Department of Geology and Mining · University of Rajshahi · est. 1975

Fifty years of reading five hundred million.

The pioneer of Earth science in the region marks its Golden Jubilee — 1975–2025 — in the landscape it has spent fifty years explaining.

Descend through deep time Register for the Jubilee

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To the Golden Jubilee · 2026

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The signature

Beneath Rajshahi, 500 million years are filed in order.

From the Padma floodplain outside the seminar room, down through the red Barind clay, the coal of Gondwana and the basalt of the Rajmahal Traps, to Precambrian basement. Scroll the section and the world changes beside you — continents part, India sails north, the Himalaya rises.

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Holocene floodplain today

Gondwana coal ~275 Ma

Precambrian basement ~1,700 Ma

Composite section · not to scale

The department

The pioneer of Earth science in the region

Established in 1975, the Department of Geology and Mining was founded to train the geoscientists who would map, explore and manage the country's mineral and groundwater resources — and it has been doing exactly that for fifty years.

Its research runs on three pillars — groundwater, natural hazards, and mineral resource development — pursued from five laboratories, a geological museum, and a landscape that is itself a field station: the Barind Tract begins at the campus edge.

“Development of skilled geoscientists for safe use of earth resources for sustainable development of the country.” Departmental vision

Established

The first geoscience department in the region

Years of teaching

Half a century of geoscientists

Academic members

Verify with the department before launch

Students

Across BSc, MS, MPhil and PhD

Laboratories

Plus computer labs and a seminar library

m² of museum

The geological collection, soon digital

From the leadership

Words from those guiding the Jubilee

Fifty years of the department, and the people carrying it into the next fifty.

Portrait pending

Message pending The Golden Jubilee message will appear here once supplied by the department.

Prof. Dr. Younus Ahmed Khan

Chairman, Department of Geology and Mining

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Portrait pending

Message pending The Golden Jubilee message will appear here once supplied by the department.

[Convener — name to be confirmed]

Convener, Golden Jubilee Committee

Committee

The people building the Golden Jubilee

Faculty, alumni and students organising the celebration — from the reunion programme and the digital memorial to the museum and fieldwork archives.

All committees — soon

Photo pending

Member Secretary

[Member Secretary — to be confirmed]

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Treasurer

[Treasurer — to be confirmed]

Photo pending

Registration & Data

[Registration Lead — to be confirmed]

Photo pending

Souvenir & Publication

[Publication Lead — to be confirmed]

Registration going on

Reserve your place at the Golden Jubilee

Fifty years of geoscientists, back where they started. Reconnect with your batch, meet the faculty who taught you, and be part of the department's permanent record.

2 alumni already registered.

Golden Jubilee Reunion 2026

BDT 0 – 2,000

by category — teachers, alumni, recent graduates and current students each pay a different fee. Provisional until confirmed by the committee

Date to be announced
Venue to be announced
Accompanying guest — BDT 500 each (teachers and alumni only)
Includes the reunion kit, T-shirt, lunch and the cultural evening

Helpdesk

Upcoming Events

Reunions, seminars and field excursions

The Golden Jubilee programme, plus the seminars and excursions that bring fifty years of geoscientists back to the department.

All events — soon

Event banner pending

Dec 2026

Registration open

Golden Jubilee Reunion — 50 Years of Geology and Mining

The main celebration: registration, the commemorative souvenir, the departmental exhibition and the cultural evening. Alumni of every batch since 1975 are invited. Date and venue to be announced.

Friday, 18 December 2026
Time to be announced
Venue to be announced

Jan

Alumni Seminar — Groundwater and the Barind Tract

Venue to be announced

Feb

Field Excursion — Rajmahal Trap and Maddhapara

Venue to be announced

Notice Board

Announcements from the department

Official notices about the Jubilee, registration and departmental affairs — newest first.

All notices — soon

28 Aug 2026 Pinned

Golden Jubilee registration is now open

Alumni, teachers and current students may now register for the Golden Jubilee Reunion. Fees are provisional until confirmed by the committee.

Read notice

23 Aug 2026

Call for photographs and memorabilia

The department is collecting photographs, field reports and memorabilia from every batch since 1975 for the digital memorial and the souvenir.

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17 Aug 2026

Alumni directory verification under way

Registered alumni are asked to confirm their batch, degree and current profession so the directory is accurate before publication.

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9 Aug 2026

Geological museum digitisation begins

Cataloguing of the department's rock, mineral and fossil collection has begun, ahead of the online museum launch.

Read notice

Academics

Four degrees, one subject

Full curricula, intake and downloads arrive with the departmental portal.

BSc (Honours)

Geology and Mining

The four-year foundation: field mapping, mineralogy, structural geology, mining methods.

MS

Geology and Mining

Advanced coursework and thesis research across the department's three pillars.

MPhil

Research degree

Supervised research toward the philosophy of the subject.

PhD

Research degree

The department's deepest work — groundwater, hazards, resources.

The geological museum

131 m² of collection, going digital

Rocks, minerals and fossils from fifty years of fieldwork. Hover a card — that colour shift is how a geologist reads a thin section under crossed polars.

Specimen photo pending