Mesbah Kamal | |
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Vice chancellor of Royal University of Dhaka | |
Assumed office 30 December 2023 | |
Vice chancellor of Bangladesh University | |
In office 20 July 2022 –30 December 2023 | |
Vice chancellor of Primeasia University | |
In office 21 May 2021 –20 July 2022 | |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
Mesbah Kamal is a Bangladeshi academic. He is the vice chancellor of Royal University of Dhaka (RUD). [1] [2] He was the vice chancellor of the Bangladesh University (BU). [3] And he was also vice chancellor of Primeasia University. [4] He is a professor in the department of history at Dhaka University. [5] [6] [7]
Kamal is the chairman of the Research and Development Collective and the general secretary of the Bangladesh Adivasi Odhikar Andolon. [8] He is the Chief Advisor of Bangladesh Dalit Forum. [8]
Kamal was born 21 July 1958 in Chapai Nawabganj District,East Bengali,Pakistan. [9] He father was Manzoor Ahmed.
Kamal completed his bachelor's and master's in history at the University of Dhaka in 1980 and 1981 respectively. [10] He finished his PhD from the University of Dhaka in 2015 and his thesis was on Manabendra Narayan Larma and the Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict. [10]
Kamal joined the University of Rajshahi in 1983 and the University of Dhaka as a lecturer in 1984. [9] He joined BBC Bengali Service in 1987. [11]
Kamal has been critical of the politics of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Khaleda Zia describing it as destructive nationalism. [12] He claimed the Bangladesh Nationalist Party lost the general election in 2018 stance for Pakistan and against the Bangladesh Liberation War. [13]
Kamal was appointed vice chancellor of Primeasia University on 21 May 2021. [14]
Kamal was appointed vice chancellor of Royal University of Dhaka on 22 July 2022. [3]
Lawyer Gazi M H Tamim filed a genocide complaint against Kamal,former prime minister Sheikh Hasina,29 journalists,and 22 others including Muhammad Zafar Iqbal. [15]
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