Anisuzzaman (philosopher)

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Anisuzzaman
আনিসুজ্জামান
Vice Chancellor of Global University Bangladesh
In office
May 2019 –December 2024
Personal details
Born (1951-03-01) 1 March 1951 (age 73)
Gopalganj, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
Nationality Bangladeshi
Alma mater University of Wales
OccupationProfessor, university administrator

Anisuzzaman (born 1951) is a Bangladeshi philosopher and university administrator. He was the first vice-chancellor of Global University Bangladesh, serving from 2019 to 2024. Most of his career was spent at Dhaka University as a professor of philosophy.

Biography

Anisuzzaman was born on March 1, 1951, in Gopalganj, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to Shahida Begam and Abul Hossain Molla. [1]

He finished his BA and MA degrees in philosophy from Dhaka University in 1972 and 1973, respectively. In October 1977, he joined the faculty at the University of Chittagong as a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy. After a little more than two years there, he returned to Dhaka, where he completed a MPhil degree from Dhaka University in 1981. The next year he became an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy there. [1]

Anisuzzaman received a Commonwealth Scholarship to study philosophical anthropology at the University of Wales in the UK. [1] [2] There he earned a PhD in 1988 for his dissertation, The Concept of Man: Dualism and the Western Tradition. [1] [3]

That year, Dhaka University promoted him to associate professor, and to professor in 1993. [1] He carried out postdoctoral research in comparative theology at Andrews University in the US in 1994. [2] Back at Dhaka University, he acted as provost of Sir A.F. Rahman Hall from 1996 to 1997. [4] [5] . He also served as chair of the philosophy department for two months in 1997. He left on a Commonwealth Fellowship for King's College London. [1] There he conducted further research on comparative religion and philosophical anthropology. [2] In 1998, he returned to Dhaka University, where he continued to chair the philosophy department until 2000. and directed two centers within the department: the Dev Centre for Philosophical Studies from 2001 to 2005 and the Moral Development Centre from 2010 to 2013. [1]

Anisuzzaman was appointed as vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Islami University, a private university in Dhaka, in 2006, as the first vice-chancellor. President and Chancellor of the university Professor Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed appointed him as VC for the next four years. [6] [7]

He was also appointed as vice-chancellor of Global University Bangladesh, a private university in Barisal, in 2019, as the first vice-chancellor. [8] [9] In 2023, he was reappointed for a second four-year term. [10] He resigned on December 8, 2024. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "A Short Bio Data of Professor Dr. Anisuzzaman" (PDF). Bangladesh University of Professionals. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 গ্লোবাল ইউনিভার্সিটির নতুন ভিসি অধ্যাপক আনিসুজ্জামান [The new VC of Global University is professor Anisuzzaman]. Dainik Shiksha (in Bengali). May 29, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  3. ↑ "NLW Catalogue - The Concept of Man: Dualism and the Western Tradition". The University of Wales Library Catalog.
  4. ↑ "Prof Anisuzzaman new IU VC". The Daily Star. August 25, 2006. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  5. ↑ "IGCC Guest Lecture Series talk by Professor Dr. Anisuzzaman on the Essence of Religion". High Commission Of India, Dhaka, Bangladesh. August 26, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Prof Anisuzzaman new IU VC". The Daily Star. August 25, 2006. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  7. ↑ "IGCC Guest Lecture Series talk by Professor Dr. Anisuzzaman on the Essence of Religion". High Commission Of India, Dhaka, Bangladesh. August 26, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  8. ↑ বরিশাল গ্লোবাল ইউনিভার্সিটির ভিসি ড. আনিসুজ্জামান [Barisal Global University VC Dr. Anisuzzaman]. The Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). May 29, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2024.
  9. ↑ গ্লোবাল ভার্সিটির ভিসি প্রফেসর আনিসুজ্জামান [VC of Global University Professor Anisuzzaman]. Jugantor (in Bengali). May 31, 2019. Archived from the original on October 16, 2021.
  10. ↑ ফের গ্লোবাল ইউনিভার্সিটির উপাচার্য অধ্যাপক আনিসুজ্জামান [Professor Anisuzzaman returns as Vice Chancellor of Global University]. thedailycampus.com (in Bengali). October 26, 2023. Retrieved October 26, 2024.
  11. ↑ Palash, S. N. (December 10, 2024). শিক্ষকদের দলাদলিতে উপাচার্যের পদত্যাগ [Vice-Chancellor resigns amid teachers' factionalism]. Jugantor.
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