Former Vice Chancellor's Message

Welcome to the website of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU) which is the first Science and
Technology University in the northern region of Bangladesh. It stands away from the urban din and bustle at a beautiful and
scenic location some 13 km north of Dinajpur town by the side of the intercity highway that links Dinajpur to Dhaka, the
capital of Bangladesh. I feel great pleasure in expressing my heartiest congratulations and best wishes for the gradual but
steady development of the HSTU, Dinajpur.
It is a matter of satisfaction for us that the university has made steady progress in a relatively short period of time in
terms of expansion of its physical infrastructure and academic programmes. The HSTU has been growing rapidly in terms of
quality, recognition, activities, number of courses, student intake, staff, outreach and research during the recent years.
The university provides multidiscipline education. We have eight faculties such as Agriculture, Computer Science and
Engineering, Business Studies, Fisheries, Engineering, Veterinary and Animal Science, Science, Social Science and Humanities
and one Post-graduate Studies. Now we have 44 departments under nine faculties including post graduate studies. Presently
195 international students (undergraduate-179 and postgraduate-16) are studying in this university; they are from Nepal,
Bhutan, India, Djibouti, Nigeria and Somalia. We are proud for our international students as the number is the highest
among the public universities in Bangladesh.
In the continuing task of nation building, HSTU is trying to promote excellence in higher education for a vibrant and
inclusive society through knowledge creation and dissemination. It is making sincere efforts to contribute its mite by
providing the right kind of human resources. It is striving hard to impart quality education to meet national and global
challenges, towards accomplishing its mission. For students, the degree represents certification of competence, and a
passport to advanced education or gainful employment, and livelihood and prosperity. They have an important role to play
in the development of the nation and hence have to handle their future with confidence and capability. As a Vice Chancellor,
my main objectives are to produce quality human resources to conduct fundamental as well as advance and applied research to
solve both the existing and long term problems that our country is facing in the field of agriculture, veterinary & animal
science, fisheries, information technology, and other allied fields.
Therefore, it is of immense importance for me to make sure that teaching, research outreach activities and training is
being imparted efficiently in all faculties of the university. I would also like to see that advancement of learning and
applied research is being carried out at the university to produce provide solutions to emerging problems in different
fields of agriculture, and other allied fields. My focus would be on academic excellence leading towards: (i) establishing
good governance, (ii) introducing Student Centred Learning (SCL) through outcome-based curriculum, (iii) improving
teaching-learning and assessment strategies, (iv)increasing physical facilities, student support services, and finally (v)
improving research, training and community services.
The world of today, the modern Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is playing significant role in providing
facilities for the delivery system and quality education. I would try to launch various projects for facilitation of
research and quality education, income generating schemes, and the award of scholarship to faculty for higher studies
under the University Faculty Development Program, etc. There is no compromise on the quality of education and facilities
provided on the campus as we embrace modern technologies with open arms.
This university is free from all political unrest until now. Therefore, there is a congenial atmosphere for carrying out
research activities by the students and the faculty at this university. The university has a highly-qualified faculty for
imparting instructions and providing persistent supervision to the students in the fields of Agriculture, Computer Science
Engineering, Business Studies, Fisheries, Engineering, Veterinary and Animal Science, Science, Social Science and Humanities.
Our academic programs and services are driven by the needs of our community and economy from a global context. Hence,
many of our graduates have been working across the globe with reputation and pride. The university, in future, will continue
to enhance the quality of research, introduce subjects having global significance and adopt the state of the art technology
and fruitful academic collaboration.
I wish all of our learners/students a very bright future. I hope that after getting education at HSTU, our graduates
will become assets for the country and would be able to play an important role in accelerating the rate of economic
and social development of Bangladesh. Let our dreams come true. I would fully utilize all my energies, experience and
potentials to make this university a great seat of learning.
I sincerely hope and strongly believe that our experienced and well qualified teachers would facilitate a congenial
teaching-learning environment so that need-based, technically and technologically competent and skill-based graduates
are produced from this university.
I wish all successes, prosperity and welfare of HSTU, Dinajpur.
Professor Dr. M. Abul Kashem
Former Vice Chancellor of HSTU.
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