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.
English Department Students go to a Theatre Performance
14/05/2024
The students of ENG 412 (English Drama from Congreve to Churchill) of the Department of English and Modern Language enjoyed Antare Bahire Chitrangada, a performance based on Rabindranath Tagore’s classic play by Nagorik Natya Sampraday, one of the renowned theatre groups of Bangladesh, on Friday, 18 August 2023. Led by the course instructor Professor Ahmed Ahsanuzzaman, the students who attended the performance at the Neelima Ibrahim Auditorium on Natak Sarani in Bailey Road included Rabiah, Samara, Snigdha, Tushin and Samia. The students were mesmerized by the performance, which depicted the journey of the protagonist, Chitrangada, who wants to be recognized and accepted by Arjuna “as she is” and not as a goddess or a woman. Encouraging students to engage and understand the theatre production process, the visit facilitated students’ understanding of and exposure to theatre and performance.