Syed Abul Kalam Azad (born 1 October 1951) is a professor and former treasurer of

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 ...

. He was also the treasurer of the

National University, Bangladesh National University (NU; ) is a public collegiate university of Bangladesh that was established in 1992 by an Act of Parliament as an affiliating university of the country to impart graduate and post-graduate level education to students through ...

Early life and education

Azad is from

Lakshmipur District Lakshmipur District (; ) is a district in Bangladesh with an area of 1,440 km2. It is bordered by Chandpur to the north, Bhola and Noakhali districts to the south, Noakhali to the east, and Barisal and Bhola districts to the west. Lakshmi ...

of Bangladesh. He was born in 1951 and his father's name is Syed Amin Ullah. He completed his master's degree from University of Dhaka in 1973. He was the student of 1st batch in Department of Marketing. He completed

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular ...

from

Western Illinois University Western Illinois University (WIU) is a public university in Macomb, Illinois, United States. It was founded in 1899 as Western Illinois State Normal School. As the normal school grew, it became Western Illinois State Teachers College. Once West ...

, USA. Azad did his Ph.D. in 2015 under the supervision of Professor M.A. Quddus. His topic is ''"High-Value Agriculture Products in Bangladesh : An Empirical Study on Agro-Business Opportunities and Constraints"''.

Academic career

Syed Abul Kalam Azad is a professor of Department of Marketing in University of Dhaka. He was treasurer of the Dhaka University from 4 February 2006 to 23 January 2009 and National University from 24 March 2002 to 3 February 2006. Azad was the first house tutor of the Muktijoddha Ziaur Rahman Hall. He was the Dean of faculty of Business Studies. He also served as a chairperson of Marketing department from 1989 to 1992. Azad is currently an academic council member of

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 ...

and former academic council member of

East West University East West University (, also known as EWU), is a private university located in Aftab Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in 1996 under the Private University Act of 1992. History The East West University was established in 1996 as a ...

and

Presidency University, Bangladesh Presidency University () is a private research university with a campus in Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Presidency University has four schools containing eight departments with a strong emphasis on research-based education. The Gulshan campus ...

. Azad was the former convenor of Jatiyatabadi Oikya Parishad. He visited

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in Pakistan as a Dean of faculty of Business Studies with a Bangladeshi delegation on 13 June 2001.

Publications

* ''"Retail marketing of grocery products in Dhaka City"'', was written with Md. Zakir Hossain Bhuiyan, published by Bureau of Business Research, University of Dhaka in 1992.

Controversies

In 2007,

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, development authority of Dhaka, accused Dhaka University authorities to violate the building laws, rules and codes in construction of buildings without approval from RAJUK. Responding to legal obligation of obtaining building approval, Azad said,

References

External links

Ph.D thesis
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