Wakil Ahmed

{{Short description|Bangladeshi academic}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{infobox officeholder

|name=Wakil Ahmed

|native_name=ওয়াকিল আহমদ

|native_name_lang = bn

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|04|05|df=y}}

|birth_place=Murshidabad, Bengal Province, British India

|office= Vice-chancellor of Bangladesh National University

|term_start=21 July 2005

|term_end=26 December 2007

|predecessor=Aftab Ahmed

|successor=Syed Rashedul Hasan (in-charge)

|office1=President of Bangla Academy

|term_start1=12 February 2002

|term_end1=11 February 2006

|predecessor1=Anisuzzaman

|successor1=M. Harunur Rashid

|alma_mater={{ubl|University of Dhaka|University of Calcutta}}

|awards=Ekushey Padak

|nationality=Bangladeshi

|occupation=Academic

}}

Wakil Ahmed (born 5 April 1941){{Cite web |title=Profile - Wakil Ahmed |url=https://tritiyomatra.com/profile/282 |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=tritiyomatra.com |language=en}} is a Bangladeshi academic who served as the vice-chancellor of Bangladesh National University from July 2005 until December 2007. He is the former president of the Bangla Academy and the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/dedicate-yourselves-to-welfare-of-people|title=Dedicate yourselves to welfare of people|date=January 17, 1998|access-date=June 22, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/02/02/d60202060664.htm|title=Read more books, develop habit of study : PM tells Ekushey Book Fair inaugural ceremony |date=February 2, 2006|access-date=June 22, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}{{cite web|url=https://banglaacademy.gov.bd/site/page/de4a3207-26ec-483a-9d28-1514bada57e2/-|script-title=bn:বাংলা একাডেমির প্রাক্তন সভাপতিগণ|accessdate=2025-01-25|publisher=Bangla Academy}} He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2004 by the Government of Bangladesh for his research contribution.{{cite news|url= http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/একুশে-পদকপ্রাপ্ত-সূধীবৃন্দ|script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|access-date=June 20, 2016|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn}}