Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka

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Institute of Business Administration


Established	1966
Type	Semi-autonomous Institute under University of Dhaka
Director	Dr. Muhammad Z Mamun
Faculty	39
Undergraduates	250
Postgraduates	200
Location	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Campus	Urban, located at Shahbag
Website	www.iba-du.edu

Coordinates: 23°44.09′N, 90°23.63′E

The Institute of Business Administration of the University of Dhaka - commonly known as IBA - is the premier institution for business-education in Bangladesh. It was established in 1966 in collaboration with the Karachi IBA, the Ford Foundation, and Indiana University, Bloomington. Late Professor M.Safiullah was the founder-director of IBA.

1 Founder
2 History
3 Administration
- 3.1 IBA Director
- 3.2 Former IBA Directors
4 The Campus
5 Academic Programs
6 Notable Faculty and Alumni
7 Trivia
8 References
9 External links

[edit] Founder

Professor M. Safiullah is considered as the father of business education in Bangladesh. During the Pakistani period Bangladesh (the then East Pakistan) did not have any institution giving MBA degree. Professor M. Safiulllah dreamed the need of such education for Bangladesh and organized support to start IBA. The first group of faculty who later provided leadership to business education includes Dr. Mawdudur Rahman, Dr. Alimullah Miyan, Dr. Rahim Talukdar, Dr. Hafiz G.A. Siddiqui and Dr. M. Shamsul Haque. All had MBA from Indiana University, USA. Until 1971, there were seven faculty advisors from Indiana University to help in the development of the Institute.

[edit] History

From its inception until 1993, IBA offered the MBA as its major academic program. 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. The BBA program is now one of the most coveted undergraduate programs in the country.

IBA has so far had 14 BBA batches and 40 MBA batches. Currently there are plans to start an Evening Executive MBA (EMBA) program - replacing the current evening-MBA, and to revamp the BBA program (offering double majors, for example).

[edit] Administration

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 of Dhaka. An 11-member Board of Governors provides the policy and administrative guidance for IBA. The Board of Governors is chaired by the Vice-Chancellor of University of Dhaka and it has the Director of IBA as its Member Secretary.

[edit] IBA Director

The Director of IBA is the chief administrative authority for the institution. the current Director is Dr. Ziaul Huq Mamun.

[edit] Former IBA Directors

Dr. M Safiullah
Dr M Alimullah Miyan
Dr. Shamsul Haque
Dr. Rahim B Talukder
Dr. Abdur Rab
Dr. Nurur Rahman
Dr. Anwar Hossain
Dr. Iftekhar Ghani Chowdhury

[edit] 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 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, a cafeteria for students and an auditorium.

[edit] Academic Programs

Currently BBA and MBA are the two major academic programs offered by IBA. The BBA Program is a 120 credit full-time program which includes 4 years of classroom teaching and a mandatry 10 week internship program. The MBA is a 60 credit academic program with a mandatory 12 week internship requirement. Students are allowed to take part in the MBA program in either fulltime or part-time basis.

In addition to BBA and MBA, IBA also awards MPhil degree of the University of Dhaka and offers a 3-year PhD program with course and thesis.

[edit] Notable Faculty and Alumni

Dr Muzaffar Ahmed, Professor; Chairman, Board of Trusee, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB)
Dr M Alimullah Miyan, former Director; Vice-Chancellor and Founder IUBAT
Abdul Momen, Faculty; Director, Pride Textiles
Syed Abu Naser Bukhtear Ahmed, MBA 2nd; Managing Director & CEO, Agrani Bank
Md Nurul Alam, MBA 4th; Former Executive Director Bangladesh Bank
S M Aminur Rahman, MBA 5th; Managing Director, Janata Bank

[edit] Trivia

The Full-time MBA Program of IBA was ranked 40th in Asia by AsiaWeek in 2000 (the last year such ranking was published)^[2].
The Part-time MBA Program of IBA was ranked 22nd in Asia by AsiaWeek in 2000 (the last year such ranking was published)^[3].
IBA has added a bangla section in their admission test recently.