Founded in 1993, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) is one of the oldest and leading private universities in Bangladesh where academic excellence is a tradition, teaching a passion and lifelong learning a habit. IUB currently has more than 9,800 undergraduate and graduate students and over 13,700 alumni. The students of IUB experience an exciting academic life with copious opportunities to explore and nurture their innate talent.
Live in Field Experience (LFE) is a signature course of IUB. It allows IUB students, most of whom come from urban settings, to have an immersive experience of everyday life in rural Bangladesh. Unique in Bangladesh, the overarching idea, which owes its roots to some of the leading social thinkers of this region, is to bridge the gap in knowledge that an urban student has about their rural counterparts. As part of the LFE, which is a mandatory course, small groups of students (usually 5-10, mix of male and female, and English and Bangla medium backgrounds) spend a certain amount of time at different locations in Bangladesh and experience life in the fields.
Fide Master Kazi Zarin Tasnim wins Intra-IUB Chess Tournament
10/05/2024
Fide Master Kazi Zarin Tasnim has become champion in the Independence Day Intra-IUB Chess Tournament 2023. Zarin, who is a student of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), has a global rating of 1716. Amit Bikram Roy, another student of CSE at IUB who has a global rating of 1596, clinched the second position.
The one-day tournament, organized by the IUB Chess Club in association with Division of Student Activities (DoSA), took place at the Multipurpose Hall on the university campus on March 30, 2023. A total of 68 IUB students took part in the tournament. Muntasir Mahmud Shakil, a student of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, emerged 2nd runner-up. Angshita Das and Zannatul Mawa Mowri, both from the Department of Environmental Science and Management, were adjudged the Best Female Players.
The opening ceremony was attended by Vice Chancellor Tanweer Hasan, PhD; Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof. Niaz Ahmed Khan, PhD; Treasurer Khandker Md. Iftekhar Haider; Dean of School of Environment and Life Sciences Prof. Dr. Shah M Faruque; Dean of School of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Prof. Dr. Bokhtiar Ahmed and IUB Chess Club Advisor Grandmaster Niaz Murshed.
The tournament consisted of seven rounds of rapid-chess. Each game was of 15 minutes' duration plus an additional five seconds increment after each move. There was no 'knock out'; hence all players took part in all the rounds. At the end of the seven rounds, Kazi Zareen Tasnim and Amit Bikram Roy were tied on 6.5 aggregate points. Eventually, the championship was decided according to the Buchholz tiebreaker rule.