A seminar titled ‘Decentralization in Rural India: Where the Shoe Pinches’ was held at Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus on Monday.
Organized by JU Public Administration Department, the seminar was presided over its Chairman Associate Professor Dr. Jebunnessa,
Held at the conference room of the department, the seminar was addressed among others by former PSC member and Pro- Vice Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) Professor Dr M Abul Kashem Majumder and Dean of Social Science faculty Professor Rasheda Akhter.
The Centenary Chair Professor of the Public Administration in the Department of Political Science of the University of Calcutta, Professor Dr Prabhat Kumar Dutta presented the keynote paper in the seminar.
In the keynote paper, Prof. Dutta discussed about local government system of India, structure of village administration, decentralization of Indian government and legal framework of local administration of India. Dr. Jebunnesa in his presidential speech said by Dr Dutta in his keynote speech elaborately touched local government system and administrative decentralization of India and the teachers and students of JU Public Administration department will immensely be benefited by the seminar.”
Associate Prof. Dr. Md. Nurul Amin, Associate Prof. Md. Mahmudur Rahman, Associate Prof. Farhana Afroze, Assistant Prof. Manir Uddin Sikder, Assistant Prof. Abu Saief Md. Towhidul Anam and around 100 students of the department participated in the seminar
