Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury

Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury
Chowdhury in 2015
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chittagong
In office 2 June 2015 – 15 June 2019
Preceded by	Anwarul Azim Arif
Succeeded by	Shireen Akhter
Personal details
Born	(1955-07-01) 1 July 1955 (age 69)
Alma mater	University of Chittagong University of Tsukuba
Occupation	University administrator, professor

Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury (born 1 July 1955)[1] is a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 17th vice-chancellor of the University of Chittagong.[2]

Education and career

Chowdhury earned his bachelor's and master's from the University of Chittagong.[3] He completed his Ph.D. from the University of Tsukuba in 1988.[4]

Chowdhury is a professor of sociology at the University of Chittagong. He joined the university in 1982.[4] He served as the pro-vice-chancellor of the university during 2013–15.[2] He served as a visiting professor of the University of Tsukuba, Osaka University and University of Glasgow.[4]

Books

• Chowdhury, Iftekhar Uddin, ed. (1992). [Current Social Thoughts: Bangladesh Perspective] (in Bengali). Center for Social Research.[5]
• —— (2009). Caste based discrimination in South Asia: A study of Bangladesh. Center for Social Research. ISBN 978-984-644-001-0.
• ——; Sato, Akio; Sakamoto, Shinji; Hatogai, Koichi, eds. (2010). Virejji fon: Guramin ginkō ni yoru maikuro fainansu jigyō to tojōkoku kaihatsu (in Japanese). Tokyo: Ochanomizushobō. ISBN 978-4-275-00886-2.
• ——; Sato, Akio, eds. (2012). Women Empowerment and Village Phone Through Micro Finance: An Innovative Initiative of Grameen Bank. Bangladesh: Nibedan Press. ISBN 978-984-644-002-7.
• —— (2017). Dalita o jāti-barṇa baishamya: pariprekshita Bāṃlādeśa দলিত ও জাতি-বর্ণ বৈষম্য: পরিপ্রেক্ষিত বাংলাদেশ (in Bengali). Dhaka. ISBN 978-984-526-047-3.

References

1. "Personal details of Pro-Vice-Chancellor". Chittagong University. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
2. "Prof Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury appointed Chittagong University VC". bdnews24.com. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
3. "Education of Pro-Vice-Chancellor". University of Chittagong. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
4. "Prof Iftekhar new CU VC". The Daily Star. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
5. "Department of Criminology and Police Science: Publication". University of Chittagong. Retrieved 5 June 2021.