Vice Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University (JU) Professor Anwar Hossain on November 30, 2012 assured to hold the fifth convocation of the university in last week of January 2013.
"The authority of the university has already started working to hold the forthcoming convocation successfully," Professor Hossain told the news media.
Talking about JU Central Student Union (JUCSU)'s election, he said a platform named "Paribesh Parishad" has to be formed for holding the JUCSU election where the VC would be in the chair and political leader of different student's organization along with proctorial body will be the member of the organization.
The university was established in 1970 by the government of Pakistan by the Jahangirnagar Muslim University Ordinance, 1970. During the first two years, it operated as a project. Its first Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mafiz Uddin Ahmad (Ph.D in Chemistry, University of Illinois, Chicago) took up office on September 24, 1970. The first group of students, a total of 150, was enrolled in four departments: Economics, Geography, Mathematics and Statistics. Its formal inauguration was delayed until January 12, 1971, when the university was launched by Rear Admiral S. M. Ahsan, the Chancellor.
After the independence of Bangladesh, the university was renamed as Jahangirnagar University by the Jahangirnagar University Act, 1973.
