Abul Kalam Azad Chowdhury | |
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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]
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]
In 2018,Chowdhury was included in the Queen's New Year's Honours list, [4] receiving an MBE for services to Education in Bangladesh. [5]