Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University is one of the oldest agriculture educational institutions in South Asia, situated in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established on 11 December 1938 as Bengal Agricultural Institute by Sher-e-Bangla A. K. Fazlul Huq, then the Chief Minister of undivided Bengal and later upgraded to a university in 200…
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University is one of the oldest agriculture educational institutions in South Asia, situated in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established on 11 December 1938 as Bengal Agricultural Institute by Sher-e-Bangla A. K. Fazlul Huq, then the Chief Minister of undivided Bengal and later upgraded to a university in 2001 and renamed as Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University.
Former name: Bengal Agricultural Institute, East Pakistan Agricultural Institute, Bangladesh Agricultural Institute
Motto: Bengali: গবেষণা, শিক্ষা, সম্প্রসারণ
Motto in English: Research, Education, Extension
Type: Public Agricultural University
Established: 1938 (Institute), 2001 (University)
Affiliation: UGC - University Grants Commission (Bangladesh), Krishibid Institution Bangladesh