Mijanur Rahman (born 1958) is a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 5th

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 ...

Jagannath University Jagannath University (JnU) () is a public university located in Sadarghat, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded as ''Dhaka Brahma School'' in 1858 and renamed ''Jagannath School'' in 1872, and later renamed ''Jagannath College'' in 1884, the institution wa ...

during 2013–2021.

Early life and career

Mijanur Rahman was born in

Comilla Comilla (), officially spelled Cumilla, is a metropolis on the banks of the Gomti River in eastern Bangladesh. Comilla was one of the cities of ancient Bengal. It was once the capital of Tripura kingdom. Comilla Airport is located in the Duli ...

in 1958. He received his bachelor's degree in 1978 and master's degree in 1979 in marketing from the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public university, public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The University of Dhaka w ...

, followed by a Ph.D. degree in business administration from

Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Muslim University is a Collegiate university, collegiate, Central university (India), central, and Research university, research university located in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Kh ...

in 1994. Mijanur Rahman was appointed as a professor in the Marketing Department of Dhaka University in 1999. He served as the treasurer of the same university from 2009 to 2012. He published books including ''Bazarjatkaran'', ''Snatak Bazarjatkaran'', ''Bazarjatkaran Nitimala'' and ''Bazarjatkaran''. Mijanur Rahman was appointed vice-chancellor of

on March 20, 2013. He was reappointed to the position for a second four-year term on March 19, 2017.

References

Living people 1958 births People from Comilla Academic staff of Jagannath University Aligarh Muslim University alumni University of Dhaka alumni Academic staff of the University of Dhaka Date of birth missing (living people) {{Bangladesh-academic-bio-stub