• Source: Graphic Arts Institute (Dhaka)

Graphic Arts Institute is a historic public arts institute in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the only public institute of printing and design in Bangladesh.




History



Graphic Arts Institute was established in 1967 in Dhaka, East Pakistan by Muhammad Azam Khan, the governor general of East Pakistan and Waqar Ahmed, Director General of Technical Education Directorate. The first head of the institute was the South Dakota University trained R. K. Mollah. He was trained in printing technology and his staff were provided some training in printing by the Pakistan government press. During the Bangladesh Liberation war Bengalis were tortured in the buildings of the institutes by pro-Pakistan militias named Rajakar, Al Badar, Al Shams. The institute is under the administration of Bangladesh Technical Education Board. The institute has a mosque in its campus. The son of Abul Hashem, the Imam of the mosque, Mubarak Hossain was detained in Afghanistan and handed over to United States forces and then transported to Guantanamo bay. Mubarak Hossain was released in December 2006 and deported to Bangladesh where he was detained by Bangladesh police on arrival.




Departments


There are three departments available here,

Printing
Graphic Design and
Computer Science




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Graphic Arts Institute (Dhaka)
• Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka
• Bangladesh Technical Education Board
• University of Dhaka
• Mohammadpur Thana
• Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology
• Md Tokon
• Abdur Razzaque (artist)
• Education in Bangladesh
• University of Rajshahi