Tejgaon College

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

Tejgaon College
MottoAssiduous, Diligent, Devoted, Creative, Be a Builder
TypePrivate
Established1961
PrincipalMd. Abdur Rashid
Academic staff
150+
Location
16, Indira Road, Farmgate, Dhaka
,
Bangladesh
CampusUrban, 03 ha
Websitewww.tejgaoncollege.edu.bd

Tejgaon College is located at Farmgate, at the Dhaka city centre. It had started off as a night college in a school campus at Sadarghat.

It is a university college since it now offers honours and master's courses on 25 to 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 single-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 relocated to Crown Laundry in Tejgaon and then moved again across the street to Al-Razi Hospital, where Dhaka Night College was renamed Tajgaon College.[3] Tofail Ahmed Chowdhury was the founding principal of the college.[4]

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. Computer Science & Engineering (CSE)
  2. Theater & Media Studies
  3. Tourism & Hospitality Management

Honours and Master's courses
  1. Accounting
  2. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  3. Chemistry
  4. Economics
  5. English
  6. Finance and Banking
  7. Geography and Environment
  8. Islamic Studies
  9. Management
  10. Marketing
  11. Mathematics
  12. Political Science
  13. Psychology
  14. Social Work
  15. Sociology
  16. Social Welfare
  17. Islamic History and Culture
  18. Bangla
  19. Philosophy
  20. Physics
  21. Zoology
  22. Botany

Co-curricular activities

Tejgaon College has several organizations for co-curricular activity.

  1. Quality Improvement & International Tourist Club (QIITC)
  2. Debate Club
  3. Satyan Bose Science Club
  4. Sangeet Club
  5. BNCC (Bangladesh National Cadet Corps)

References
  1. "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. Sadeq, M. (16 August 2006). "Tejgaon College". The Daily Star (Letter to Editor).
  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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