Anwarullah Chowdhury

Anwarullah Chowdhury
Born 1945 (age 70–71)
Feni District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Nationality Bangladeshi
Alma mater University of Dhaka
Delhi School of Economics
Occupation university academic

Anwarullah Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 24th Vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka. He was the ambassador Bangladesh to Bahrain.[1]

Education and career

Chowdhury earned his master's degree in Sociology from the University of Dhaka and Ph.D. from Delhi School of Economics.[1]

Chowdhury was a member of University Grants Commission, a visiting professor of Minnesota State University, a visiting fellow of University of Sussex and dean of the faculty of Social Science. He is the founder chairman of Anthropology Department of the University of Dhaka.[1]

Chowdhury was appointed the vice-chancellor of Green University of Bangladesh in February 2008 and Bangladesh Islami University in April 2014.[1][2]

Controversy

On 1 August 2002, Chowdhury, along with proctor Nazrul Islam, resigned from the vice-chancellor position of the University of Dhaka following an assault into Shamsunnahar Hall, a female hall, by male police on July 23. The female students had been protesting the illegal stay of political activists in the university dormitories.[3][4] Chowdhury faced criticism at that time for failing to take measures against the police assault.[5]

In August 2015, a trust fund, worth of 600,000 Taka, named "Professor DR Anwarullah Chowdhury Trust Fund" was established at Anthropology Department of the University of Dhaka.[6] The trust fund was revoked within a month, following student protests against it.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Prof Anwarullah Chy joins Green University as VC". The Daily Star. 5 March 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Dr. Anwarullah Chowdhury Join BIU as the Vice-Chancellor". eduicon.com. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Arif Ahmed (16 September 2015). "DU withdraws Anwarullah Chowdhury trust fund". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Dhaka University creates Trust Fund after former controversial VC Anwarullah's name, upsets many". bdnews24.com. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Anwarullah Trust fund upsets many in DU". Ittefaq. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "New trust fund at DU". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Protests force Dhaka University to abandon Anwarullah Trust Fund". bdnews24.com. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
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