Emdadul Haque Chowdhury (born 1966) is a Bangladeshi academic and a former

vice-chancellor A vice-chancellor (commonly called a VC) serves as the chief executive of a university in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Kenya, other Commonwealth of Nati ...

Bangladesh Agricultural University Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) is a Public university, public agricultural university in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. It was founded in 1961 by the Pakistani government as East Pakistan Agricultural University. It is the third-oldest univers ...

Early life

Chowdhury completed his undergrad in veterinary medicine and masters in veterinary science at the

(BAU). He did his PhD at the Institute of Veterinary Pathology in the

University of Zurich The University of Zurich (UZH, ) is a public university, public research university in Zurich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of the ...

. He did his postdoc at the National Institute of Animal Health in Japan.

Career

Chowdhury joined the BAU as a lecturer on 1 April 1995. He was promoted to assistant professor on 27 April 1999. On 27 January 2004, Chowdhury was promoted to associate professor. He became a full professor on 27 January 2008. He is a patron of HOPES Foundation. Chowdhury was a member of the syndicate board of

Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) () is a public research university in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It is the only specialised veterinary university in Bangladesh. It is located at Khulshi, Chittagong. Locally it is know ...

and Ishakha International University, Bangladesh. In July 2023, Chowdhury was appointed the vice-chancellor of BAU. At the aftermath of Bangladesh Non-cooperation movement, on 11 August 2024, Chowdhury resigned from the position citing a deterioration in his physical and mental health.

References

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