# Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre

Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC) is a training institute for the public sector. It was founded in 1984, and is situated in Savar, Dhaka District. The premises has teaching facilities, quarters for the officers, a mosque, and a lake. Sayeed Mahbub Khan is the rector of the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre.

## History

Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre was established in 1984. The Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre was established by merging the Bangladesh Administrative Staff College, National Institute of Public Administration, Civil Officers' Training Academy, and the Staff Training Institute. The foundation stone of the centre was laid in December 1981 and the centre became operational on 28 April 1984, as an autonomous body with a Rector as its head who is a senior Secretary to the Government.
The Centre has four division units based in Chittagong Division, Dhaka Division, Rajshahi Division, and Khulna Division.
In February 2009, Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre organized a seminar on 'Improving public services through total quality management' with support from Japan International Cooperation Agency. At the silver jubilee celebration of the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reminded the bureaucrats that they were servants of the public and not masters.
In 2010, Bangladesh Supreme Court announced plans to train judges of lower courts in the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre and the Bangladesh Military Academy.
In September 2020, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated a 20 story building of Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre in Savar.

## Administration

The rector (normally the rank of a Senior Secretary) is the head of the training institution, assisted by the MDS (rank of Senior Joint Secretary/Additional Secretary). The rector also chairs the governing body of the BPATC School and College, a secondary school located within the precincts of BPATC.
The board of governors of Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre is under the direction of a Cabinet Minister.

## List of rectors

| Name | Start date | End date |
| Ramendra Nath Biswas | 3 January 2022 | 31 December 2022 |
| Md. Monjur Hossain | 25 May 2021 | 2 January 2022 |
| Md. Rakib Hossain | 29 July 2019 | 24 May 2021 |
| Dr. M. Aslam Alam | 4 May 2017 | 28 July 2019 |
| A. L. M. Abdur Rahman | 22 February 2016 | 3 March 2017 |
| A. K. M. Abdul Awal Majumder | 10 December 2014 | 28 February 2016 |
| Khandker Md. Iftekhar Haider | 17 February 2014 | 9 December 2014 |
| A. Z. M. Shafiqul Alam | 29 March 2011 | 17 February 2014 |
| Mesbaul Alam | 26 October 2010 | 15 November 2010 |
| Md. Delwar Hossain | 1 July 2009 | 20 February 2011 |
| Md Abdus Salam Khan | 3 September 2008 | 24 May 2009 |
| Abu Md. Maniruzzaman Khan | 22 January 2007 | 2 September 2008 |
| Md. Abdus Salam Khan | 5 December 2005 | 22 January 2007 |
| Ahbab Ahmed | 1 November 2003 | 31 October 2005 |
| Kamal Uddin Siddiqui | 23 June 2002 | 1 November 2003 |
| Kshanada Mohan Das | 21 March 2001 | 19 November 2001 |
| Kazi Md. Monzur-I-Mowla | 17 June 1991 | 1 July 1995 |
| Ekram Hossain | 1 August 1990 | 15 January 1991 |
| A. Z. M. Shamsul Alam | 11 January 1990 | 31 July 1990 |
| Mohammad Siddiqur Rahman | 16 August 1989 | 9 January 1990 |
| Nazrul Islam | 5 July 1989 | 15 August 1989 |
| A. M. Anisuzzaman | 7 February 1988 | 2 July 1989 |
| A. K. M. Hedayetul Huq | 9 October 1985 | 25 January 1988 |
| Sheikh Maqsood Ali | 28 April 1984 | 10 August 1985 |

## Board of governors

* Sheikh Hasina
* Farhad Hossain
* Md. Mahbub Hossain
* Mohammad Mezbah Uddin Chowdhury
* Fatima Yasmin
* Md. Abu Bakar Siddique
* Md. Ashraf Uddin
* Md Nurul Alam
* Ibne Fazal Shayekhuzzaman
* Md. Jashim Uddin
* Ferdous Arfina Osman