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The scheme for the establishment of BAU was finalized on 1961 and started functioning with the College of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science at Mymensingh as its nucleus. Currently the university has 6 faculties and 43 departments covering all aspects of Agricultural Education and Research . LOCATION The University campus, with an area of 4.85 km², is located in scenic rural surroundings on the western bank of the old Brahmaputra River , 3 km south of the district town of Mymensingh and 120 km north from Dhaka , the capital city of Bangladesh . The campus is made up of a series of academic, administrative and residential buildings and a number of experimental farms, gardens and other related facilities. Besides, two national research institutes, namely, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) and Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI)[http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mofl/fri/fritop.htm are housed in this campus. FACULTY AND DEPARTMENTS
BILATERAL COLLABORATIONS The USAID through a contract with the Texas A&M University provided this University necessary supports in the form of advisory services, fellowships, equipment, etc. in its initial phase (1961-70). Development supports were available through two separate IDA Credit Agreements signed between the Government and the World Bank in 1964 and 1966 . Over the years the University received research supports from a number of international sources, which included USAID , IDA , IDRC , UNICEF , Ford Foundation , ILO , DANIDA , CIDA , IAEA and so on. Currently, the University receives funding support from , and Brooklyn College and Research Foundation of the City University Of New York and the Ghent University of Belgium. Besides, the university has linkage programmes with a number of national organizations like RDA , BPATC and various NARS organizations in the fields of research, training and extension. TRIVIA
During the days of War Of Liberation in 1971, the teachers, students, officers and employees of the University responding to the call of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had put up a strong resistance against all conspiracies, massacres and genocide launched by the Pakistani Army and its henchmen. In a spontaneous assemblage of teachers, students and employees held at the guest house premises in the morning of 26 March 1971 , all raised their voice in favour of joining the War Of Liberation and the then-Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Q.M.F. Rahim had declared there instantaneously : "From now on this University will be named as ''Swadhin Bangladesh Krishi Bishwabidyalaya'' (The Independent Bangladesh Agricultural University)". A large number of teachers, students, officers and employees of BAU had joined the great war of liberation and the University lost its 18 valiant heroes, who sacrificed their lives for the cause of liberating the motherland. They had no doubt left us forever, but spiritually these immortal martyrs are still with us and will remain alive in the days to come. The martyrs include one teacher, eleven students and six employees of BAU. Three halls of students' residence have been named after three valiant freedom fighters who laid their lives in the war of liberation. These halls of residence are : Shahid Shamsul Huq Hall, Shahid Nazmul Ahsan Hall and Shahid Jamal Hossain Hall. EXTERNAL LINK Official BAU homepage |
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