Gano Bishwabidyalaya

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established = 1998
type = Private
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chancellor = Prof. Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed
vice_chancellor = Prof. Dr. A.Q. Chowdhury
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city = Nayarhat
state = Dhaka
country = Bangladesh
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website = http://www.gkbd.org/link/education/gb.htm

Gano Bishwabidyalaya ( _bn. গন বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a private University of Bangladesh. It was established in 1996. The University is located in Nayarhat, Dhaka. It was one of the 11 universities that went operational without University Grants Commission (UGC) approval which was made a necessity under the Private University Act (1992) in Bangladesh. [cite news | last = Khan | first = Siddiqur Rahman | title = 11 pvt univs offer 50 courses without UGC approval | language = English | publisher = New Age | date = 2005-01-18 | url = http://www.newagebd.com/2005/feb/18/met.html | accessdate = 2006-12-16] It also introduced new academic courses without UGC approval along with a number of other private universities. [cite news | last = Staff Correspondent | first = | title = Private universities continue to hoodwink UGC | language = English | publisher = Weekly Holiday | date = 2004-06-02 | url = http://www.weeklyholiday.net/2006/020606/met.html | accessdate = 2006-12-16]

Academics

There are 24 departments under three faculties. These are :

*Faculty of Health Sciences

*Faculty of Basic and Social Sciences

*Faculty of Postgraduate Studies

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.gkbd.org/link/education/gb.htm Official website]
* [http://www.ugc.gov.bd/private_universities/details.php?code=GU University Grants Commission]