Anwarullah Chowdhury
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dhaka
In office
12 November 2001 – 31 July 2002
Preceded byAbul Kalam Azad Chowdhury
Succeeded byA F M Yusuf Haider
Personal details
Born1945 (age 78–79)
Feni District, Bengal Presidency, British India
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
Delhi School of Economics
Occupationuniversity academic

Anwarullah Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 24th Vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka. He was the ambassador of 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 23 July. 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Chowdhury Trust Fund" was established at Anthropology Department of the University of Dhaka.[6] The trust fund was revoked within a month, following student protests against it.[7]

In February 2018, Chowdhury was appointed as a part-time teacher of the anthropology department. But he was relieved from the duty within a week.[8]

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. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "New trust fund at DU". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 5 August 2015. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Protests force Dhaka University to abandon Anwarullah Trust Fund". bdnews24.com. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Former DU VC Anwarullah Chowdhury relieved". Daily Sun. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.


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