The 16th Annual Senate Meeting of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) was held on 10 June 2024 at Bijoy Auditorium of BUP. BUP Vice Chancellor and Senate Chairman Major General Md Mahbub-ul Alam, BSP, ndc, afwc, psc, MPhil, PhD presided over the meeting.

At the beginning of the meeting, BUP Vice Chancellor and Senate Chairman Major General Md Mahbub-ul Alam thanked the outgoing members and welcomed the newly appointed members. Later, BUP Treasurer Air Cdre Md Shafiqul Islam, ndc, fawc, psc, GD(P) put forward the revised 2023-2024 fiscal year budget amounting to Tk. 129 Crore 7 lac and announced a Tk. 132 Crore 93 lac budget for the fiscal year 2024-2025 that was unanimously approved by the Senate Members. Besides, the 16th Annual Report was presented in the Senate Meeting which was also unanimously approved by the Senate Members. BUP Registrar A B M Faisal Baten, ndc, psc conducted the meeting. BUP Vice Chancellor and Senate Chairman Major General Md Mahbub-ul Alam said, at the beginning of his speech, that the creation of new knowledge, expansion of education, various infrastructural developments and other multifaceted activities are ongoing in BUP. BUP has already formulated an ‘Academic Strategic Plan 2023-2050’ and its implementation will assist in achieving its success at the national and international level. He said that various Co-Curricular and Extracurricular Activities are conducted through 27 clubs of BUP to develop the talent of the students which will sharpen their creativity. Besides, he assured that BUP emphasizes on inculcating moral values and awakening patriotism among the new generation. He specifically mentioned that BUP Research Center is carrying out large-scale research activities, in addition to the publication of 5 research journals, with the objective of disseminating research-based knowledge to everyone with utmost importance to BUP research. BUP VC also informed about the activities of the Office of International Affairs which aimed at highlighting the university in the international arena in higher education, admission of foreign students and introducing BUP to the researchers and teachers of foreign universities. Vice-Chancellor informed everyone that at present BUP admission process including application, registration, and final admission, is fully automated. He also informed that evalution of Faculty Members is being conducted through Students Evaluation System in all the courses which is also bridging the gap between teachers and students.

Among the Senate Members, notably Major (Retd) Rafiqul Islam (Bir Uttam), MP, Mohammad Abdur Razzaque, MP, Mr. Nurul Islam Nahid, MP, Mr. Md. Shahriar Alam, MP, Major General (Retd) Salahuddin Miazi, MP, Secretaries from different ministries, high officials from Bangladesh Armed Forces, and high officials of BUP were present in the meeting.