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^Minutes of the sth Academic Council Meeting herd on November 2z,z0og

The 5th meeting of the Academic council was held on 22 November, _{200g at} in the conference Room of Leading university. rrre m"eiirrg was presided over by prof. Dr. ABM st airiari Islam,

,

Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, Leading University.

The following Members were.attended _the meeting:

1. _Yljol

General (Retd.) prof.

Dr.

Md. Nazmui Islam Principal,

Jalalabad Ragib_Rabeya Medical College, Sylhet.

2.

Professor Dr. M.R. Kabir Pro- Vice Chancellor

University of Asia pacific, _Dhaka

3.

Professor Dr. A. N. M. Meshquat Uddin Pro- Vice Chancellor

Piimeasia University, _Dhaka

4.

Dr. M. Habibul Ahsaa Professor of ^physics SUST, Sylhet.

5.

Professor Mohammad Mohabbat Khan, Department of pubiic Administration, _Dhaka University

6.

^Professor Dr. Md. Safiullah Professor of Economics

Dept. of Business Administration, LU.

7.

Dr. Tofayel Ahmed

Associate Professor & Head

Department of Business Administration, LU, Sylhet

Mr Yd

Ashiquzzaman Bhuiyan Asst. Professor & Head (Acting) Department of Engiish,

fU,

Sy'iiret Mr. Rajon Das

Lecturer

&

Head (Acting)

Department of Architecture, LU, Sylhet

10.

Mr. Rashedul Islam Lecturer & Head (Acting) Department of CSE,

tU,

Syhet

I

i.

Mr. Saifur Rahman Lecturer & Head (Acting) Department of Law, LU, Sytn"t

12.

Md. Showkatul _Hasan Choudhury Registrar

Leading University

Member

Member

Member

Member

8.

9.

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Secretary

lof

5

Hpn'ble

tffi

meeffurg' vice.clancellor

'H6' on

behalf _thanked

of

_all Leading _the m&mbers

u*""rr-ity

of the Academic council and welcomed all in

""pr"*"a ^his

^gratitude

^to

^{the eminent}

ffire'sso{'{ from ^Dhaka. and sylhet regiurr. ro.

,p*i"g aiiilauable

iime

io.

trr" universiry to attend

thi

medting'

All

the rnernbers]n tum &anked-the Hon,ble

vice chanc"ilr,

"r

^Leading

,university positive remarks maintenance

for of

inviting academic una orrrciat activities

o{ ft:

them

hieh in

power inspection Team ttre

*e"ting. Th;;;"..""rpr"*"d

of the

of UGC on

t}re sound operation _their satisfaction at the

&

""ir".ritv

after their completion of the

-

inspection' The meeting thanked Hon'ble members and officials of the university for

vice

the progress chanc"rro, aoa

*rough

him

to-ii

,rr" faculty

""rri"*a

^{so far and hoped for the best in}

the days to come.

Agenda-l:

conlirmation

of the Minutes of 4th Academic council Meeting.

Decision:

The meeting regarded the minutes of 4th Academic council meeting as being read and accorded approval to the minutes.

Aeend-a-2: Review of MBA _syrabus for BBA passed students.

Discussion: The meeting discussed the syllabus

of

some courses

of MBA

progmm that were similar to the courses.taught in BBA

progru..

so, to avoid such repetition, new courses should be introduced

in

the

MBA

program uy

Lrc"g

ioio

"onria".Jon

^{of the courses} introduced by reputed universities of Bangiadesh. It was aisclussea

th, Bil;"ssed

students would get waiver

for

12 credits out of 60 credits

&

accordingly 48 credit,

*o.r'o

be completed by the said BBA

graduates to do their

MBA

degree. In

the,liglt

_of

th";i;;g;ornrea

syflabus, BBA, CSE

&

English undergraduat"

ptogru*t

_{could also"}

-b:_r.a"rig*i-to ^*uirrtuin

^the consistency

of

all pro$ams' In order to redesigning courses.il

YPA pro'l*,-u

committee was formed with the following members under

thJch#

_of

ior,,e

Vice

Cfrril.ii".

Decision:

A

committee would be.formed to-redesign and restructure the syllabus of MBA program _{on the} guideline of the discussion under the

ch#

"iil H;;i;vi." ii*"e[or,

L.U.:

l.

^Professor Dr.

AB|!

lhahidul ^Islam, Hon,ble Vice Chancellor,

LU

_Convener

2'

^Professor Dr'

A'N'M'

Meshquat

uaa",

Hon'ble pro

vice

Crrancellor,

primeasia

_Member

University, _Dhaka.

3'

^Professor Sarahuddin Ahmed, school of Business, primeasia university,

Dhaka.

Member

4.

Dr. Tofaver Ahmed, Assoc. professor

a

H""J,-olpr.

;iii#, ru

^{r '}

---*!E'

Member

5.

Mr. Bashir Ahmed Bhuiyan, _Assoc. frof"rsor, _n*pr.

"ig"d fU

^Member

6.

^Concerned Course teachers,

LU ^-Yr!'

^va

u.^,

Member The members of the committee would submit a proposal regarding the courses to be introduced

or

redesigned

in line with

the cases

of

otrr., prluut.

;ffi;ti"s. _ln

addition, the necessary committees might be formed with respective program experts by the Hon,ble vice chancellor.

Asenda-3: _SyllabuS of B. Sc. in Civil Engineerin

g

^-

Discussion: The meeting was informed

k, t"

^authority

^of

Leading University had been contemplating

to

introduce

B'

sc.

in civil

Engineering

;";; in

_order

to

extend the field

of

studies under the _School

of

Modem

,li"rr...

Accoihingry the syllabus

of

the course was prepared by specialists in. line with _the syllabuses or otrr"i,iniiersities _{and sent} to Bangladesh university Grants commission

rg uraifprol{.

The syliabus _was reviewed by the speciarisr appointed by UGC and sent back to

realing

universiiy

*i il".o*"

suggestions for necessary

ffi."J|,"#;1H'"'1"'s

^of

^civil

Engineering _course ha; be;;p;epared

in

compriance with the

f'1

2of 5 .1

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it

i-..t.

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Decisioh:

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i

The *neetir{B, Bfter el'qborate

.discussion, -decide{, _to

form a

committee comprising

of

the follo$nglnifunbers in

tie

convenorship

oftrr" uorrltr" vi"" crr*cellor,

LU for taking necessary steps in this,iespect:

1 l*!

^{Dr. ABM} Shahidul Islam, Hon,ble Vice Chancellor,

L.U.

Convener 2' Prof. Dr. M. R. Kabir,'Hon'bre pro vice chancellor,

uap, ntrat<a.

Member

- 3' Prof. Dr. Abdullah, principal, Bangradesh survey Institute,

comilla. _M..b",

4' Mr' Ramendra Kumar Das, Instructer, civil e.rgg; sytt et

piy,""t

"i"

Iqsritute, Syihet. Member Agenda-4: abroad and Doctoral Promotion policy

pegree. &

emolument

for

teachers' who have Masters Degree from

r

Decision: The decision was deferred for the next syndicate meeting.

Agenda-S: scholarship for poor

&

meritorious students of Leading university

Discussion: The meeting was apprisea

qf

the- fact that Leading university _{had been offering} various facilities

in

diffe.rent categories

to the

students since"

its irr""pior. ai fr"r.nt tt.

authority was contemplating to proride scholarship

t" th; pr"r u*

meritorious students of the university in order to gffel more opporrumty for higher education to the children of less forLunate class of the society'

l" ,1" ayiloiity

proposes to _offer scholarship to the poor and meritorious students under the following titles:

Decision: The decision was deferred for the next syndicate meeting.

Agenda-6: Financial support for teachers to attend in conference both home

&

abroad.

Discussion: Teachers

of

Leading university had been performing research works

in

their respective

field of

studies. These research papers

had

been sent

to

various national

&

intemational _seminars. In recognition to the inginuity _{of the teachers, they}

*.i. i*it.a

to some intemational conferences

to

present their research papers.

It

should

be

noted that Hon,ble Founder chairman was pleased

to

sanction

an

allowance

of

Tk.25000/-

to

Hon,ble vice chancellor and

Tk'

20000/-

to

each

of

the teachers from the university fund

to

attend the conference

in USA'

The respective teachers had successfully

pr"r"nt"d

their papers

in

the concemed programs.

Since the teacher community as a whole belongs to the fixed income group and had limited rneans to avail such-opportunities, the following lroposal for financial rrrp'poj to the teachers

of

LU for attending conferences both home

a

abroaa

*ur r"u-itt"Jfor

kind decision:

til

Title of the S"hola.shi Number of recipient students Founder Chairman Scholarshi

Overseas Program USA, Europe

&

Australia

Overseas Program Malaysia, Singapore, Srilanka

Etc.

It should be noted that necessary fund for this purpose had already been allocated in the budget.

Decision: The decision was deferred for the decision of the next Syndicate meeting.

Overseas Program

India

Domestic Programs

Tk.20000/- Tk. 10000/- Tk. 5000/- Tk. 3000/-

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{genOi;-..2: ^2nd Convocation of Leading Universify

,

Discussion:

The

meeting

was

inforrned

that the

authority

of

Leading University _was . ₁

I :

had attended contemplating in the to arrange

I't

convocation the 2'd c6nvocation of

q"- q" ^t"th

the

C"*;;r

university. oil,eading

A

total numblr

u"i""rrity. of

156 _Now, students_{as per}

'

^{official record,}

"pp**i"*Liv;;il

^number

;i 30ilr"dents of

different Deparrments would

'i' - r

Leading'university' Campus and 84 complete the requirements from

out

Dhaka of them,

for

Campus.

tt"ii

a totainumber&2L+-rndents

0.g."" i" sil;g-ilmester

_should

-

^zoog participate from

ⁱⁿ

botrr campuses Sylhet

of

Decision: complete authentication of the certificates and the necessary scrutiny the results of the students shouldbe ao"" im*eaiatety.

Agenda

-

8: Miscellaneous

supplementary Agenda

- A:

Duration

for

the completion

of

undergraduate

&

Graduate

PfOgfams. -- "..svr6rauu4r

Decision:

After

threadbare discussion,

it was

decided

that the

duration

of

studentship

-

_years (registration)

_&

_{for EMBA}

for

Uldergraduate Programs,should ue

o isixl y"*r, ro.-vtel'..gulur ₄

_(four)

&

Masters ptogruL.

]

^(three)

^{y"*r. Tiis}

^{p.oposed change had} been made to bring academic discipline in the stuLdy of these

pr;;;;. ^-..

supplementary Agenda - B: Intemship for undergraduate

&

Graduate programs

Disctlssion: There was a provision

in

the university _catalogue that students

of

undergraduate prosrams could do

their

intemship after completion

"ilol;;;.;;;"our"*.0

^that

^it

affected the regularity

of the

students

to

attend

their

classes

who

availed the opportunity.

However' in practice the authority did not allow students to do their internship before completing

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^{proposed that the}

pio,iri""

shourd

r" *itna,u*n

and a new Decision: students of undergraduate programs should do internship after completing _{100 credits} but they should not be allowid _{to take}

TI

^cgursg during internship period. In case of Graduate prograrns' internship or project work migirt ue orerea

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the students in their last semester on condition that they shoutd take the assigned courses.

supplementary Agenda-c: Appointment of Deans of the Faeulties

Discussion: _The meeting was apprised that since the area of study and the number of students had been significantlv _increased

in

ieading

urir;tx;" _{a***a fb,} ;;;;;

managemenr increased the same proportion. Under the

clrcumst*"". iri""ame

very di{ficult _{for Head of the} Departments to do their administrative works

aorg *itr,

trre academic activities. Besides, most

of

the Head

of

the Departments were Lectureruo:r.

it.

one Associate professor

in

Business Administration _{and one} Assistant professor in English.

To cope with the. situation ana upnotaing trr"

iriug" of

the university, appointments of Deans ^. should be made

in

the Faculty

or nurirr"r, ao*i'niriuti*,

_Faculty

_of

_{Modern Science,}

Faculty of Arts and Modem l.ungrrug". and

Decision: _The decision was deferred for the next syndicate meeting.

supplementary Agenda-D: New arrangement of courses for BBA program.

Discussion: _There were

l0

courses for G. Ed..,24for core courses and 6 courses in Major area

of studies' The meeting emphasized

o,

trr" nesd

to;;";;"

changes in the course distribution for BBA Program

in

line

*itt

otL"iieputed _private

uiiu"r.iti.r, _so

the authority proposed to introduce 7 courses as G' _{Ed', 27} courses us

cor"

and 6 courses as Major area. Likewise there

\; *

ti\

if

,L:l.i lilllT,*: ^,1"

^',,oenrs

^i,,

^{taking G.}

^Ed

^{courses i}

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?..angemerr1

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withRemedlasi"irJ"iffi *.i1'J;1iJ:?tlX"t'#'i:X,y;ji.'#*lh*#

ath and

jli'lilff

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t)ecision: There should be 7. courses _as G. Ed., 27 courses _as core

;^ _:_:"" ""'::"'

there should _no options for the

,r";;; _,i ,i,""

.., F,d

^^.,_-^^

^{and 6 co*rses as Major area &}

there shourd no options

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Agenda-E: Renovation

of

the space

foi

Leading

university in ltoununol

Discussion: _{The reoui}

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^{been growing raster with the}

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increases

in order,"

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^nua

uJ.,'ir.ia

_cantrf

::3::,j, ^y"s

conremptarirg

io

"p"r;. il,

Civjr

trn_;-^^,,-^ l:r,r.

^Morecver, pr&ently _the

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te rcnol's1. ir',.

,"la'rr;:i'il'#:'J,r[::'hl"

^{meet the} presentlnd n

t*. ,."a ;il;::J:Jii

hetirrc sprirg

i;;.,Jr-roon

uket previously ticcupiea _uy

irr. al,ii"ll],ir*,. o"t

ql

betbre Spring Semester_2009 Decision: _{The decision}

was deferred for the next syndicate

meeting.

l

,1,iTlf.:rt::chancellor

^{thanked all the members of the} Academic councii _ancl decjared the encl

.,,' i", , -.^_"+r, l

(Prof. Dr.

ABM

Shahidut Istam) Vice _Chancellor

&

Chairman, Academic Council. LU.

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