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Habiganj Agricultural University

public · agricultural · Sylhet · partial (verified 2026-05-18)

Profile

Ownership
public
Vice-Chancellor
Prof. Dr. Syed Sayem Uddin Ahmad
Students
299
Faculty
49
Annual budget
—
Established
2020
District
Habiganj

Operationally active: running 2025-26 admission cycle, hosting international workshops (WOAH, ISAE), and signing inter-university MoUs; VC Syed Sayem Uddin Ahmad (appointed October 2024) was not replaced in either the March 16 or May 14, 2026 VC reshuffle batches.

Recent activity

Provenance & notes

verification_status=partial: (1) established_year=2020 is the year the Act was gazetted (December 17, 2020); the university bill passed parliament September 10, 2020, Act No. 18 of 2020. Academic operations commenced on a temporary campus at Vadoi, Habiganj Sadar shortly after gazette notification. (2) vc_since=2024-10-02 is the physical joining date confirmed by the official HAU notice (notice slug: 20241016033958); Ministry of Education appointment notification was dated October 1, 2024; four-year term. Previous VC was Prof. Md. Abdul Baset (inaugural VC, circa 2021). (3) Protest context: on October 3, 2024 -- one day after Syed Sayem took office -- students and faculty at his former institution (Sylhet Agricultural University) burned an effigy demanding cancellation of his appointment, alleging pro-Awami League affiliation; a human chain was also held in Sylhet city on October 2. His appointment has not been rescinded as of May 2026. (4) student_count=299 and faculty_count=49 are from the official HAU UMS portal (hau.ac.bd, verified May 2026); these are undergraduate-only figures (0 graduate students); the university has 4 faculties. (5) annual_budget_bdt is null: no verified BDT allocation figure found in any primary source for HAU; UGC aggregate figures for 49 public universities not disaggregated to HAU level in accessible sources. (6) registrar, treasurer, pro-VC: no names found in any primary source; these posts may be vacant or held in-charge capacity at this early-stage institution. (7) HAU was NOT included in either the March 16, 2026 (7-university batch) or May 14, 2026 (11-university batch) VC reshuffles -- confirmed against full lists from New Age BD and Financial Express. (8) UGC recognition confirmed via ugc-universities.gov.bd listing (university detail ID 219). (9) Permanent campus planned; current operations run from temporary premises at Vadoi, Habiganj Sadar Upazila, Habiganj-3300.

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