History of The Department of Sociology at a Glance 
 

Brief History: 

Department of Sociology is a large and an important department within the faculty of Social Science of the Jagannath University.  

This department started in 1964 when the Jagannath College was a private college. From 1964 to 1986 sociology was taught in the Higher Secondary and Degree pass course levels. In the year 1968 when the evening shift was introduced, the department was in operation both in the evening and day shift of the college. Then in the Higher Secondary and Degree pass course sociology was taught in both the shifts. It is to be mention that on July 01, 1968 Jagannath College became a government college of the then East Pakistan. 

In the year 1968 Master’s (Preliminary) course and in 1988 Master’s (Final) course was introduced under the University of Dhaka. From 1992 Honour’s course was introduced under the National University. After introducing both Honour’s and Master’s courses, number of students were increasing every year and the department became one of the largest department in the college.  

On October 2, 2005 in an ordinance passed by the then Government of Bangladesh, the Government Jagannath College became a University. On February 08, 2006 the day and evening shifts of the department were merged for the better administrative purpose.  

The name of the heads of department who were working sincerely in the Jagannath College are: Professor Dr. Bazlul Mobin Chowdhuty(At present Vice-Chancellor-Independent University of Bangladesh, Dhaka), Professor Abul Hasan, Mr. Fazlul Haque Khan, Professor Mia Mohammad Idris, Professor Amir Hossain Mia, Professor Sultana Begum and Husne Ara.   

After becoming Jagannath University, the Chairmen of the department are: Professor Sultana Begum, Professor Husne Ara and                                          Professor Dr. Kazi A. B. M Iqbal.  
 
 

Teaching Staffs:  

At present there are three Professors, four Associate Professors, two Assistant Professors and four Lecturers. 

Office Staffs:  

There are one Office Secretary and two MLSS. 

Seminar:  

There is a seminar in the department. It has a large room and nearly 3200 books which include reference, Journal etc. are available in the seminar. 

Semester system was introduced in the department from 2005-2006 academic sessions in the honour’s course. There are two batches studying in the semester system. 

The department has very up-dated and modern syllabus for the semester system honours course. 

The department has an efficient and experienced teaching staffs. The list of the teachers and office staffs are given below. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

List of Teachers 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

List of Office Staffs 

 
 
 
 

Number of Students (Year & Semester wise) 

 
 
 
 
 

                                                                                 (Prof. Dr. Kazi A. B. M Iqbal)    

       Chairman

                                                                                       Department of Sociology

                                                                                          Jagannath University

          Dhaka