History of the Department of
Bengali
Jagannath
University is one of the pioneer institutions in the education sector
of Bangladesh Govt Jagannath College (presently Jagannath University
) was first established on 4th July 1884 in the name of Babu Jagannath
Roy Chowdhury by his son Babu Kishoree Lal Roy Chowdhury,
the Landlord of Baliati, Saturia, Manikgonj. Till 1951, Jagannath College
was one of the two Colleges where Bengali was taught as an additional
subject. Since then, the activities of the Bengali Department was limited
to teaching compulsory Bengali at Higher Secondary and Degree levels
and as an additional subject, Between 1972-73 the College opened Hons
and Master's courses. The college was declared as a Govt. College on
1st August,1968. At that time Professor Ajit Kumar Guh, the eminent
educationist and cultural personality was the Head of this Department.
He resigned from this college after it was declared a Govt. college.
The Department was teaching in two shifts -Day and Night. The college
stopped teaching H.S.C and Degree courses since 1982 and 1992
respectively. Since then the Department has been conducting the Honours
and Master's Courses. Day and Night shifts were merged on 20th October
2005 when Jagannath College was declared as Jagannath University. The
renowned personages who had been in this department in different times
were Professor Mofazzal Haider Chowdhury,Prof. Avoy Charan Chawkrabarty,Poet
Hasan Hafizur Rahman,Dr. Alauddin Al Azad,Prof. Abdul Quader, Prof.
Abul Kashem Chowdhurhy, Prof. Hamida Rahman,Mr. Rahat Khan, Mr. Shamsuzzaman
Khan, Prof. Shawkat Ali,Prof. Momtaz Uddin Ahmed ,Prof. Akteruzzman
Elias, Dr. Hayat Mamud,Prof. Mirza Harun-of-Rashid, Prof. Ahmed Kabir,Singer
Sayed Abdul Hadi and the like.
List
of teachers working at present:
| No. | Name | Designation |
| Ms. Amina Khatun | Professor | |
| Mr.Kazi Md. Aktaruzzaman | Professor | |
| Ms.. Fazlee Sultana | Professor | |
| Ms. Suraiya Begum | Associate Professor | |
| Ms. Seyeda Sarah Shimul | Associate Professor | |
| Ms. Hosne Ara Begum | Associate Professor | |
| Ms. Nuran Nahar Begum | Assistant Professor | |
| Ms.. Bedoura Bente Habib | Assistant Professor | |
| Mr. Khalilur Rahman | Assistant Professor | |
|
Assistant Professor | |
| Ms. Sayma Feroze | Lecturer | |
| Ms. Nazmin Sultana | Lecturer | |
| Mr. Shah.Md. Firoz Al Ferdaus | Lecturer | |
| Ms. Parveen Akther jemy | Lecturer | |
| Mr. Md.Nurul Islam | Lecturer | |
| Ms. Asma Ul Husna Chowdhury | Lecturer | |
| Ms Sultana Khan | Lecturer |
Students'
Information : - There are about One Thousand Eight hundred
students in this department in different classes. Batch-wise break up
of the students are as follows;
1st batch - 200
2nd batch - 110
3rd batch - 100
2nd Year - 218
3rd Year - 152
4th Year - 105
M.A Final Year
- 30
Seminar Information : Established in 1972.
No. of Books
: 3174 (as on 03.03.08 )
Seminar
Assistant : 01
Staff
Information:
There are one Office Secretary Cum Computer Operator and Two Fourth Class Office Staff.