Professor Sarwar Jahan came up with the idea and assembled a team in 2000 to establish a private university in Bangladesh in accordance with the Private University Acts of 1992 and 1998. Colleagues were (2) Prof. Dr. Ishrat Jahan, (3) A.H.M.Alamgir, (4) A.B.M. Shajahan, (5) Naeem Jahangir, where Teacher Sarwar Jahan was the primary Initiator and Pioneer behind Southern College. The trustee board was reorganized as shown below by Professor Sarwar Jahan in 2006.
