DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Message from the Chairman

Welcome to the Department of Public Administration

The mission of the Department of Public Administration (PAD) of Jagannath University is to inspire excellence in public service. It has a lot to offer in Bachelor and Master programs to match students’ passion for politics and administration. The quality of education is demonstrated by the ability of our graduates to pursue their full-time professional careers and advanced skills in public service leadership, decision making, and critical investigative and evaluative methods within the public sector. A significant number of high skilled faculty members work together for developing outcome-based curriculum. Our faculties hold masters and PhD degrees with prestigious international scholarships including Commonwealth, Developing Solutions Master’s Scholarship, NASPAA accreditation MPA, ADB- Japan Scholarship Program and Prime Minister Fellowship etc. The goal of the Department is manifested in the significant research output of the faculty and the professional success of its graduates. Faculties are working relentlessly to foster students’ community development skills. Hence our young students are committed to mitigate and respond to the natural disasters and have been our invaluable partners in mobilizing humanitarian actions across the nation during Covid 19 pandemic. They actively participate in football, cricket, volleyball, debate, and other cultural activities. Please visit our department Web site to learn more about our programs, student groups, awards and scholarships.

Professor Dr. Asma Binte-Iqbal

Chairman, Department of Public Administration

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About Department of Public Administration

Jagannath University is a well reputed institution of higher education. The history of conversion from a school to a university has transformed the university into a traditional educational institution. The institution, which started as a lecture hall in 1868, was established as a college in 1884 and as a full-fledged university in 2005. On the basis of the permission letter dated March 18, 2013, from the Bangladesh University Grants Commission (UGC), the Department of Public Administration was inaugurated under the Faculty of Social Sciences from the academic year 2013-14. On August 18, 2013, the official journey of the Department of Public Administration began with the appointment of Dr. Asma Bente Iqbal (then Associate Professor of Department of Political Science), as the founding chairman. On April 15, 2014, Dr. Asma Bente Iqbal was posted in the Department of Public Administration . The current number of teachers in the department is 15. So far, three batches (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20) have completed their post-graduation on time. The department has five batches running regularly. The outcome based course curriculum has been included in the academic activities of the department from the academic year 2018-19. The curriculum is a combination of both theoretical and practical knowledge and evolving with time, to enhance capacities, skills and abilities of students, required for their successful careers in the upcoming days of 4th industrial revolution. "Debate House of Public Administration" was formed in 2015 to achieve mental excellence of students at the departmental level as a part of co-educational program. In the co-educational program, Department of Public Administration is gradually reaching its pinnacle as a measure of success in Jagannath University.

Programs

BSS

BSS

1st Year 1st  Semester

PAD 1101

Introduction to Public Administration

PAD1102

Introduction to Politics and Government

PAD 1103

Fundamental of Economics

PAD 1104

Fundamentals of Sociology

1st Year 2nd  Semester

PAD1201

Public Administration in Bangladesh

PAD 1202

Principals of Management

PAD 1203

Computer Application and Information Management

PAD1204

Basic English Language and Writing Skills

PAD1205

Viva-Voce

2nd Year 1st Semester

PAD 2101

Local Governance in Bangladesh

PAD 2102

Financial Administration

PAD 2103

Sociology of Administration

PAD 2104

Introduction to Political Economy

2nd Year 2nd Semester

PAD 2201

Urban Governance in Bangladesh

PAD 2202

Rural Development in Bangladesh

PAD 2203

Research Methodology

PAD 2204

Human Resource Management

PAD 2205

Viva-Voce

3rd Year 1st Semester

PAD 3101

Project Management

PAD 3102

Administrative Law in Bangladesh

PAD 3103

System Analysis and Organization Development

PAD 3104

Quantitative Research in Public Administration

3rd Year 2nd Semester

PAD 3201

Politics and Government in Bangladesh

PAD 3202

Management of Non-Governmental Organizations

PAD 3203

Governance & Globalization

PAD 3204

Social Change & Development

PAD 3205

Viva-Voce

4th Year 1st Semester

PAD 4101

Performance  Management

PAD 4102

New Public Management: Theory and Practice

PAD 4103:

Gender & Development

PAD 4104:

Environmental Management in Bangladesh

4th Year 2nd Semester

PAD 4201

Organizational Behaviour

PAD 4102

Governance Issues and Problems in Bangladesh

PAD 4203

Introduction to Policy Analysis

PAD 4204

Public Private Partnerships

PAD 4205

Viva-Voce

 

 

 

 

Chairman

Research Facilities

Faculty Research Areas

Publication

Software-Defined Network-Based Proactive Routing Strategy in Smart Power Grids Using Graph Neural Network and Reinforcement Learning

Authors: Md. Aminul Islam

Software-Defined Network-Based Proactive Routing Strategy in Smart Power Grids Using Graph Neural Network and Reinforcement Learning

Authors: Md. Aminul Islam

Conference Paper

Conference Proceeding

Book

Book Chapter

Patent

Academic Projects

Funded Projects

Labs

NEWS

SEMINAR

WORKSHOP

TRAINING

NOTICES

CLASS ROUTINE

Staffs

Contact Information

Professor

Associate Professor

Assistant Professor

Lecturer