Abul Kalam Azad Chowdhury (also AK Azad Chowdhury; born 21 October 1946) is a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 23rd

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of the

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and the 11th Chairman of University Grants Commission of Bangladesh.

Education and career

Chowdhury was born on 21 October 1946 to Siddiqur Rahman Chowdhury and Anwara Begum Chowdhury. He completed his bachelor's and master's in bio-chemistry from the

in 1967 and 1968 respectively. He obtained his Ph.D. in Pharmacy from the

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in 1976. Chowdhury was a member of Drug Policy Committee of Harvard University, National Professor of Canam University of Paris, and Visiting Professor Nottingham University, UK.

Achievements

In 2018, Chowdhury was included in the Queen's New Year's Honours list, receiving an

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for services to Education in Bangladesh.

References

Living people 1946 births People from Feni District University of Dhaka alumni Alumni of the University of Manchester Academic staff of the University of Dhaka Vice-Chancellors of the University of Dhaka Fellows of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences Honorary Fellows of Bangla Academy {{Bangladesh-academic-bio-stub