Amirul Islam Chowdhury (born 1942) is a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the

vice-chancellor A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system. In most Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth and former Commonwealth n ...

Jahangirnagar University Jahangirnagar University ( JU) is a publicly funded university located in Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the only fully residential university in Bangladesh. It operated as a project until 1973, when the 'Jahangirnagar Muslim University Act' w ...

and president of

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. He is currently a professor at the

United International University United International University (UIU) is a private university in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The government of Bangladesh approved the establishment of United International University in 2003. Financial support came from the United Group, a Bangladeshi b ...

Education

Chowdhury got his bachelor's and master's in economics from 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 ...

in 1961 and 1963 respectively. He earned his Ph.D. from the

University of Wales The University of Wales (Welsh language, Welsh: ''Prifysgol Cymru'') is a confederal university based in Cardiff, Wales. Founded by royal charter in 1893 as a federal university with three constituent colleges – Aberystwyth, Bangor and Cardiff � ...

in 1979. He later worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the

Jawaharlal Nehru University Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is a public major research university located in New Delhi, India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. The university is known for leading faculties and r ...

during 1987–88.

Career

Chowdhury served as a research officer at the Ministry of Finance of the

Government of Pakistan The Government of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=hakúmat-e pákistán) abbreviated as GoP, is a federal government established by the Constitution of Pakistan as a constituted governing authority of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provin ...

during June 1964 – April 1965. He was a faculty member of

at the Department of Economics from January 1971 until October 2004. He was also a professor of economics at

North South University North South University ( bn, নর্থ সাউথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, also known as NSU) is a private university based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Its business school is the first Bangladeshi university to receive Americ ...

for five years. He served as the

of Jahangirnagar University during July 1994 until 1998 and also of

Gano Bishwabidyalaya Gono University or Gono Bishwabidyalay ('' bn, গণ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়'', abbreviated as GB) is a private university in Savar, Bangladesh which was established on 14 July 1994. It is now operating their academic and admi ...

for a year. Chowdhury was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the state-run

Sonali Bank Sonali Bank Limited ( bn, সোনালী ব্যাংক লিমিটেড) is the principal state-owned leading public commercial bank in Bangladesh. It is the largest bank in the country. Ziaul Hasan Siddiqui is the chairman of the ...

from August 2001 until August 2002. He is currently serving as the vice chairman of Centre for Urban Studies, Dhaka. He was elected the president of

on 3 January 2014.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chowdhury, Amirul Islam Living people University of Dhaka alumni Alumni of the University of Wales Jahangirnagar University faculty 20th-century Bangladeshi economists Vice-Chancellors of Jahangirnagar University 1942 births North South University faculty 21st-century Bangladeshi economists