Graphic Arts Institute is a historic public arts institute in

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. It is the only public institute of printing and design in Bangladesh.

History

Graphic Arts Institute was established in 1967 in Dhaka,

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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

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. 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, * Graphic Design * Printing * Computer Science And Technology

References

{{authority control Education in Dhaka Schools in Dhaka District Universities and colleges in Dhaka Government polytechnic institutes in Bangladesh Educational institutions established in 1967 1967 establishments in East Pakistan