Gono Bishwabidyalay

History

Gono University was founded by the non profit Gonoshasthaya Kendra in 1994.

In December 2013, students of Gono University and its sister medical university, Gonoshasthaya Samaj Vittik Medical College, vandalized their own university and hospital over the death of a doctor of the institute in remote area of Patuakhali. Gonoshasthaya Kendra requires the students and doctors to work in 46 health care centres located in remote rural parts of Bangladesh.

University Grant Commission identified Gono University as one of a number of universities with vice-chancellors in September 2015 report; the last vice-chancellor recently finished his tenure. On 12 September 2015, students of Gono University blocked Dhaka-Aricha highway protesting the government decision to impose vat on private university tuitions.

Students of Gono University got into scuffles with protestors outside PHA building of the Gonoshasthaya Kendra in 2018. The protestors were laid by plaintiffs of cases against the founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Zafrullah Chowdhury, who alleged the building was built on land that belonged to Cotton Textile Craft Limited.

In December 2017, students of Gono University protested in Savar demanding University Grants Commission recognize BBA program of the university.

The University Grant Commission issued a warning against students joining Gono University over management irregularities at the university in 2019.

On 13 September 2020, the registrar of Gono University was fired for sexual harassment.

Bijon Kumar Sil, lead virologist at Gono University, developed a low cost COVID-19 test kit during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. It failed to secure approval from the government of Bangladesh and Sil, a citizen of Singapore, was forced to leave Bangladesh after failing to get a renewed work permit.

Vice-chancellor

• Md. Abul Hossain

Trustee Board

Photo Gallery

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Faculties

• Faculty of Health Sciences
• Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
• Faculty of Science & Engineering
• Faculty of Veterinary and Animal sciences
• Faculty of Postgraduate Studies
• Faculty of Agriculture

References

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