Pro Vice-Chancellor of Chittagong University (CU) Professor Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury has been appointed as the new VC of the university on Tuesday for the next four years.
CU’s Deputy Registrar (Information) Md Farhad Hossain told the Dhaka Tribune that President Abdul Hamid, also the chancellor of CU, relieved Professor Iftekhar from his duty as the Pro VC and appointed him as the 17th VC of the university.
He would take charge and replace Professor Anwarul Azif Arif from June 15, added Farhad Hossain.
The tenure of current VC Professor Anwarul Azif Arif, who was appointed in 2011, will end on June 14, said campus sources.
Professor Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury was made Pro VC on May 30 in 2013.
Hailing from Chittagong, Professor Iftekhar earned his honours and master’s degree from the Department of Sociology of CU with an outstanding result. He joined the same department as a lecturer in 1982 and later earned his PhD from Sakura University of Japan in 1988.
