B.PORIKROMA: North South University (NSU) students have taken a bold initiative to launch a student-edited research journal, the first of its kind in Bangladesh. Entitled ‘NSU Journal of Student Research’ (NSU JSR), this research initiative aims to tap, unleash and improve the research potential and academic writing skills of students from NSU and other universities from around the world. The Pro-Vice-Chancellor of NSU, Prof. M. Ismail Hossain formally inaugurated the journal at a ceremony held on 17 July 2022 at the NSU campus. The journal will be published under the supervision of the Office of Research (OR) of NSU.

While the concept of student-led and managed research journals is common in all the top-ranking international universities like Columbia, Harvard, Cambridge and UPenn, it is still a novelty in Bangladesh.

The Journal’s main goal is to promote and disseminate student research in our country and beyond by providing an avenue for students to get their work published, expose them to the realm of research, and prepare them for a future career in academia.

NSU Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Dr. M. Ismail Hossain expressed the hope that this student-led initiative will help NSU reach the forefront in education and research in Bangladesh. Journal faculty advisor Prof. Mohammed Nuruzzaman, and Dr. Abdur Rob Khan, Dean of School of Humanities and Social Sciences, highly spoke of this path-breaking initiative by NSU students. Sakir Mohammad, Editor-in-Chief of NSU JSR offered the vote of thanks. The inauguration ceremony of the journal was followed by an exciting cultural program.