Amirul Islam Chowdhury

For other people with similar names, see Amirul Islam (disambiguation).

Amirul Islam Chowdhury (born 1942)^[1] is a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University and president of Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. He is currently a professor at the United International University.^[2]

Amirul Islam Chowdhury
Vice-Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University
In office 1994–1998
President of Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
In office 3 January 2014 – 2017
Preceded by	Nurul Islam
Succeeded by	Mahfuza Khanam
Personal details
Born	1942 (age 82–83) Rangpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Education	Ph.D. (economics)
Alma mater	University of Dhaka University of Wales
Occupation	University academic, scholar, economist

Education

Chowdhury got his bachelor's and master's in economics from the University of Dhaka in 1961 and 1963 respectively. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wales in 1979. He later worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the Jawaharlal Nehru University during 1987–88.^[2]

Career

Chowdhury served as a research officer at the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Pakistan during June 1964 – April 1965.^[2] He was a faculty member of Jahangirnagar University at the Department of Economics from January 1971 until October 2004. He was also a professor of economics at North South University for five years.^[2] He served as the vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University during July 1994 until 1998 and also of Gano Bishwabidyalaya for a year.^[2]

Chowdhury was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the state-run Sonali Bank from August 2001 until August 2002.^[2] He is currently serving as the vice chairman of Centre for Urban Studies, Dhaka.^[3] He was elected the president of Asiatic Society of Bangladesh on 3 January 2014.^[1]