Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka

Infobox University
name = Institute of Business Administration


established = 1966
type = Semi-autonomous Institute under University of Dhaka
director = Dr. Muhammad Z Mamun
faculty = 39
city = Dhaka
country = Bangladesh
campus = Urban, located at Shahbag
undergrad = 250
postgrad = 200
vision = We strive to be visible among the respected business schools in the world, as we relentlessly pursue the goal of transforming the individual into a caring professional, who can make society just a little bettercite web | accessdate = April 10 | accessyear = 2005 | url = http://www.iba-du.edu/index.php?pageId=879 IBA Website: About IBA | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.iba-du.edu/index.php?pageId=879| archivedate = 2005-03-27 | title = IBA Website: About IBA] .
website = [http://www.iba-du.edu/ www.iba-du.edu]

The Institute of Business Administration (Bengali:ব্যবসায় প্রশাসন ইনস্টিটিউট) of the University of Dhaka - commonly known as IBA - is the premier institution for business-education in Bangladesh. It was established in 1966 in collaboration with the Karachi IBA, the Ford Foundation, and Indiana University, Bloomington. Late Professor M.Safiullah was the founder-director of IBA.

Founder

Professor M. Safiullah is considered as the father of business education in Bangladesh. During the Pakistani period Bangladesh (the then East Pakistan) did not have any institution giving MBA degree. Professor M. Safiullah dreamed the need of such education for Bangladesh and organized support to start IBA. The first group of faculty who later provided leadership to business education includes Dr. Mawdudur Rahman, Dr. Alimullah Miyan, Dr. Rahim Talukdar, Dr. Hafiz G.A. Siddiqui and Dr. M. Shamsul Haque. All had MBA from Indiana University, USA. Until 1971, there were seven faculty advisors from Indiana University to help in the development of the Institute.

History

From its inception until 1993, IBA offered the MBA as its major academic program. In 1993, after a review initiated by Professor Dr. M Shamsul Haque (Former Director, IBA; and former Treasurer, Dhaka University), a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program was added. The BBA program is now one of the most coveted undergraduate programs in the country.

IBA has so far had 15 BBA batches and 41 MBA batches. In 2007, IBA has started an Evening Executive MBA (EMBA) program - replacing the existing evening-MBA. There are plans to revamp the BBA program (offering double majors, for example), too.

Administration

Institute of Business Administration, governed by the 4th Statute of the University of Dhaka, functions within the broad framework of policies, rules and regulations of the University. An 11-member Board of Governors provides the policy and administrative guidance for IBA. The Board of Governors is chaired by the Vice-Chancellor of University of Dhaka and it has the Director of IBA as its Member Secretary.

IBA director

The Director of IBA is the chief administrative authority for the institution. The current Director is Dr. Muhammad Ziaulhaq Mamun.

Former IBA directors

* Dr. Muzaffar Ahmed
* Dr. Mawdudur Rahman
* Dr M Alimullah Miyan
* Dr. Shamsul Haque
* Dr. Rahim B Talukder
* Dr. Abdur Rab
* Dr. Nurur Rahman
* Dr. Anwar Hossain
* Dr. Iftekhar Ghani Chowdhury

The campus

IBA has its own premises within the campus of the University of Dhaka. The four storied main building contains 65,000 square feet of floor spacecite web | accessdate = April 10 | accessyear = 2005 | url = http://www.iba-du.edu/index.php?pageId=879 IBA Website: About IBA | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.iba-du.edu/index.php?pageId=879| archivedate = 2005-03-27 | title = IBA Website: About IBA] . In addition to classrooms the premises houses a library, the administrative and faculty offices, conference room, lecture and seminar rooms, computer lab, machine room, a teacher's lounge, a cafeteria for students and an auditorium.

Academic programs

Currently BBA and MBA are the two major academic programs offered by IBA. The BBA Program is a 120 credit full-time program which includes 4 years of classroom teaching and a mandatry 10 week internship program. The MBA is a 60 credit academic program with a mandatory 12 week internship requirement. Students are allowed to take part in the MBA program in either fulltime or part-time basis.

In addition to BBA and MBA, IBA also awards MPhil degree of the University of Dhaka and offers a 3-year PhD program with course and thesis.

Admission

Since the Government of Bangladesh subsidizes the highly credited academic programs of IBA, there is always a stiff competition to get into this institution. Thousands of interested candidates apply for a few hundred seats in each academic program in each session. There are minimum requirements to get into the BBA and the MBA program of the institute. Applicants who meet those minimum requirements are asked to appear at a written test, which tests their linguistic, quantitative and analytical skills. Applicants who have a minimum score in GMAT may be exempted from this written test. A selected group of candidates are invited for the interview based on the results of the written test or GMAT score. The final selection is made based on a combination of candidate's interview score and their score from the written test/GMAT.

Notable faculty and alumni

* Dr Muzaffar Ahmed, Professor; Chairman, Board of Trusee, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB)
*Dr M Alimullah Miyan, former Director; Vice-Chancellor and Founder IUBAT
*Mohammad A. Momen, Professor ; Director, Pride Group
*Syed Abu Naser Bukhtear Ahmed, MBA 2nd; Managing Director & CEO, Agrani Bank
*Md Nurul Alam, MBA 4th; Former Executive Director Bangladesh Bank
*S M Aminur Rahman, MBA 5th; Managing Director, Janata Bank

Ranking

* The Full-time MBA Program of IBA was ranked 40th in Asia by AsiaWeek in 2000 (the last year such ranking was published) [ [http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/features/mba/data/full.overall.html Asiaweek.com asia's best MBA schools 2000] ] [ [http://www.careerdynamo.com/asia_mba.html CareerDynamo Asia MBA Ratings] ] .
* The Part-time MBA Program of IBA was ranked 22nd in Asia by AsiaWeek in 2000 (the last year such ranking was published) [ [http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/features/mba/data/part.overall.html Asiaweek.com asia's best MBA schools 2000] ] .

References

External links

* [http://www.iba-du.edu/ The Official Website of IBA, DU]