The faculty hiring process at Dhaka University has received intense scrutiny and has been criticised for its lack of focus on merit.

Satyendra Nath Bose, more widely known as Satyen Bose, devoted 24 of the best years of his life to Dhaka University. On 1 July 1921, Dhaka University commenced its academic activities with only four departments, one of which was Physics. Prior to this, on 1 December 1920, P. J. Hartog assumed office as the university’s first Vice-Chancellor.

SN Bose’s recruitment at DU was by the institution’s first vice-chancellor, PJ Hartog.

There are lessons to be learnt from the way Dhaka became part of the intellectual map of the world.