Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury (born 1 July 1955) is a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 17th

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of the

University of Chittagong The University of Chittagong ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, caṭṭagram bishwabidyalay) is a public research university with multidisciplinary faculties situated across a 1754-acres hilly landmas ...

Education and career

Chowdhury earned his bachelor's and master's from the

. He completed his Ph.D. from the

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in 1988. Chowdhury is a professor of sociology at the

. He joined the university in 1982. He served as the pro-vice-chancellor of the university during 2013–15. He served as a visiting professor of the University of Tsukuba,

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and

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Books

* Chowdhury, Iftekhar Uddin, ed. (1992). 'Current Social Thoughts: Bangladesh Perspective''(in Bengali). Center for Social Research. * * * *

References

Living people 1955 births University of Chittagong alumni University of Chittagong faculty Vice-Chancellors of the University of Chittagong University of Tsukuba alumni {{Bangladesh-academic-bio-stub