Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University is the oldest agricultural university in Bangladesh, situated in Sher-e-Bangla Nagor, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh. It was established as The Bengal Agricultural Institute (BAI) on December 11, 1938 by Sher-e-Bangla A.K. Fazlul Huq, the Chief Minister of undivided Bengal. Later it become East Pakistan Agricultural Institute and, on the emergence of Bangladesh as independent country in 1971, the name of this institute was spontaneously changed to Bangladesh Agricultural Institute (BAI). Since its inception the BAI had functions as "faculty of agriculture" under Dhaka University, the BAI-affiliated college till its upgrade to Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in 2001. On 22 June 2009, a bill was placed in the parliament to assign the president as chancellor replacing the prime minister. There are two faculties in Sher-e-bangla Agricultural University. The Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University has three halls for male students and one for female students. Students admitted to the University have either to reside in or be attached to a hall of residence. A Provost assisted by Assistant Provost looks after the administration of a hall.