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.
IUB celebrates Golden Jubilee of Bangabandhu’s receiving of Joliot-Curie Medal of Peace
12/05/2024
Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organized a seminar on Tuesday (23 May, 2023) to celebrate Bangabandhu’s receiving of Joliot-Curie Medal of Peace.
On 23 May 1973 the World Peace Council awarded the prize to the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the Asian Peace Conference held in Dhaka. Bangabandhu’s winning of the prestigious medal was the maiden recognition of any Bangalee individual or institution by the comity of nations in post-independence Bangladesh.
Inaugurating the seminar Acting Vice Chancellor of IUB Prof. Niaz Ahmed Khan, PhD paid a glowing tribute to Bangabandhu and discussed his contribution to world peace and justice.
In his keynote address Prof Ahmed Ahsanuzzaman of the Department of English and Modern Languages, IUB highlighted how the award paved the way for Bangladesh’s admission into global organisations like the United Nations and discussed its contemporary significance. He mentioned, “Bangabandhu was the voice of the oppressed and the exploited across the world, and he always fought for securing amworld free of exploitation, oppression and injustice so that human beings were truly emancipated and could live in peace and harmony”.
Sayed Abu Touab Shakir, an associate professor in the Department of History, Jahangirnagar University and Head of the Department of Media and Communications, IUB Prof Zakir Hossain Raju in their discussions pointed out how and why the award was a milestone achievement for Bangladesh.
Dean of IUB’s School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Prof Bokhtiar Ahmed thanked the audience which included the faculty, key personnel in administration, staff and a good number of students.
A documentary on Bangabandhu’s receiving of the Joliot-Curie Medal of Peace was shown in the program anchored by Dr Shaiful Islam of the Department of English and Modern Languages, IUB.