prothom Alo (in Bengali).
10. কবি নজরুল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে 'কুয়াশা উৎসব' অনুষ্ঠিত. Somoy News (in Bengali).
11. "Prof Mohit new Kabi Nazrul VC". bdnews24.com. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
12. "Prof Mustafizur joins JKKNIU as VC". Daily Sun. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
13. "Dr. Soumitra Sekhar Dey appointed Nazrul University VC". The Business Standard. 15 December 2021.

Further reading

• "Studying Nazrul". The Daily Star. 25 May 2010.
• "Govt to continue funding 3 univs". The Daily Star. 12 September 2012.
• "Sorry tale of road to Nazrul university in Trishal". The Daily Star. 11 September 2015.

External links

• Media related to Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website
• University Grant Commission

v t e Kazi Nazrul Islam
Works	Novels Bandhan Hara (1927) Mrityukshuda (1930) Kuhelika (1932) Stories Shiulimala Rikter Bedan Poem collections Agnibeena (1922) Sanchita (1925) Poems and songs "Notuner Gaan" "Bangladesh" "Bidrohi" "O Mon Romzaner Oi Rozar Sheshe" "Pralayollas" "Bisher Bashi" "Bhangar Gan" "Chhayana" Plays and operas Jhilimili (1930) Putuler Biye (1933) Madhumala (1960) Shilpi Films Dhruba (1934) Vidyapati (1937) Magazines Dhumketu Langal
Family	Kazi Sabyasachi (son) Khilkhil Kazi (granddaughter)
Related	Nazrul Geeti Nazrul Jayanti Nazrul Institute Nazrul Endowment Mausoleum Namesakes
Category Commons Wikiquotes

• Memorials to Kazi Nazrul Islam
• Public universities of Bangladesh
• Universities and colleges established in 2006
• 2006 establishments in Bangladesh