Tejgaon College

Tejgaon College (Bengali: তেজগাঁও কলেজ) is a college in Dhaka city,[1] Bangladesh which was founded in 1961. It has 30,000 students. Tejgaon College is 50 years old.[2]

Tejgaon College
MottoAssiduous, Diligent, Devoted, Creative
TypePrivate
Established1961
PrincipalMd. Abdur Rashid
Academic staff
150+
Location
Dhaka
,
Bangladesh
CampusUrban, 03 ha
Websitetejgaoncollegebd.com

Tejgaon College is located at Farmgate, at the Dhaka city centre. It had primarily started off as a night college in a school campus at Sadarghat. After successive moves to Tejgaon Industrial Area, Alia Madrasha (Bakshi Bazaar), Polytechnic School and Al-Razee Hospital Building, it is now located at Indira Road, Farmgate, Dhaka.

It is a university college since it now offers honours and master's courses on 25-27 subjects under the National University. Established on over 1-acre (4,000 m2) of land, there are six multi-storeyed buildings, five six-storied buildings and one one-storied building, in addition to various other buildings in the compound.

History

Tejgaon College was founded in 1996 on the campus of Islamia High School with the name Dhaka Night College. The founding president of the college was Shafiqul Islam, then Minister of Education. The school was shifted to the campus of Madrassah-e-Alia by then education minister Mafizuddin Ahmad. After a while the campus was shifted to Tejgaon Polytechnic High School. It has to shift is location to Crown Laundry in Tejgaon and then it shifted again by moving across the street to Al-Razi Hospital where Dhaka Night College was renamed to Tajgaon College.[3] Tofail Ahmed Chowdhury was the founding principal of the college.[4]

View of the campus

On 13 April 2009, the Principal of Tejgaon College, Abdur Rashid, was arrested for misappropriating 30 million taka and selling fake certificates from 2003 to 2008.[5] On 8 July 2013, four students of the college were injured in clashes with students of the University of Dhaka.[6]

Departments

Professional Honours Courses
  1. CSE (Computer Science & Engineering)
  2. BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration)
  3. Theater & Media Studies
  4. Tourism & Hospitality Management

Master's courses
  1. Accounting
  2. Biochemistry
  3. Chemistry
  4. Economics
  5. English
  6. Finance and Banking
  7. Geography
  8. Islamic Studies
  9. Management
  10. Marketing
  11. Mathematics
  12. Political Science
  13. Psychology
  14. Social Work
  15. Sociology

Co curricular activities

Tejgaon College has several organ for co curricular activity.

  1. Quality Improvement & International Tourist Club (QIITC), Tejgaon College
  2. Debate Club
  3. Satyan Bose Science Club
  4. Sangeet Club

References
  1. Nation, The New. "Principal of the city's Tejgaon College Abdur Rashid and Editor of Bangladesh Protidin Noyeem Nizam, along with other distinguished persons at the memorial meeting and Doa Mahfil organized recently on the occasion of 9th death anniversary of former Principal and Founder of Tejgaon College Tofael Ahmed Chowdhury in the auditorium of the college". The New Nation. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  2. The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 790
  3. "::Tejgaon College". Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  4. "Death anniversary". The Daily Star. 2017-05-13. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  5. "Tejgaon College principal held, freed on bail". The Daily Star. 2009-04-13. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  6. "4 hurt as DU, Tejgaon College students clash". The Daily Star. 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
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