Abul Kalam Azad Chowdhury
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University of Manchester
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Abul Kalam Azad Chowdhury (also AK Azad Chowdhury; born 21 October 1946) is a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 23rd Vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka and the 11th Chairman of University Grants Commission of Bangladesh.{{cite web | url=http://old.ugc.gov.bd/commission/Azad_Chowdhury.pdf | title=Azad Chowdhury | publisher=University Grants Commission | accessdate=26 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820181922/http://old.ugc.gov.bd/commission/Azad_Chowdhury.pdf | archive-date=20 August 2016 | url-status=dead }}{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-184134 | title=Prof AK Azad made UGC chairman | work=The Daily Star | date=4 May 2011 | accessdate=26 July 2016}}
Education and career
Chowdhury was born on 21 October 1946 to Siddiqur Rahman Chowdhury and Anwara Begum Chowdhury. He completed his bachelor's and master's in bio-chemistry from the University of Dhaka in 1967 and 1968 respectively. He obtained his Ph.D. in Pharmacy from the University of Manchester in 1976.
Chowdhury was a member of Drug Policy Committee of Harvard University, National Professor of Canam University of Paris, and Visiting Professor Nottingham University, UK.{{cite news | url=http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=10&id=491273&date=2015-05-10 | title=A K Azad joins DU as Professor Emeritus | work=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha | date=10 May 2015 | accessdate=26 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822194059/http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=10&id=491273&date=2015-05-10 | archive-date=22 August 2016 | url-status=dead }}
Achievements
In 2018, Chowdhury was included in the Queen's New Year's Honours list,{{Cite web|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/new-years-honours-list-full-15603651|title=New Year's Honours List in full|last=Tyler|first=Jane|date=2018-12-28|website=birminghammail|access-date=2019-04-30}} receiving an MBE for services to Education in Bangladesh.{{Cite web|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/1431011/world|title=Meet the Muslims on the Queen's New Year Honors list|date=2019-01-05|website=Arab News|language=en|access-date=2019-04-30}}
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Category:People from Feni District
Category:University of Dhaka alumni
Category:Alumni of the University of Manchester
Category:Academic staff of the University of Dhaka
Category:Vice-chancellors of the University of Dhaka
Category:Fellows of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences
Category:Honorary Fellows of Bangla Academy
Category:Chairmans of University Grants Commission of Bangladesh
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