Ex-Students of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh

Bangladesh Agricultural University (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় Bangladesh Krishi Bishshobiddalôe) or BAU was established as the only university of its kind in Bangladesh in 1961. The scheme for the establishment of BAU was finalized on 8 June 1961 and its ordinance was promulgated on 18 August 1961. With the appointment of its first Vice-Chancellor, the university formally came into existence on 2 September 1961 and started functioning with the College of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science at Mymensingh as its nucleus. The university has six faculties and 43 departments covering all aspects of agricultural education and research. BAU is the second highest budgeted public university in Bangladesh for the year 2013-2014. BAU's unparalleled research in agriculture has made it very recognized university in whole ASIA continent. Having a very low ratio of teacher-student, quality of education in BAU is brilliant and remarkable. Location[edit] The campus, with an area of 4.85 km², is in scenic rural surroundings on the western bank of the old Brahmaputra River, 3 km south of the district town of Mymensingh and 120 km north from Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. The campus is made up of a series of academic, administrative and residential buildings and experimental farms, gardens and other related facilities. Besides, two national research institutes, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) and Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI) are housed in this campus. War of liberation[edit] During the days of the war of liberation in 1971, the teachers, students, officers and employees of the university responded to the call of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to join the war of liberation. The vice-chancellor Professor Dr. Q.M.F. Rahim declared: "From now on this university will be named as 'Swadhin Bangladesh Krishi Bishwabidyalaya' [Independent Bangladesh Agricultural University]." Teachers, students, officers and employees of BAU joined the war, and the university lost 18 members - one teacher, eleven students and six employees. Three halls of student residence have been named after fighters who lost their lives in the war of liberation: Shahid Shamsul Huq Hall, Shahid Nazmul Ahsan Hall and Shahid Jamal Hossain Hall. Academics[edit] BAU Campus Bangladesh Agricultural University A mosque in the BAU residential area Monument depicting the list of the martyrs of the Liberation War of Bangladesh Faculty building Agricultural university college Faculty and departments[edit] Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology[edit] Department of Farm Structure and Environmental Engineering Department of Farm Power and Machinery Department of Irrigation and Water Management Department of Food Technology and Rural Industries Department of Computer Science and Mathematics Faculty of Veterinary Science[edit] Department of Anatomy and Histology Department of Physiology Department of Microbiology and Hygiene Department of Pharmacology Department of Parasitology Department of Pathology Department of Medicine Department of Surgery and Obstetrics Faculty of Agriculture[edit] Department of Agronomy Department of Soil Science Department of Entomology Department of Horticulture Department of Plant Pathology Department of Crop Botany Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding Department of Agricultural Extension Education Department of Agricultural Chemistry Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department of Physics Department of Chemistry Department of Languages Department of Agroforestry Department of Biotechnology Department of Environmental Science Faculty of Animal Husbandry[edit] Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics Department of Animal Science Department of Animal Nutrition Department of Poultry Science Department of Dairy Science Faculty of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology[edit] Department of Agricultural Economics Department of Agricultural Finance Department of Agricultural Statistics Department of Agribusiness and Marketing Department of Rural Sociology Faculty of Fisheries[edit] Department of Fisheries Biology and Genetics Department of Aquaculture Department of Fisheries Management Department of Fisheries Technology Institutes[edit] Graduate Training Institute (GTI)[edit] The Graduate Training Institute is the first institute of BAU, established in 1976. GTI was established with the financial assistance of FAO/UNDP to train officers working in agriculture and rural development. GTI performs the third function of the university: extension and community service. The motive behind establishing GTI in BAU campus was to make links between teaching, research and extension. Through GTI, the BAU teachers get an opportunity to interact with field-level officers working throughout the country. More than 500 teachers working in BAU are the trainers of GTI. The institute has a 60-bed dormitory, suitable for running two residential training courses simultaneously. It offers non-residential training to postgraduate students, officers, employees and teachers. GTI has two modern PC labs for organizing IT-related training courses. The capacity of the infrastructure is above 3,000, but about 350 users are using the facility in its initial phase. The institute runs about 50-60 short training courses per year. GTI was awarded the President Gold Medal in 1981.

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