Bangladesh
Patuakhali Science and Technology University
Patuakhali Science and Technology University
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Patuakhali Science and Technology University (Bengali: পটুয়াখালী বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) commonly referred to as PSTU is a public science and technological research university located in Patuakhali in Bangladesh. It was established as Patuakhali Agricultural College in 1972 and gained university status in 2000.
PSTU has given affiliation to the Barisal Government Veterinary College as its constituent faculty. An outer campus is situated at Babuganj in Barishal district. This is Barisal Division's only science and technology university as well as the first public university there.
PSTU formally started functioning after promulgation of government gazette notification on 8 July 2000 with the campus of former Patuakhali Agricultural College as its nucleus. The university started with the Faculty of Agriculture offering four-year BSc Ag. (Hons.) degrees.
The Patuakhali Science and Technology University was developed at the private initiative of the local people through the establishment of a higher secondary institute in 1972 as a private college. It was then turned to Patuakhali Agricultural College under the affiliation of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh in 1979 with the objective of producing agricultural graduates offering the BSc.Ag. (Hons.) degree.
The college was nationalised on 1 February 1985 and was placed under the administrative control of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Ministry of Agriculture together with BAU affiliation.
The government of Bangladesh launched a project to establish a science and technology university where none existed. The project advocated the transformation of Patuakhali Agricultural College into the full-fledged Patuakhali Science and Technology University that came into being through a parliamentary act passed on 12 July 2001.
Swadesh Chandra Samanta joined PSTU as vice-chancellor on 17 May 2021. Before joining as vice-chancellor, he was serving the Department of Agronomy of the Patuakhali Science and Technology University as professor and also as the Dean of Faculty of Agriculture of the same university.
The PSTU campus is at Dumki Upazila under Patuakhali District. It is about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of Patuakhali district town and can easily be reached by public transportation.
It has a compact campus with halls of residence within walking distance of the academic building. The main campus occupies 97.00 acres (39.25 ha) including a 37.00-acre (149,700 m2) agricultural research farm. It has two campus. The main campus is located in Dumki Upazila under Patuakhali District and another is located in Babuganj Upazila under Barishal District.
With a view to establishing a Fisheries Faculty, it has a plan to acquire 200 acres (0.81 km2) of land at Kuakata, the southernmost tourist resort of Bangladesh. This faculty will conduct research on fish covering inland and marine fisheries.
Central Library of Patuakhali University of Science and Technology, the largest library in Patuakhali district was established during the Agricultural College period. The current book collection of this library is around 45 thousand. The library is controlled and managed by Patuakhali Science and Technology University Authority. The library is a registered member of UGC Digital Library (UDL) Consortium and GesLiCoB (Library Consortium of Bangladesh -formerly known as INASP-PERI consortium), through which it has the facility to download e-journals and e-books of reputed international quality publishers. In addition, Open Athens Remote Access Service has been activated.Vision:
Aspires to be a global knowledge hub to learn, share and create.
Library Buildings and Sections:
The Paviprabi Library building has 4 floors. The erstwhile Agricultural College library is currently used as the central library of the university. First there was a two storied building, now it has been enlarged to a new 4 storied building which is being used as a library. The sections of this library are:1. Reading room
A baby care center for the children of female officers may be added in future so that they can perform their duties smoothly.
1. Classroom:
The reading room is located on the second floor of the library building. 200 people can sit together and study in it. All reading rooms are Wi-Fi enabled and air-conditioned. Besides, necessary and rare books are kept around the reading room for the students. They can read about it. But these books cannot be taken out. Carroll Services for Teachers aims to create an environment of focused study and research. There are separate rooms on the 4th floor for the study of teachers and faculty members.
2. Newspaper Zone:
The newspaper zone on the ground floor has a total of 7 newspapers for students to read. Besides, the library also has old newspapers in its collection.
3. Open Discussion Room:
The Open Discussion Room is located on the second floor of the old building. One day in every week, the Pathchakra is held here on the initiative of the university students.
4. Reference Section:
Reference Section on 3rd Floor of the Library. Various theses, journals, term papers, reports are collected here for the research of teachers and students. Moreover, the library collection has access and download facility of e-journals and e-books of world renowned Emerald, JSTOR, IEEE, Wiley online Library, HINARI, AGORA, Research4Life.
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