FACULTY SEARCH-JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY
Jahangirnagar
University established as a residential public university in 1970 has
now 27 departments and four institutes, with more than ten thousand
students, and almost five hundred academics devoted to teaching and
research. The sprawling picturesque campus is situated 30 kilometres
from the capital Dhaka, well linked with a national highway. The first
parliament of Independent Bangladesh granted the university its Charter
in 1973 under which the university is being operated.
The insignia of the
university bears the national flower ‘white lily’ (Lilium condidu) with
three petals bordered by strips of a traditional floral design with the
name of the university in Bangla ensconcing in a semi-circle like a
wreath of flowers.
Source: The Daily Star-25.02.2012
