Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre
Formation | 1984 |
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Headquarters | Savar, Bangladesh |
Region served | Bangladesh |
Official language | Bengali |
Rector (Secretary) | Sayeed Mahbub Khan |
Website | bpatc |
Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC) is a training institute for the public sector. It was founded in 1984, and is situated in Savar, Dhaka District.[1] The premises has teaching facilities, quarters for the officers, a mosque, and a lake. Sayeed Mahbub Khan is the rector of the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre.[2]
History
[edit]Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre was established in 1984.[3] The Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre was established by merging the Bangladesh Administrative Staff College, National Institute of Public Administration, Civil Officers' Training Academy, and the Staff Training Institute.[4] The foundation stone of the centre was laid in December 1981 and the centre became operational on 28 April 1984, as an autonomous body with a Rector as its head who is a senior Secretary to the Government.[3]
The Centre has four division units based in Chittagong Division, Dhaka Division, Rajshahi Division, and Khulna Division.[3]
In February 2009, Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre organized a seminar on 'Improving public services through total quality management' with support from Japan International Cooperation Agency.[5] At the silver jubilee celebration of the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reminded the bureaucrats that they were servants of the public and not masters.[6][7]
In 2010, Bangladesh Supreme Court announced plans to train judges of lower courts in the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre and the Bangladesh Military Academy.[8]
In September 2020, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated a 20 story building of Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre in Savar.[9]
Administration
[edit]The rector (normally the rank of a Senior Secretary) is the head of the training institution, assisted by the MDS (rank of Senior Joint Secretary/Additional Secretary).[3] The rector also chairs the governing body of the BPATC School and College, a secondary school located within the precincts of BPATC.[10]
The board of governors of Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre is under the direction of a Cabinet Minister.[3]
List of rectors
[edit]Name | Start date | End date | Reference |
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Ramendra Nath Biswas | 3 January 2022 | 31 December 2022 | [11][12] |
Md. Monjur Hossain | 25 May 2021 | 2 January 2022 | [11] |
Md Rakib Hossain | 29 July 2019 | 24 May 2021 | [11] |
Dr. M Aslam Alam | 4 May 2017 | 28 July 2019 | [11] |
A. L. M. Abdur Rahman | 22 February 2016 | 3 March 2017 | [11] |
AKM Abdul Awal Majumder | 10 December 2014 | 28 February 2016 | [11] |
Khandker Md Iftekhar Haider | 17 February 2014 | 9 December 2014 | [11] |
AZM Shafiqul Alam | 29 March 2011 | 17 February 2014 | [11] |
Mesbaul Alam | 26 October 2010 | 15 November 2010 | [11] |
Md. Delwar Hossain | 1 July 2009 | 20 February 2011 | [11] |
Md Abdus Salam Khan | 3 September 2008 | 24 May 2009 | [13] |
Abu Md Maniruzzaman Khan | 22 January 2007 | 2 September 2008 | [13] |
Md Abdus Salam Khan | 5 December 2005 | 22 January 2007 | [13] |
Ahbab Ahmed | 1 November 2003 | 31 October 2005 | [13] |
Kamal Uddin Siddiqui | 23 June 2002 | 1 November 2003 | [13] |
Kshanada Mohan Das | 21 March 2001 | 19 November 2001 | [13] |
Kazi Md. Monzur-I-Mowla | 17 June 1991 | 1 July 1995 | [13] |
Ekram Hossain | 1 August 1990 | 15 January 1991 | [13] |
A. Z. M. Shamsul Alam | 11 January 1990 | 31 July 1990 | [13] |
Mohammad Siddiqur Rahman | 16 August 1989 | 9 January 1990 | [13] |
Nazrul Islam | 5 July 1989 | 15 August 1989 | [14] |
A. M. Anisuzzaman | 7 February 1988 | 2 July 1989 | [14] |
A. K. M. Hedayetul Huq | 9 October 1985 | 25 January 1988 | [14] |
Sheikh Maqsood Ali | 28 April 1984 | 10 August 1985 | [14] |
Board of governors
[edit]- Sheikh Hasina[15]
- Farhad Hossain[15]
- Md. Mahbub Hossain[15]
- Mohammad Mezbah Uddin Chowdhury[15]
- Fatima Yasmin[15]
- Md. Abu Bakar Siddique[15]
- Md. Ashraf Uddin[15]
- Md Nurul Alam[15]
- Ibne Fazal Shayekhuzzaman[15]
- Md. Jashim Uddin[15]
- Ferdous Arfina Osman[15]
References
[edit]- ^ Report, Star Online (7 December 2014). "3 secretaries transferred". The Daily Star. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "PM asks BCS cadres to apply innovative ideas to build Smart Bangladesh". Prothomalo. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Muslim, Syed Naquib (16 September 2021). "Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre". Banglapedia. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Introducing BPATC". old.bpatc.org.bd. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Mindset change a must for quality management in public service". The Daily Star. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ Ahmed, Shamsuddin (5 May 2009). "Servants, not masters". The Daily Star. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ Bss, Savar (29 April 2009). "Be people's servant, not master". The Daily Star. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ Sarkar, Ashutosh (23 December 2010). "SC to arrange training for lower court judges". The Daily Star. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ Bhattacharjee, Partha Pratim (3 September 2020). "AL decides to come out of Covid hiatus". The Daily Star. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Governing Body". BPATC School and College.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Former Rectors". old.bpatc.org.bd. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Last working day for four secretaries today". The Daily Star. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Former Rectors". old.bpatc.org.bd. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Former Rectors". old.bpatc.org.bd. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Board Members". old.bpatc.org.bd. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
Further reading
[edit]- Division of Public Administration and Development Management (February 2004). People's Republic of Bangladesh Public Administration Country Profile (PDF) (Report). United Nations.
- Ehsan, Mohammad (October–December 2008). "Public Sector Human Resource Management in Bangladesh: Challenges and Opportunities in Light of the WPSR 2005" (PDF). Asian Affairs. 30 (4): 50–75.
- Hasan, Md. Mahmudul (November 2009). Public Administration training policy and enhancing capacity of Bangladesh civil service: a review (Thesis). BRAC University.