Annual Report BRAC University BRAC University
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Dhaka Bangladesh Advisory Editors:
Professor r irdous Azim rarzana Chaudhry
Editor:
;\nika i\li ' .
Copyright ·t' 2005 BRAC University
June 2005
l'ubltsher:
BR/\C Universi ty 66. Mohakhali Ohi~ka I2 12, Bangladesh
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Cover design: S Photograph: BRAC Universi ty Photography Club (HUI'C) Table of Contents Fourlh Year of ARAC llni,·crsity Academic Progrc .~.-. 3 Governance 4 AC lle panm ~ nt of English and Humanities N Ocpanmell! of Econonlic:. and Social Sciences <) l)cparhncnt of fvl~na g~ mc n1 ~n d l:lusincss 9 Ocpan menl of Mathematics and \;uural Science~ II School of l.aw II School of Pub lic Heatrh 12 Student> Acti\iloc!>: 14 Cltobs and Forums 16 Rcsidential Scmes1er 1& School Visit:. 19 Ca reer Pl accmcm O illce 20 Facoliucs for Learning 22 E7noulty 0..:-vd upl'l'ICIU Proga·n•ns 24 Annex A: Li:.t of l'acuhy Members 26 i\nncx R: Lisl of Manageor cm. Officials & Stall 29 A nne \ C: Audit Rcpoo·t 20t•4 31 , • I II I \ • 1 1 ' \ BRAC University .A.nm1al H ~f'Orl 20<14 Fourth Year of BRAC Chair, MNS, headed the Editorial Board of University the HU JournaL The lhurth ycHr of HRAC University (BlJ) The hHcrnational Oevelopmem Research saw the dawn or many important evems. Program (IDRC), Canada, th <'ough its Pan This year academic endeavours \vere 1\sia Netwo rk ing (PAN) Program and coupled with s11·ings or seminars and National University of Computer and events <) 11 educatiOJtal .and other lopical Emerging Sciences ( NU CES), Pakistan, issues. Sports and cultural events throug h its Centre lh r Research in Urdu Language Processing (CRULP) h i ..g hl igln~d.... the wlcnts of our .yo ung... generation and gave them a platfonn from announced the ir initial thrcc-vcar ' w hic h to di splay th eir individua l partnership in ISangladcsh with HU to capabilities. bui ld capacity in regional institutions lor local language computing. The PAN Several nowhle events took place. this Localization Research Project started on year. The James P Grant School of Pu))l ic the I st of f'eb ruary. 2004 with thre.e broad 1-J ealth stancd operations on September 8. objectives w develop sustainable human 2004 with the nominatio n of Dr. A M R resource capacity in 1hc l\ SiiH1 region for Chowdhury as its Dean and Dr. Demiss.ic R&D in local hmgu~tge technology, to I labte as the Imcrnational Oirector. taise current levels of technological support for Asian languages and to The School of Law commenced in the advance policy for local language content and Development Srudics. The partner~IHI> purport; to achieve three goals in rclatton 10 BU capacity de' clopment: I) modcmi.dng teaching style, using uS ca~c methods and more imeractivc leaming in and out of the classroom; 2) improving the c~1 1>aci t y of BU faculty in research. ex posing them to frontier ntclhods and helping them to make progress on the pillh c(l m putc1· u nd in format ion . tee hno logy to crcAiing and maintaiHing rt:seu rch professionals. scientists, engineers, und programs that are relevant both to their rc~C In September 2004 BC developed a BU set up its Career Placement and partnership "ith George Washington Rc.carch & Advisory Services Oflicc> and Umvcrstty (Ci\VU) in USA. which will upgraded the Smdcnt Affairs Office to a locu, on the academic areas of Education directomte in the FY 2004. BRAC University Annu;;tl R.cpon 2004 3 Academic Prog-ress flU otTers tour-year q ndcrgraduatc b;lchc lor degree in Computer Science, Computer Science and Engineering, Management and lSusine.ss, Architecture, English, Ecorlomics and Law. Two 1vl asten; programs MBA (\ Cuncntly there arc six academic o!Thed ccni ficatc and diploma progmms departments and Lwo s<.::huols (it 1hc such :iS CISCO und B. .. nk M"nagement & university. These arc: IT (BMlT). Following is a break down of .srudc.nt.s: Architecture (ARC) Computer Science and Enoinccrino Nn. nf Stud(•nts Admitted ~ ~ (CSR) Un.d ~rgn1duate ARC 132 Economics and Social Sciences (ESS) BBA 689 English and Humanit ies (ENH) CSE 674 Management and Business (MGfl) ECO 60 Mathematics and ~atural Sciences ENG 71 (tvlNS) l.LB 20 School of l.aw (LU3} Total: 1646 School of Public Health (SI'H) I Graduate ~lBA IS.1 ML)S The total number of swdents at BU as on 32 Total: 215 3 I Oe.cember 2004 was 1646 i n Diploma unde rgraduale progra ms and 2 l 5 in I CISCO 96 gradlWIC pro gr~nns. BRAC Univen;j1y also HMIT )'<,, SADC ·1 :-\umbt l' tJ fStuch:nt.s in c:·ach prog r~~m :Jl:i of Total: U5 Oeccmbee· 2004 Grand total: 1996 The la.rgcsl .numbers. of' studcnl~ \vcn.: enrolled in .. the Dep3nmcnts of :VIanagc· men! and I3usiness and Compute!' Science and Engine.e r ~ng. = 5((1 ~0 ~ u m b~ r Of Sl u(lf'rH'i: i n cf iffw·('ul v; 4•:•) p•1og•·:lms ...... of ll ('tt .nl>~·· 1004 'B )~01) Hollll "'·• '•XI . !.!.(1~1 0 ~ J:10!l 1M ; !(ltlfJ U2 "• ~l)IJ :v:o - ''"'' 7.• .l.!1o) 2(1tl \ 1 • \ l Pl'('.sitlmr Ur. llamccda Hossain \1r. F:ozle Hasan Ahcd Research Director Ch:urperson A in 0 Shalish Kendra (ASK). Dhaka BRAC l'rof~·sso o· Or. Tchmina Hussain Fonner Sccrecmy Memil<•rs Primary 1111tl Mass Education Divi>ion l't·ofcssor Jarnilur Hcta Cho udhury Govcl'l\lllCrlt of Bangladesh Vice Chancello r BRA(' University Oo·. !Uaz l Ch(/11/)(!I'.Wil l\11·. Waliur Rahman Bhuiyan Professor· Jamilur Re>.a C'hOIHihury Munagmg DirectOr · Vice Chancellor HOC nan!lladesh Limited ' FII{AC Uni"ersity Or. Oebapriya Bhattacharya Executl\ c Director Hem herr Centre tor Policy Oialogue l'roft'sSor· lqball\lahmud I" 1)111\Cr Vice Chancellor l)o·. Golam Samdani Fakir Director, Tmining Oivision, BRAC Dangladcsh University of Engineering ;md Techno logy (BUETJ Dr. luu·nn Mfltin Director. Research & Evaluation Divisio11 01·. llnfi:t; G A Siddiqi BKAC Vice Chnllccllor. '\orth South t;nivcrsit y Mr i\'lamun Hnshid Or A i\ I R Chowdhury CEO, C'iti Hunk. NA Deputy Exccuti\'e Otrector DRAC & l'rofe~sor Abdur Rab Dean Jamc,. P Grant School of Public Chairpcrwn, Management & Tlu..,inc~~ I lcalth, DRAC University ARAC University Pr·ofessoo· Zafar Iqbal l'rofcssor A i\1 i\luaa,lm Husnin Cha i I'J'Crson Chairpc r~on, Economics & Social Science flRAC Universitv Electronics & Computer Science ' . Shahjalal University of Science and l'rofcs~or f'io·d DEPARTMENTS College of /\rch itccturc, Texas Tech University, l;SA. on August 12. 2004. The Department of Architecture 21s th lecture of the dcp -~- Uni versity of Missouri. Columbia, USA was held on Dece mber 23, 2004. !\ seminar on • 2004. ARCASIA is the forum for all related to thi, field. A semmm on "f('T lnsmmcs ofA rchitects of A,in. and \Ja11onal Ocvclupment: A Rc,carch J\gend:t" wa ~ he ld on Jun\' 9. 2004 l)r. raculty members ha ve rc m ~incd invol ved i'vlaung K. Scn1 D~panmcm of lni'u,·matw n with nctivitics ;1l ho me and uhrond. (),·.Q Systems. Agder U n ivc,·sity ((>liege. M M~ h • ~ b ·t l l;·Zmmm. i\~s i sta m Professor Kri~ ti an~a n ll. :--lorway was 1111; keynote and Mr. A Q M Abdullah. Lecturer. >JlCakcr. Mr. \llatin S. Abdull ah. kelurcr DCJ)3ltmcrll of i\n:hitecturc. llU au~ndcd and 111cmb<:r of the "Enterprise Sollwarc the rir>t lntcmational 'J ropical Architec Development Group". Department of ture Conlcrencc 20 0-1 in Smgapore from Compulcr Science and Enginccnng 1-cbi'Uary 26-28, 2004. (CSE). !ln' c a lcctur..: on "D~,·etopmg Enterpl'bc Software: A first look at J2EE" Dr. Q M Mahtab-u7-7.ama n, A,siswnt on October 14, 2004. A seminar on PrvJc,sor. ARC received the l.cvcrhulmc " Recent Anvanccg in r ibr<.: Ontic Tt·usl h md to atte nd the "Sy n ~posi u m Co mmu nicat io n and Opt ica l Phase 2004: The Resurgent City" ~ t the London ConJugntion" wn~ held on Dcccmbct· 06. School of £co nom ics from April 19-22. 2004. Or. i\rcr Chowdhury. Member of the 2004. Technical Swtr Quantum lnl'unnation and Optic, R.:>carch. Bell Laboratories. A research paper. titled 'J'amc1patory \lurr;1y Htll. NJ. USA "a' the key l'roccss in Architecture: lwo Project in speaker. Rural 13angladcsh' joint(~ authored by Architect .lalal Ahrnad. Profcssur r uad II. Mall ick. C ha ir De pa n mc111 of Architecture (A RC), BU and fVh·. 1\ Q M Abdullah, Lecture r. Department 01' t\ RC, HU was ;elected fu r SAARC II (SAAR( i\ S>IICia tion of Architects) contcrcncc 2004. The conference was held in Karachi. Pakistan from :!nd - 4th April 20().1. The lr1>titutc of Architects of Paki~tan (lAP) hosted this intm1atiunal event. Dr Q. M. Ma htab-uz-Zam:tn, Assistant f'rolcssor. Oep S..:: minars organ ized hy th.:: CSE vi$. hriku l lo ffman, Country Conrd inuwr, dcpru·t me n l foeuse d on CI'!IC ial issues Ra ng ladt:sh of C J SCO 1'\ctwo,·king BRA( tlnivcrsiry .Annual R~porl 2004 Academy Program visited CCNA program Ms. Shenin Ziauddi n and M~. fli pasha of BU and took 'ideo fo01age on July 07. IJilllc Haque of the Ocpanmcnt of English 2004. and Humanities of flt.- conducted a workshop on '' \Vriting: \Vriting \Vi1h The scwnth I!He l'll 'll i ~>nn l Conference on Pi c tures " in the flri ti s h Counci l Computer and Jnrn,·ll wtion Technolo>:v Auditorium <.>n November 2(1, 2004. The (ICCIT 2004). ho't~d by 1:3U. was" workshop focu~cd on using pictures in the inaugurated m the clly on D..:cember 26, l::.ngltsh Language classes for motivatmg 2004. Education Ministc•· M Osmun Faruk and stimulating the learners and thereby inaugurated the t h rcc ·d~v conference at bringing variety in tlte langungc classes. ~ ' the Pkllllry I-I aU of rhe China-Bangladesh Grummar issues thnt can also he rauglH in friendship Confercnc<' Centre' . Dr. the bLT dasse~ by usmg pictures m Mohammad ,, Karim. International context. Program Commiucc Chair. JCCJ T 2004 and Vice President for Research. Old Domin ion Cnive•·sit y, USA . Dr Moli:t Cddin Ahmed. Chairpcrwn of the ('onfc rcncc Organi7.ing ('ommillee. Sccrctar)' lCCJT 2004. and Chr11rpcrson of CST:, BU Dr Sayccd Salam ;tl so spoke 111 the inaugural ceremony. The fechnical and Po:;ter ~cssions were held at BRJ\C Centre on December 27-28. 2004. About 500 IT Academic ~ nd Spec i Department of Economics and Managerial and business imponance can Social Sciences (ESS) best be unders10od by seeing real life examples. Keeping this in mind the Seminars with an economic and social department has organized vis its to outlook formed the core around which the factories and industries to exemplify the activities of this department were based. A concepts learned within the four walls of seminar on "Evaluation of the Concept of the classroom. Community in Development Process" was held on January 20, 2004. The speaker was Professo r Barry Myers, Visiting Fellow at Saint Paul University/l;qiversitc Saint-Paul, Ottawa, Canada. ESS and the Global Affairs forums organized a seminar on Aid and Refonn on March 30, 2004. Dr. Shantayanan Devarajan, the Chief Economist for the World Bank's South Asia Region was the keynote speaker. A group of 17 students from MBA forum visited the factory premises of Fashrobe Gannems Ltd. on February 26, 2004. Another group visited the factory on March 18. 2004. A group of28 smdenlS of MBA Forum led by Mr. Ezaz Ahmed, Lecturer, MGI:l and the advisor of the forum visftcd l:l RA.C Dairy project at Gazipur on March 20, 2004. The students of the "Dusincss Environmcm" course successfully completed a field visit to Field trips formed a cn•ck1l pan of the Energy Pac Engineering Limited at Savar activities of this depanmenl. Twemy-rwo on April 24, 2004. students of the Introduction to Sociology (BBA, Economics, English) course were The Bl:lA ~ru dcn ts of the Operations taken on a study visit at Dhakeshwari Management course visited the Babylon Mandir. Lalbagh Fon. Armanitela Church Ganncms in Mirpur on April 3, 2004. 10 BRAC l; niv.:n~ity Annual Rcpo•·l 2004 The Oepmimelll of MOB organized a The pre-launching ceremony of "Biz 13ee: demonstration ses~ io n on Teaching By i\ rorum of Business Students of BRAC Case fvl<: thod on March 17, 2004. The University" was held at Bl.i Campus. Ocpa r1 mcnl or iVlGB organized a seminar TARC Savar on July 06. 2004. The two on in vestment i11 stocks. Mr. Salahuddin a Universit)' in Chieaoo.:- ) SuOolk Universit ..v ln Boston und University of Tcx ~l$ a1 Dallas on principle agreed to credit transfers and to one or more of the other collaborations staten above. Dr. Nazrul Islam, Associate Professor, Department ol' t--1GB prcscmcd a research paper ti tkd ''Agents Pcrspcc1ive on Marketing of Li fe Insurance Po licies in Bangladesh" at the. 8th International II Contcrcnce of Asia l'acillc Rosk and March II. 2004. A ,cnnnfir on Insurance i\ssociauon (AI'IUA). The ··tmroducuon to Manilolds" "a~ held on conference was held in Seoul. Korea from June 17, 2004. Md. Moshiour Rohnman. July IS lo 21, 2004. Do·. Islam's research lccltlrcr M :"\S was the keynol~ speaker. A paper was nominMcd for 1hc Bcs1 Papers scmimu· was held on "Stability Analysis Award. of' Differential l::quatil•n hy L i up u nov'~ 2nd Method" on July 15. 2004. The A re;.cao·ch papc•·lil kd "A .'vlcasurcmcntof keynote 'pcakcr was Professor Ramakamo \ustomer Sel'\ ice Qual it) of Ranks in Singha. Dhaka Ci1y of Bangladc~h·, wrinen jointly by Dr. Nazrul Islam and :\>lr. Eja?: A S!udy T()Ur was 01"3ani,cd on \larch 12. Ahmed Depm1ment of :VI(iB. has been 200•1. Swdcms of GEO 101 "'cnt for a ac<·cptcd in Seplembcr 2004 by the 11e ld visit to Chandina. Camilla rmd AssocHuion of Management Dcvelopmen1 visi1cd ORAC project ~. lnstitulions in South Asi ' I 12 BRAC t.:niversuy Annual Report 2004 tn cmincm lawyer of the Supreme Coun nomination of Dr. A M R Chowdhury as tnd a women's rights activist, gave a talk its Dean and Dr. Dcmissie Habte as the on the Convention on the Elimination of Internati onal Director. All Forms of Discrimination Against Woman (CEDAW) as p Student Activities Accident''. The Ministry of Hcnlth and family Wclf!n·e organi7.ed the coml>etition The students of 13U huvc continually for the undergraduate studems on World p•·ovcu their potentiuls in both academic Health Day. nn,l the non-academic ~cc tors . T heir enthusiasm and high spirits enable them 10 Entrepreneurship Development r:on11 n nuain a wholesome educational (EDF) organized a presentation session on experience. Activities thb ye11r has been "Why und How to 13ecome an ooumiful. Entrepreneur" on April 26. 2004. On May 8. 2004. member' of Entrepreneurship Development l:mum (EDf) visited the office of the larg.;:st job advertisement site of Bangladesh culled Bdjobs.com Lrd. F.ntrcprcnclll'ship lleve l opm~n t Forum (F. DP) initiated !'l live module workshop on EJ>trcprcm::u~> hi p Developmem tor the students of 13U. Cenificatcs were awarded to the participnms after the completion of the live module program. A group of students and fl•culry of m; led BU Flood Relief Coordination Committee by Or. Q M Zaman, 'J-'ucultv Memhe1·, org;u>iscd u relief activity on Ju ly 31, Archi 1ccturc and :vJs. Shrcyasc•' c Sarma 2004. Bread and halua were prepar..:d nnd Pati. Assistant Rcgistntr, Advisers of the distributed through the BRAC Relief llcrirage forum. BU went to the Shaheed Cent re located in Mahuklmli. At the 13U Y1 i na1· on r cbruary 21. 2004 and laid a Rclid Collection Cemre items like dry floral wreath on the b.1:.c of the Shaheed food, water purifying tablets, saline, ~linar. biscuit~ clothing and cash ucrc coll(.'(:t~-d on all 110rking days. Profcs~or Jamilur for the iirst time the AIESEC, BU Local Reza Choudhury, V(' BU an d Dr. Committee member$ including the Salehuddin Ahmed Treasurer flU also Director of AIESE(' in Ra ngladcsh participated in the relief •linking rmd attended the Asia Paci fie Exchange collection cffons. Faculty members l•nd Leadershi p Development Seminar adrrnnistrntive staff of BlJ have donntcd (A 'PXLDS) 2004 in Singapore. their one-day salary. through BRAC, for the no The students of. BU celebrated 1hc ~4th VictOI)' day on Occcmber 16, 2004. A cultura l program cclcbraling th<: Victory I J f$51 Qi£ Di'Y was organized on 15 Dcccrnbt:r 2004 The second session o I' tlw workshop on where the st udenls sang patriotic songs. In cnsc analysis mct bods was h,•Jd on the >CCOnd pan of the program, populur l)cccmhcr I I, 2004. 'I he workshop singer S~di Muhammed prc~cntcd a focused on development of case analysis musical soiree. A visit to 1he '\at1onal ,ktlls of the smdcnl> -.ho huvc been shon Mausoleum at Savar was organitcd,. on the lislcd for participalion in the case moming Of December 16, 2004. A group competition. which will t>c held at The of students accompanied by 1he S1afl' of Univers ity of Washington fhts iness BU led hb' :VIs. Shrcyasw Sanna Pati, School, Sca11le. WA, l:SA in April 2005 . t\ ssistalll Registrar placed a nora) WI'Cath T hi s workshop was cond uc ted by at the Mauso leum. BU Heritage forum P1·ofessor Abdur Rab, Chai1·pcrson, MGB ;Inti l:!U Cultural Club joirll )y organized and coordinated by Mr. Shawkat Kamal, the prograins. Lecturer, MGB. A group of 15 students along with two RU BL l:.ntrepreneurship J)cvclopmcnt forum ofticials ancndcd a seminar on ~Educauon (ED f) orgamzed a seminar on "Selling up USA., orgm1izcd by The Am~ncan Center, a business venture" on Octohcr 04, 2004. Uhaka. BRAC Univcrs:ty Annual Repon 2004 Clubs and Forums organi?.ed a two-day w~rks hop on March 16 and March 17, 2004. The Clubs at 13lJ bring out the cx tr;< curricular talents in the students. involve BlJ won rhc match <.gainst South-East th<>m in activities, which further develop University by 7 wicket:\ on March 20. their sktlls. and giv~ them a relaxed setting 2004. :VIohammad Ra·twanul Bari (CSE) in which to unwind from academic was declared 'Man Of The M<• tch', l:lU pressures. Cricket Club lost the next game at the quarterfinals to AIV B lilues on March 24, The Annual Cul tural h mctiott of 13U was 2004. held at the Bangladesh National· :V1useum Main Aud itorium on April l 0, 2004. ll U Cultural CI..UB organized the; function. The theme of the ft.nction was "l'rokriti 0 I'r em", which consisted or solos. duets and chorus performances of Tagorc. Nazrul and modern son5s by the students. Professor .I R Choudhury, VC, 8 U inaugurated a work;hop on Folk Music on :V1uy 6, 200·4. 11.cno"vny(l rYHLS.icoJogbt .vlustafa Zaman Ahhasi condHcted the workshop. Membe-rs of the Cultura l Club 13U Drama and Thc-atre Forum arran,ged. a pHrt icipatcd in the work~ h o p with great workshop on "Onur.a Exercise and cnihusi BL Cultural Club orgamzed a (lU)lJ)CI Poro>hmom" the a\\ ard Y..ining film mi!de show conducted by th~ ~minem ani!>t by Hutn Residential Semester und Gha?.ipur ctreas on November 27. 2004. rhrcc R~~~d~mial Semesters "ere conduct~'(! m Bl. Campus, Training and \ampus Sttperiiii<'Tident :< fCS! Dinner: Research Ccnlrc :T/\RC) in Savar during the year 2004. The objectives of the 12 • .l~nua ry 7, 2004. Profc:.sor J R \VI..!ck lo ng se mester are to improve Choudllluy, VC, Bl' distributed the >ludcnls' En:.tlish communication ski lls pri?CS and attended U1e dinner us the ' deve lop l c~dc-rship potentials and i111prove • \lay 27. 2004. Professor J R Choudhury. VC. BU distributed the pria:s among 1hc winners of various conlpctitions and attended the dinnc,· :1s the Guest ofHonmu· • July 07, 2004. Profes;or rJ1·. Tchmimt llussnin, former Secretary 10 the Vi.\;,,.· Government of Bangladesh ttnd a Member of the Govtrning noard of • The studc111s of Re~idcn t ial Semester. BU attended the function as the Guest in tlu~c diflCrcnt group!>. went on a of Honour. • A group of st1.dcnts. accompamed by • Occcmbcr 08, 2004. Professor Ainun thc i1· I louse Tt.ttOrs and guides from Nishat, Country Representative, ll:CN 13RAC Tram in ~ Division went 1o visit Bangladesh and yfembcr, Govem i ng vanou< A RA<.' projects in Manikg Academic Council was the • L>eccmber 28. 2004. l'ro l'cssor J R • lixcrcisc Jvl icrolab a role·tllaying Choudhury. VC, BU was the Chief exercise by a group of student> o f' the Guest. Res idential Semester was conducted on December II. 2004. tlcti•·ities: • Ms. Sh<'cpa Hateeza. l"rogrnm I lead. • Mr. Faruq /\. Choudhury. adviser Human Rights and Gender ,\dqJCacy I:IRAC and a m<:mbcr of l:ll: Gl:l Umt, BRAC. deliwrcd a lecture on visited the BC Campus. 'IARC. Savar Gender ls,ucs to the students of th ~ and spent some time with the students Residential Semester on J) ~ccmbcr 20, l>f the Rcsidenti • Bengali 1'\C\v Ycur w~s cclcbrawd in School V Isits flU Campus. TARC. Savnr on April 14, 2004. The ntJ team dc;;ignatcd to undertake school \l>it~ do so with the ann of • The second Micro-lab Fxcrcisc was estahhshong a bridge in dtc gap IJCtwccn conducted on April 24,2004. the transitions 'from the schonlicollege phas~ onto the university phase. Aspects • A number· of sports and cultural highlighted to the students during these compe titions were he ld at £1 U prescntution sc s ~ io ns incl ude: Introduction Campus, TARC. Savar, between the to the University's courses, Credit system. di fferent dorms of the R c~i ctcmia l Credit trans fer. Scholarshi p l'oltcy, Semester between Nlny I and May 30. Re:,idcntwl Semester. facilities. Activities 2004. ;md 1\chic\'cments. They are done wnh the intention of helping students to make a • A group of II medm llCI'SOnnel visited more onfonncd decision whole choosmg BU Campus. TA RC. Savar on May the university in which 10 pu"-LIC their IS, 2004. higher cdtlcarion. ' ' • The daylong Micro-Lt1 b Exercise was The vurious visils lhis year include: conducted on July 03, 2004 at 13U Campus. TARC, Savar. • European Standard School. tcbnHory 25, 2004. • The pre-launching ccrcnoony of "Bil nee: A Forum or nusinc~~ Students of • 131T School, March 16, 2004. fiRAC t;niversity" "a~ held at RU • RaJUk College. Slnstica, September 28. 2004. ::o • A!la Khan School & Colle~c. wuh I00 • credit~ at rhe undcrgradmnc September ~9. 2004. level and 55 • credit;, at the 1\IBA lc,cJ. pro' 1ding infonnation about \'acanci<."> 111 • Notre ()a me College. October 04. diffcrcnt organi~ations. makin~t CV 2004. rcfcrrnls for jobs and o r ga 1~i/ing • l)haka College, October 04, 2004. wot·kshops fot career de v~ l op llt cnt pu rpo>cs. The Car·ccr l'lacement onicc • l N inc week long Professional Sk i II ~ Development Progmm was l aunc h ~qwrc feel. It includes drscus51011 room ~, s1h::nt ~ tudy rooms, CD corn~1. l' h y~ ical progress: T he Co•upus ncwsl) (iii) Fi, ~ P-1 V computers iu 1h ~ l>1g11al lab Digirall. Thi s l.ab wa:. established lor courses based on microprocessors. circuits ~n d ckctrontcs. There is a wt \ 'iclro Confcrcncing System The Video Conf-:rcncing System on the )Ill floor 01 i\arong Hou Faculty Development Programs BRAC University believes in cominually enhancing the skills of its faculty members. Workshops and sem inars take place throughout the year fo r this purpose. Wor kshop # 01 Teaching Methodology and Curriculum Planning Focus Effective Teaching Methodology Fac;/itators Professor Abdur Rab and Dr. YousufM. Islam Dme 14- 15 Janu'ary 2004 Workshop II 02 ~1o dern Research Techniques & Knowledge Sharing Focus Research Techniques & Statistical Analysis Facilirarors Mr. Mahmudul Haq, Senior Lectu rer, MOB and Mr. Tanzir Ahmed Chowdhury, Lecturer ESS Dare 10, 12 & 15 February 2004 Workshop# 03 Case Writing and Case Teaching Skill Development Program Focus Case \{'riting Ski ll Facilitators Professor Abdur Rab, Ms. Rumana L. Anam and Mr. M . Showkat Kamal Dare Session 01 - 21 April2004, Session 02 - 19 May 2004 Session 03 - 24 October 2004 Workshop II 04 Teaching of English Language Focus Evaluation of Current Teaching Methodology Facf/11ator Ms. Ruhma Choudhury, Senior Lecturer ENH Dare 13-I 4 June 2004 Workshop #OS Professional & Skills Development Program Focus English Communication Skills Development Faciliraror Ms Vivienne n1orpe, SemorTraincr from the British Cou ncil Dca.: 09 i\ugust- 15 September 2004 Workshop# 06 Tenm Building for Junior and Young Professionals Focus Team Building FacN11aror Dr. Sudhir Chandra Sarker, Program Coordinator, lED Data 2 I-26 August 2004 Workshop# Oi Faculty Development Focus Participatory Method of Teaching Facilirarors Dr. YousufM. Islam l)e~i~unrlo n SfhOo) of Law 9 Mr ~·1 anmk Muhmnd Kamal l.i..'('IW'Pr Sl no ~ I 0 ~.:lr ).1 rthamtnnd Nasunul Haqu~ l .t!('fUJ'(/1' '"a II i\:fr L\lfflll' l{(thtnun Le,turt:J· Or Shahdccn :V.al ik I~ Prot~~r ~~ 1\ f lnwlnd:r Part lime raculty Oin!ctQI: Sdux>l oflAM 13 Or Hafiz Tar.tq •\bdulhb Khan ' Mr K Sham,udJin Mahmood Purl lime Fat·tdf) /lead. Und~.·rgradrullc 1-'m·gram 1-t Dr Ziaush Shnnh l l t~ti Part 7i'mc.~ Fm uii,1 3 Dr Qual i Rcra-lll Hoque 15 Dr >Jm;irul I ~•hltl'l l'urt lim<. P.. u uh.r .-i.'l.wc. iutt~ t'H!ff·s::wr 16 Dr Sh~o7:ikh Sintju) b l:un Pttr) Tinw Fa I South .-\sian Or\'cloprncnc & Cooperation Schuul of l'ublic ll~;, ltlo Sl i\anoe O esi~nu rion Sl i\amr I Or Abdur Rob Khan Program ('o(Jit/mawr Or /\ M R Clto\.dhury Dean 2 Profe-~$u r ~·1 Slt:lhirlu7nrnan .2 Dl' l>cmis.,ic Fbhle lnrernwional Du·N·tm· Pan 71me Fac w'lr 3 l)r Shahduz Z;lnHnl •. t.., ..,.;sumt Pro/{?s.wr ~-1 r Mijarul Quuycs Part Tim UKAC lJni\'I:I'Sit)' Management, Ol'fitlals and Staff $1 Name Dt•si gn ation PI'OI"essor J:urilur Rela Choudhury Vice Clumc('/lor 2 Dr SalehuddiAAhmed Tr<' ~I ~amt! Ocs i~n arion 37 \1s Farhana Shannitt Chrwdhury DCO 1/':SS! 38 ).l]r Az.Hd Hos:-;.ain IJCO (/,a"~ .><> \·1r Din Mohammad Shihly Fcrnt. UCO (MOSJ ·10 Mr Saty,uit ~1odak nco rMRA, 41 Mr JaiHlOgi1· Ahnn nco (Sci/()ol o(l-'ilhiK 1"'"It/" ~2 Or ShcuU Yasmin R,·,i A nnex-C 1 '1 AUDITORS' IU: PORT To t he Governing Rounl of BRAC L. niver·siry We have ;mdited the accompanying Ralancc Sh~t of BRAC Lni,crsity as of ~I Dece:11bcr 2004 and the rchllcd Income and Expendihii'C Account and Cash Flow Statement together with notes I to 25 for the year then cndc,l. The prcpanltion of th~~c Financial St~tcmcnts is the r~sponsi bdit y of the manageme m. Our responsibility is to cxpn:ss an opinion on the~e Financial Statemems based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance "nh Rnngladesh Standards on Auditmg (BSA). These standards require that we plan and pertorm the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial Statements me free o r material misstatemc nL i\n audit includes examining on a test hasis. evidence supporting th~ a mounts ami ctisclusurcs in the Financml Statements. Att audit also includes assc>smg the account ing prin~iplcs am! significant c~timates made by the management. as well as evaluating the ovcrdll financial Statement presentation. We believe that our audit pro' ides a ·reasonable ba'IS for our opinion. In out· opinion. the Fi ,wncial Statement:.. pre pared in accordance with Llangb<~csh Accountinc Standards (RAS) givP • tru(' and f:ur view or the We also rc)lOI't that: a) we huvc obtained all the information and explanation> which to the best of our kno" ledge and belief "ere necessary for the purpose of our audit and made :luc vcrifi~uiun thereof; · ' b) in our opinion. proper books of <~ceo u nt as required, by law have b c~n kcf) t hy the Un ivc,-sity so far as it ~p pcurcd tl·om our examination of those books; c) the l:ni,crsity's 13atanec Sheet. the Income and E\pcnditure Account and the Statement ofCash Flow arc m ag.reemem with the books ofaccount: and d) th~ expenditure incun~d were for the Unive r~ ity's purposes: ~ . t-= . A """"""'"_.(-.__ Dated. Dhaka S. f. Ahmed & Co. 02Aprit. 2005 Chanered Accountan·s 32 BRAC U lhVC!:tity i\nnua.l R~!j)t)rt 2004 BRAC University Balance Sheet as at 3"1 Decem her· 2004 ~-----,,....--, Amount iu Taka I Assets l .'\'otcs 13 1. 12.2004 1[} 1.12.2003: :'\on-current assets 0 0 0 Prope11y. plant and equipments 3 25,629,431 . ) 1"',£..) ;J~( ) :,~·4 Current assets Receivables 4 4.167.198 4,238,189 Prepayments 5 2.84 7,09 I ).- 996 .:>:>"j Cash and cash c.qr•i valcnt 6 ~-:::'.06}6_1 IOU84,366 11 3,520,65(1 111 ,619, 106 Total assets 139.150.081 142.858.800 Fund and liabilitie-s F'und Ford Foundilliongrant 7 45,854,458 45,175.631 Reserve fund X 50.000.000 50,000.000 Oetcned income 9 4,575,85 1 4.242.463 (irant rec~iv<; Current liabilities Short term borrowings 12 10,000,000 i\dvance course fees I 3 I , 74C.,OC.5 I ,608,750 Outstanding liabilities 14 26,949 ,88>1 35,273 877 28,695,949 46,882,627 Hank overdraft I 9,43 I, 199 Tot:alliabilitics 139,15Q.08 1 142,858,800 The annc.~ed notes form an in tegr~tl part ofthese accounts. ·1·rcasur-cr l'vfe111bcr ofG overning Ro:,.ird As per our annexed report ofthe same dare. Dated. Dhaka S. F. Ahmed & Co. 02 Apri l, 2005 Chartered Accountants ~RAC t:niversity ln corn~ a nd Expend iture St:ttcment For the yt·m· cndt•d 31 l) e r~ m !Jcr 2004 Li!iiQu•i( in Taka I I nco me I Norcs I 3t.l z.zoi!.!J I 31.12.2003 1 Revenue 15 111 .512 . 2~4 ll2.M-1, 770 Interest )(, 6.220.274 8.853,903 Donorgrants charged fordcprcc•arion 17 7.620. 171 1.221,516 lot:tl income 125.352.729 92,721,lii9 f:,pcnws Tc,tchcrs salaries 4 4 ,44 8,~ 15 32.310,4 11 Salaries and bcncli ts ofstu IY 9,251' 195 7,288.500 Travcll in g and transport:ttio n 2. 127.484 I , As per our aiiJJexed reporl of' the stune date. ~ . F=" . A """"--1 .... ._ n,,tcd. Dhaka S. F. A hmed & Co. 02 i\pril. 2005 Chartered Accoullt.llll>