With great festivity, on July 29, 2023, Notre Dame University Bangladesh celebrated its 10th anniversary. The Congregation of Holy Cross received approval from the Bangladeshi government to establish NDUB back on April 29, 2013, and the university held its first classes on December 7, 2014. It then celebrated its first commencement exercises in 2019.

For the 10th anniversary celebration, the Most Rev. Bejoy N. D'Cruze, OMI, Archbishop of Dhaka, was the chief guest. Other distinguished guests included: Br. Prodip Placid Gomes, C.S.C., Second General Assistant; Fr. George Kamal Rosario, C.S.C., Superior of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Province and Chairman of the NDUB Board; Fr. Patrick Daniel Gaffney, C.S.C., Vice-Chancellor; Fr. Subash Adam Pereira, C.S.C., Treasurer; Fr. Leonard Shankar Rozario, C.S.C., Registrar; and Dr. Aloke Kumar Chokroborty, Dean.

The day’s festivities began with Archbishop D’Cruze cutting the ribbon and officially inaugurating the university’s new seven-story educational building.

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The university community had previously held an “internal inauguration” of the building, which represents a new era for the institution, on May 14. That event included a special prayer session held in the building’s large auditorium. On that day, Fr. Rosario in his role as Board Chairman as well as Provincial Superior expressed the common hope that the building would allow the university to enhance the quality of its educational offerings and make it of greater service to Bangladesh.

Following the national anthem, Fr. Gaffney in his address as Vice-Chancellor thanked all those who have supported the foundation and growth of the university over these 10 years. Other speakers who followed also expressed the hope that NDUB will continue to improve the quality of higher education for students and engage in research that will be exemplary for others.