Anwarullah Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 24th

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of the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

. He was the ambassador of Bangladesh to Bahrain.

Education and career

Chowdhury earned his master's degree in Sociology from the

and Ph.D. from

Delhi School of Economics Delhi School of Economics (DSE), popularly referred to as "D School", is a Higher Educational Institution within the University of Delhi. The Delhi School of Economics is situated in University of Delhi's North Campus in Maurice Nagar. Establ ...

. Chowdhury was a member of University Grants Commission, a visiting professor of

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, a visiting fellow of

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and dean of the faculty of Social Science. He is the founder chairman of Anthropology Department of the University of Dhaka. Chowdhury was appointed the vice-chancellor of

Green University of Bangladesh Green University of Bangladesh (GUB) ( bn, গ্রিন ইউনিভার্সিটি অব বাংলাদেশ) is a private university in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It offers BBA, MBA, Journalism & Media Communication, LLB, English, LL ...

in February 2008 and

Bangladesh Islami University Bangladesh Islami University is a private university located at Gopibag, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. History Bangladesh Islami University was opened in 2006 by Prime Minister of Bangladesh, prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia at the request of Syed Kamalu ...

in April 2014.

Controversy

On 1 August 2002, Chowdhury, along with proctor Nazrul Islam, resigned from the vice-chancellor position of the University of Dhaka following an

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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. Chowdhury faced criticism at that time for failing to take measures against the police assault. 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. The trust fund was revoked within a month, following student protests against it. 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.

References

Living people 1945 births People from Feni District University of Dhaka alumni Delhi School of Economics alumni Academic staff of the University of Dhaka Ambassadors of Bangladesh to Bahrain Vice-Chancellors of the University of Dhaka Vice-Chancellors of Bangladesh Islami University {{Bangladesh-academic-bio-stub