Syed Abul Kalam Azad

Syed Abul Kalam Azad (born 1 October 1951) is a professor^[2] and former treasurer of University of Dhaka.^[3] He was also the treasurer of the National University, Bangladesh.^[4][5]

Syed Abul Kalam Azad
সৈয়দ আবুল কালাম আজাদ
Born	Syed Abul Kalam Azad (1951-10-01) 1 October 1951 (age 73)[1]
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Education	University of Dhaka
Occupation	Teaching
Years active	1974 – present

Early life and education

Azad is from Lakshmipur District of Bangladesh.^[5] He was born in 1951 and his father's name is Syed Amin Ullah.^[1] He completed his master's degree from University of Dhaka in 1973.^[6] He was the student of 1st batch in Department of Marketing.

He completed Master of Business Administration from Western Illinois University, USA.^[7] Azad did his Ph.D. in 2015 under the supervision of Professor M.A. Quddus.^[8] His topic is "High-Value Agriculture Products in Bangladesh : An Empirical Study on Agro-Business Opportunities and Constraints".^[9]

Academic career

Syed Abul Kalam Azad is a professor of Department of Marketing in University of Dhaka. He was treasurer of the Dhaka University from 4 February 2006 to 23 January 2009^[10] and National University from 24 March 2002 to 3 February 2006.^[11] Azad was the first house tutor of the Muktijoddha Ziaur Rahman Hall.^[12] He was the Dean of faculty of Business Studies.^[13] He also served as a chairperson of Marketing department from 1989 to 1992.^{[citation needed]}

Azad is currently an academic council member of Jagannath University^[14] and former academic council member of East West University^[15] and Presidency University, Bangladesh. Azad was the former convenor of Jatiyatabadi Oikya Parishad.^[16]

He visited Greenwich University, Karachi in Pakistan as a Dean of faculty of Business Studies with a Bangladeshi delegation on 13 June 2001.^[17]

Publications

• "Retail marketing of grocery products in Dhaka City", was written with Md. Zakir Hossain Bhuiyan, published by Bureau of Business Research, University of Dhaka in 1992.^[18]

Controversies

In 2007, RAJUK, development authority of Dhaka, accused Dhaka University authorities to violate the building laws, rules and codes in construction of buildings without approval from RAJUK.^[19] Responding to legal obligation of obtaining building approval, Azad said,

"I have never seen that the university authorities took permission from any authority for any construction work."^[20]

See also

• Mijanur Rahman, Vice-Chancellor of Jagannath University.