Week-long planning festival begins at JU

A seven-day 'Planning Festival 2022' began on Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus Saturday.

A seven-day 'Planning Festival 2022' began on Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus Saturday.

The Urban and Regional Planning department of Jahangirnagar University organized the festival marking silver jubilee celebration of the department.

JU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Nurul Alam inaugurated the festival as the chief guest in the morning.

Teachers and students of the department brought out a colorful rally from social science faculty premises at 10 am. After parading different streets on the campus, the rally ended in front of the faculty building. Dean of Social Science faculty Prof Dr Akbar Hossain inaugurated the photo exhibition event here.

 JU Pro Vice Chancellor (Administration) Prof Sheikh Md Monzurul Haque, dean of Social Science faculty Prof Akbar Hossain, Chairman of Urban and Regional planning department Prof Anisa Nuri Kakon, among others, were present at the event.

Later, a seminar titled 'Formulation of Urban Planning and Challenges of Implementation' was held at the gallery room of the Social Science faculty at 11.30am.

The week-long events will include exhibition debates, case competition, planning documentaries, photography exhibitions, campus cleaning activities, quiz competitions, badminton, football, cricket and chess competitions, cultural evenings and grand dinner.

The Department of Urban and Regional Planning was established in 1999 under the Faculty of Social Science with a four year long Bachelor in Urban and Regional Planning (BURP) program. The first batch had a class size of 20. The department of URP now offers BURP, MURP, MPhil and PhD program.