Niaz Ahmed Khan (born 28 September 1964)[1] is a Bangladeshi academic, researcher, and development practitioner who is the 30th vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka (DU).[2] Prior to this, he served as the pro vice-chancellor of IUB[3] and was a professor at the University of Dhaka and the University of Chittagong.[1]
Niaz Ahmed Khan | |
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নিয়াজ আহমেদ খান | |
 Professor Khan | |
| 30th Vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka | |
| Assumed office 27 August 2024 | |
| Chancellor | Mohammed Shahabuddin |
| Preceded by | ASM Maksud Kamal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 September 1966 Lohagara Upazila, Chittagong, Bangladesh |
| Alma mater | |
Biography
editEarly life
editNiaz Ahmad Khan was born in 1964 in Chunati village, located in the Lohagara Upazila of Chittagong. His great-grandfather, Khan Bahadur Nasir Uddin Khan, served as a Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector in undivided India. His grandfather, Kabir Uddin Ahmed Khan, was a Deputy Collector in the Assam-Bengal Civil Service and a First-Class Magistrate. His father, Shafique Ahmed Khan, worked as a consultant for the United Nations.[4]
Education
editNiaz Ahmed Khan stood first in Comilla Board's 1981 SSC(Humanities) examination from Chittagong Government High School. Considering the school's rebranding in 1977, he was the first to have achieved this outstanding feat. He then repeated this feat in 1983 in HSC(Humanities) from Chittagong College. He is known to have also stood first in his undergraduate & postgraduate exams at University of Chittagong's Department of Public Administration.
Professor Niaz completed his undergraduate in 1986 in the Department of Public Administration within the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Chittagong.[1] He completed his master's degree in 1987 from the same institution. In 1991, he earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management from the Institute of Personnel Management. Khan then pursued his PhD from the University of Wales, Swansea, under a Commonwealth Scholarship. Subsequently, he conducted post-doctoral research at Oxford University, Swansea University, and the Asian Institute of Technology.[5]
Career
editIn 2006, Khan joined the University of Dhaka as a professor in the Department of Development Studies. Before this, he served as a professor in the Department of Public Administration at the University of Chittagong.[1] He was a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Development Studies at the Asian University for Women and a Senior Commonwealth Fellow/South Asian Fellow at Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford.[6] Additionally, he served as the Country Representative for Bangladesh at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) from 2009 to 2011 and played a key role as the Senior Program Coordinator for the Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Facility (CHTDF) at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) from 2004 to 2006. His career also includes positions as Asia Research Fellow at the Asian Institute of Technology (1996–1998) and Operations Manager at Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) from 1990 to 1992.[7] Khan had served as the pro-vice chancellor of the Independent University, Bangladesh.[8]
In August 2024, Khan was appointed the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dhaka, succeeding Maksud Kamal.[9][10]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Niaz Ahmed Khan to be appointed new vice-chancellor at Dhaka University". bdnews24.com. 26 August 2024. Archived from the original on 2024-08-27.
- ^ "Prof Niaz appointed as DU VC 'for the time being': education ministry". The Daily Star. 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Professor Niaz Ahmed to be made Dhaka University VC". Prothom Alo. 26 August 2024.
- ^ ডেস্ক, কালবেলা. "এক নজরে অধ্যাপক নিয়াজ আহমেদ খান". কালবেলা (in Bengali). Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ^ প্রতিবেদক, এইচ এম খালিদ হাসান, বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (2024-08-26). "কে এই অধ্যাপক নিয়াজ আহমেদ খান?". Dhaka Post (in Bengali). Retrieved 2024-08-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Niaz Ahmed Khan to serve as 30th Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University". United News of Bangladesh. 26 August 2024.
- ^ "Faculty Members Details :: University of Dhaka". www.du.ac.bd. Archived from the original on 2024-08-26. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ^ Report, Star Digital (2024-08-26). "Prof Niaz Ahmed Khan appointed DU VC". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 2024-08-26. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ^ "ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের নতুন উপাচার্য হলেন ড. নিয়াজ". Dhaka Tribune (in Bengali). 14 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "Prof Niaz Ahmed Khan to be new VC of DU". The Financial Express. 26 August 2024.