The Department of Television, Film and Photography embarked on a journey on January 23, 2012, as the Department of Television and Film Studies to create and disseminate knowledge about the cultural industries such as cinema and television and the role of popular culture in shaping people’s mind. The Department began its operation on the ground floor of the Social Sciences’ Building under the leadership of the Founding Chair Dr. A J M Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan, a Canadian Commonwealth Scholar and a Professor of Media Studies. It was launched at a time when a burgeoning television industry was desperately looking for a trained workforce to serve the industry and the moribund ...
