List of University of Dhaka alumni and faculty
This is a list of University of Dhaka alumni and faculty members.
Nobel laureate
- Muhammad Younus , Bangladesh's only Nobel prize winner, awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 2006
Presidents
- Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, 1st and 4th President and Father of the Nation of Bangladesh
- Syed Nazrul Islam, former acting President of Bangladesh during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971
- Mohammad Mohammadullah, 3rd President of Bangladesh
- Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, 5th President of Bangladesh
- A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, 9th President of Bangladesh
- Hussain Muhammad Ershad, 10th President of Bangladesh
- Abdur Rahman Biswas, 11th President of Bangladesh
- Shahabuddin Ahmed, 12th President of Bangladesh
- A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury, 13th President of Bangladesh
- Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar, former acting President of Bangladesh
- Iajuddin Ahmed, 14th President of Bangladesh
- Zillur Rahman, 15th President of Bangladesh
Vice Presidents
- Mirza Nurul Huda, 3rd Vice President of Bangladesh
Prime ministers
- Tajuddin Ahmad, 1st Prime Minister of Bangladesh
- Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, 2nd Prime Minister of Bangladesh
- Mashiur Rahman, former senior minister, with the rank and status of a prime minister
- Ataur Rahman Khan, 5th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
- Moudud Ahmed, 7th Prime Minister of Bangladesh and 6th Vice President of Bangladesh
- Kazi Zafar Ahmed, 8th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
- Sheikh Hasina, 10th and incumbent Prime Minister of Bangladesh in her second term
Deputy Prime Ministers
- Jamal Uddin Ahmad, Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh, 1977–1982[1]
Chief Advisers (Head of the Government)
- Shahabuddin Ahmed, 12th President of Bangladesh, Chief Adviser from 1990 to 1991
- Muhammad Habibur Rahman, 7th Chief Justice of Bangladesh, Chief Adviser in 1996
- Latifur Rahman, 10th Chief Justice of Bangladesh, Chief Adviser in 2001
- Iajuddin Ahmed, 14th President of Bangladesh, Chief Adviser from 2006 to 2007
- Fakhruddin Ahmed, former governor of the Bangladesh Bank, Chief Adviser from 2007 to 2009
Chief Justices
- Badrul Haider Chowdhury, 5th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
- Shahabuddin Ahmed, 6th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
- Muhammad Habibur Rahman, 7th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
- Justice Mustafa Kamal, 9th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
- Latifur Rahman, 10th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
- Syed Jillur Rahim Mudasser Husain, 14th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
- Md. Tafazzul Islam, 17th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
- Md. Muzammel Hossain, 20th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
Justices of High Court
- Farah Mahbub, judge
Politics and public service
- Abul Fateh, first foreign secretary of Bangladesh
- Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, former foreign minister of Bangladesh and former Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations
- Jahanara Imam, writer and political activist, popularly known as "Shaheed Janani" (Mother of Martyrs)
- Leela Roy, radical leftist Indian politician and reformer; close associate of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose; fought with university authorities and became the first woman to be admitted to the University of Dhaka and earn an M.A. degree
- Mainul Hosein, former law minister of Bangladesh
- Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury, former minister; career journalist; former press secretary to the President of Bangladesh
- Saifur Rahman, former finance minister of Bangladesh
- Shah A M S Kibria, diplomat, former finance minister of Bangladesh (1996–2001), former executive secretary of ESCAP[2]
- Sheikh Razzak Ali, founding member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Deputy Speaker and Speaker of Bangladesh Jatiyo Sangsad
- Tabarak Husain, former foreign secretary of Bangladesh
- Anisul Huq, current Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs of Bangladesh
- Obaidul Quader, current Minister of Communications of Bangladesh
- Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, current Finance Minister of Bangladesh
- Nurul Islam Nahid, current Minister of Education of Bangladesh
- Rashed Khan Menon, current Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation of Bangladesh
- Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir, former Minister of Home Affairs of Bangladesh
- Asaduzzaman Noor, current Minister of Cultural Affairs of Bangladesh
- Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, acting secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Chiefs of Forces
- Lieutenant General H M Ershad, 5th Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh
- Lieutenant General Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, 13th Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh
- General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq, 17th Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh
Science and engineering
Physics
- Satyendra Nath Bose, FRS, best known for his work on quantum statistics in the early 1920s.
- Sultana N. Nahar, physicist and astronomer
- Imdadul Haque Khan [3][4]
- Quamrul Haider,[5] [6]
- Khandker Abdul Muttalib,[7]-->
- M. A. Wazed Miah, physicist
- Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan, FRS, co-discoverer of the Raman Effect in physics
- M Innas Ali, physicist, founder of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission
- Mohammad Ataul Karim, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth[8]
- A.M. Harun-ar-Rashid, physicist, author of many physics books
- Khondkar Siddique-e-Rabbani, physicist
- M. Shamsher Ali, nuclear scientist and educator
- Mohammad Sajjad Alam, particle physicist
- Abdul Matin Chowdhury, physicist, ex-Vice Chancellor, University of Dhaka, member, Nobel Committee for Physics[9]
- Miftahur Rahman, physicist
Chemistry
- Fazlul Halim Chowdhury, chemist, educationalist, ex-Vice Chancellor of the University of Dhaka
- Abul Hussam, inventor of the SONO filter for arsenic removal
- Abdus Suttar Khan, aerospace researcher
- Abed Chaudhury, geneticist
- Sasanka Chandra Bhattacharyya - natural product chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
Other
- Fazlur Rahman Khan, structural engineer and architect; works include Sears Tower and John Hancock Center
- M. Anwar Hossain, biochemist, Vice-Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University, 2012-[10]
- Tirukkannapuram Vijayaraghavan, Mathematician, co-discoverer of Pisot-Vijayaraghavan number
- Abul Kalam Azad Chowdhury, Chairman of University Commission of Bangladesh, former Vice-Chancellor of University of Dhaka.[11]
- S.M. Ullah, soil scientist and environmentalist who researched arsenic contamination with the Seibersdorf Research Center, Austria.
- Shah M. Faruque, director of the Centre for Food and Water Borne Diseases at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
- Zeba Islam Seraj, a Bangladeshi Scientist known for her research in developing salt-tolerant rice varieties suitable for growth in the coastal areas of Bangladesh
- Mir Masoom Ali, George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Statistics, Ball State University
- Bhagawan Koirala, cardiothoracic surgeon
Education, philosophy and academia
- Wahiduddin Ahmed, thirdthe 3rd vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology[12]
- Syed Abul Kalam Azad, former treasurer of University of Dhaka[13]
- Bazlul Chowdhury, Vice-Chancellor of Independent University, Bangladesh
- Govinda Chandra Dev, professor of philosophy at University of Dhaka
- Azfar Hussain, academic, writer, and activist
- Sardar Fazlul Karim, academic, philosopher, and essayist
- Mohammad Abul Kashem, author, politician, educator, pioneer of the Language Movement
- Maimul Ahsan Khan, professor of law at University of Dhaka[14]
- R.C. Majumdar, historian and vice-chancellor of Dacca University
- Muntassir Mamoon, historian, author, translator and professor
- Farhad Mazhar, writer, social and human rights activist, and environmentalist
- Nurul Momen, playwright and educator
- Mohammad Noman, Vice-Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University[15]
- Imran Rahman, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh
- M Harunur Rashid, archaeologist, educationist, and museum curator[16]
- Abdur Razzaq, academic and educator
- Gowher Rizvi, historian, academic
- Muhammad Shahidullah, educator, writer, philologist, and linguist
- Abdullah-Al-Muti Sharfuddin, scientist and science writer
Arts, culture and literature
- Munier Choudhury, playwright
- Kabir Chowdhury, academic, essayist, materialist, translator
- Anisuzzaman, academic, professor
- Serajul Islam Choudhury, literary critic, public intellectual, social analyst, historian, editor, and professor emeritus
- Natyaguru Nurul Momen, pioneer playwright, director, belles letters writer, satirist, personal essayist, lawyer,educationist and professor
- Ghulam Murshid, author, researcher and journalist
- Tahsan Rahman Khan, singer, keyboardist, guitarist, composer, lyricist, actor, anchor and teacher
- Abdul Kadir, poet, awarded Ekushey Padak (1976) and Independence Day Award (1983)
- Akhteruzzaman Elias, Bengali novelist
- Alamgir Kabir, filmmaker; three of his feature films are featured in the British Film Institute's list of "Top 10 Bangladeshi Films"
- Buddhadeb Bosu, major Bengali writer of the mid-twentieth century, belonging to the Kollol age
- Debabrata Basu, mathematical statistician
- Humayun Ahmed, contemporary Bengali fiction writer and playwright
- Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, popular sci-fi writer
- Shamsur Rahman, Bengali poet, columnist and journalist
- Humayun Azad, Bengali writer and professor
- Hosne Ara Shahed, Bengali writer and educationist
- Syed Manzoorul Islam, Bangladeshi academic, writer, novelist, translator, columnist, and critic
- Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, poet, essayist, translator and editor from Bangladesh
- Dr. Fakrul Alam, Bangladeshi academic, writer, and translator
- Kaiser Hamidul Haq, Bangladeshi poet, translator, essayist, critic and academic
- Hasnat Abdul Hye, Bangladesi writer and novelist
- Jahanara Imam, Bengali writer and political activist
- Niaz Zaman, Bangladeshi academic, writer
- Ahsan Habib, Bangladeshi cartoonist, writer and editor of Unmad, a satire magazine
- Shahriar Kabir, Bangladeshi novelist, journalist, filmmaker and human rights activist
- Zobeda Khanum, writer
- Asad Chowdhury, poet, writer, translator and journalist
- Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah, poet
- Rafiqun Nabi, Bangladeshi artist and cartoonist
- Shishir Bhattacharjee, artist
- Firoz Mahmud, Bangladeshi contemporary visual artist, painter, and creator
- Bipasha Hayat, Bangladeshi actress
- Abul Fazal, Bangladeshi writer and educationist
- Ahmed Sofa, Bangladeshi poet, novelist, writer, critic, translator and intellectual
- Syed Abul Maksud, Bangladeshi author, columnist, research scholar, and essayist
- Abdul Mannan Syed, poet, author and researcher
- Abdullah Al Mamun, Bangladeshi playwright, actor and filmmaker
- Tareque Masud, Bangladeshi independent film director, film producer, screenwriter and lyricist
- Tanvir Mokammel, Bengali filmmaker, and author
- Ferdous Ahmed, Bangladeshi actor
- Chanchal Chowdhury, Bangladeshi actor
- Golam Mustafa, Bangladeshi actor
- Suborna Mustafa, Bangladeshi television and film actress
- Abdullah Abu Sayeed, Bangladeshi writer, television presenter, organizer and activist
- Abu Zafar Obaidullah, poet and civil servant
- Helal Hafiz, Bangladeshi poet
- Syed Ali Ahsan, poet and author
- Qazi Motahar Hossain, Bangladeshi author, scientist, statistician and journalist
- Qazi Anwar Hussain, author, publisher and translator
- Waheedul Haq, journalist, writer, musicologist and founder of Chhayanat
- Nilufar Yasmin, Bangladeshi singer
- Fauzia Yasmin, Bangladeshi singer
- Khan Ataur Rahman, Bangladeshi film actor, director, producer, screenplay writer, music composer, and singer
- Mobarak Hossain Khan, music researcher, surbahar player
- Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal, a major songwriter of contemporary Bengali, poet, essayist, critic and presenter
- Sara Zaker, theater and television actor, entrepreneur and social activist
- Aly Zaker, actor, director, businessman, Bangladeshi freedom fighter and occasional writer and photographer
- Ferdousi Mazumder, Bangladeshi actress
- Ramendu Majumdar, Bangladeshi actor, stage director and theater producer and President of the International Theatre Institute
- Ferdausi Rahman, eminent playback, ghazal and folk singer
- Shuvro Dev, Bangladeshi musician
- Taslima Akhter, activist and photographer
Journalism and media
- Mahbub Anam, former editor of the Bangladesh Times
- Mahfuz Anam, editor of The Daily Star
- Nurul Kabir, editor of The New Age
- Kaberi Gayen, journalist and columnist for The Daily Star
- Haroon Habib, Chief Editor and Managing Director of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)
- Altaf Husain, founding editor of Dawn Newspaper
- Mishuk Munier, former CEO and Chief Editor of satellite TV channel ATN News
- Matiur Rahman, editor of Daily Prothom Alo
- Shykh Seraj, news director at Channel i
- Mahbub Jamal Zahedi, establishing newspaper editor of the Khaleej Times
Games and sports
- Mosharraf Hossain, international cricketer
- Musa Ibrahim, first Bangladeshi to summit Mount Everest
- Jahurul Islam, international cricketer
- Athar Ali Khan, former international cricketer and cricket commentator
- Shahriar Nafees, international cricketer
- Ziaur Rahman, chess player from Bangladesh and the second Grandmaster of the country
Business
- Samson H. Chowdhury, entrepreneur and former chairman of Astras Ltd. and Square (Bangladesh)
- Syed Manzur Elahi, Chairman of Apex Group
- Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, Chairman Managing Director of Bandhan Bank, India
- Abul Khair Litu, Chairman of the Bengal Foundation
- Mohammad Shahjahan, Acting Managing Director of Grameen Bank
Others
- Tahrunessa Abdullah, 1978 Ramon Magsaysay awardee for Community Leadership
- Fazle Hasan Abed, founder of BRAC, 1980 Ramon Magsaysay awardee for Community Leadership
References
- ↑ "Former deputy prime minister Jamal Uddin Ahmad dies". Bdnews24.com. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ↑ "Kibria's life sketch". The Daily Star. 28 January 2005. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ↑ http://www.iskkc.org/imkhan.php
- ↑ http://www.spaandanb.org/projects/isks/isks1.html
- ↑ http://www.fordham.edu/info/20721/faculty_and_staff/4397/quamrul_haider
- ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/quamrul-haider-30366541
- ↑ http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~muttalib/cv.html
- ↑ "UMass Dartmouth appoints new provost". Providence Business News. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ↑ Murshed, Md Mahbub (2012). "Chowdhury, Abdul Matin". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ↑ "Professor M. Anwar Hossain, Ph. D". University of Dhaka. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ↑ "Professor Dr. Abul Kalam Azad Chowdhury" (PDF). University Grants Commission of Bangladesh. Archived from the original (pdf) on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ↑ "Professor Dr. Wahiduddin Ahmed". buet.ac.bd. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
- ↑ "Message from the Treasurer". University of Dhaka. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
12. Prof. Syed Abul Kalam Azad - 04.02.2006 - 23.01.2009
- ↑ "Maimul Ahsan Khan". IIE Scholar Rescue Fund.
- ↑ Jabeen, Farrah (6 September 2010). "Prof. Noman: A teacher extraordinaire". The Daily Star. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ↑ Bhuiyan, Mokammal H (2012). "Rashid, M Harunur". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
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