Fazlul Halim Chowdhury
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Professor Fazlul Halim Chowdhury (1 August 1930 – 9 April 1996) was the longest-serving (1976-1983) Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University, Bangladesh. Born on 1 August 1930 to a respectable family of Comilla Chouddagram, his father the late Abdul Aziz Chowdhurywas a graduate from Aligarh University, and an educationist who served as a Teacher of Government High School and later as an Inspector of schools. Professor Chowdhury's mother late Afifa Khatun, a highly devoted and committed woman to the cause of education was widely known in the then village of Chouddagram.
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[edit] Important positions held
- Vice Chancellor, University of Dhaka, 1976-1983
- Senior Advisor in Basic Sciences, UNESCO, New Delhi, 1985-1990
- Member, University Grants Commission (UGC), 1974- 1976
- President, Bangladesh Chemical Society, 1984-86
- Fellow, Bangladesh Academy of Sciences
- President, The Rajshahi University Teachers Association
- Dean, Faculty of Science, Rajshahi University
- Provost, Abdul Latif Hall, Rajshahi University
[edit] Academic
- Ph.D., Manchester University, UK (Thesis entitled “ The Acid Behaviour of Carboxylic Derivatives, 5th July, 1956) Awarded “Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851” to pursue Ph.D. studies.
- M.Sc., Department of Chemistry, University of Dhaka, First in the First Class, 1951
- B.Sc. (Hons), Department of Chemistry, University of Dhaka, First in the First Class
- H.S.C., Comilla Victoria College, 1947.
- S.S.C, Noakhali R.K. Zilla H.E. School, 1945.
[edit] Teaching
- Lecturer, 1952-53; Assistant Professor, 1956-58, Department of Chemistry, Dhaka University.
- Professor, Department of Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, Rajshahi University, 1958-1990
[edit] Fellowship
- Nuffield Fellow, Cambridge University, U.K. 1960-62
- Commonwealth Senior Fellow, Cambridge University, U.K. 1973-74.
- Senior Researcher, American Association for the Advancement of Science Washington D.C., Asia Foundation Fellowship, 1984
[edit] Founder chairperson
- Department of Applied Chemistry,Rajshahi University
- Asia Pacific University, Dhaka (1995-96)
[edit] Area of Research
He made pioneering contribution to the development of Physical Chemists in the country. Published over 20 articles. Major fields: Physical Chemistry of cellulose fibers (of jute in particular) and polyelectrolytes; and the Physical Chemistry of proteins. Guided number of Ph.D. theses.
