Abul Kalam Azad Chowdhury
Abul Kalam Azad Chowdhury | |
|---|---|
| Chairman of University Grants Commission | |
| In office 8 May 2011 – 7 May 2015 | |
| President | Zillur Rahman |
| Preceded by | Nazrul Islam |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Mannan |
| 24th Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University | |
| In office 30 September 1996 – 11 November 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Shahid Uddin Ahmed |
| Succeeded by | Anwarullah Chowdhury |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 October 1946 |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
| Occupation | University academic, professor, administrator |
Abul Kalam Azad Chowdhury (also AK Azad Chowdhury; born 21 October 1946) is a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 23rd Vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka and the 11th Chairman of University Grants Commission of Bangladesh.[1][2]
Education and career
[edit | edit source]Chowdhury was born on 21 October 1946 to Siddiqur Rahman Chowdhury and Anwara Begum Chowdhury. He completed his bachelor's and master's in bio-chemistry from the University of Dhaka in 1967 and 1968 respectively.[1] He obtained his Ph.D. in Pharmacy from the University of Manchester in 1976.[1]
Chowdhury was a member of Drug Policy Committee of Harvard University, National Professor of Canam University of Paris, and Visiting Professor Nottingham University, UK.[3]
He was the president of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences for the period from 2019 to 2025.[4]
Achievements
[edit | edit source]In 2018, Chowdhury was included in the Queen's New Year's Honours list,[5] receiving an MBE for services to Education in Bangladesh.[6]
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- Living people
- 1946 births
- People from Feni District
- University of Dhaka alumni
- Alumni of the University of Manchester
- Academic staff of the University of Dhaka
- Vice-chancellors of the University of Dhaka
- Fellows of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences
- Honorary Fellows of Bangla Academy
- Chairmans of University Grants Commission of Bangladesh
- Bangladeshi academic biography stubs