Faisul Islam Farouqui was a Bangladeshi academic and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Rajshahi.[1] He is a former member of the University Grants Commission.[2]
Farouqui served as the vice-chancellor of the University of Rajshahi from 13 November 2001 to 5 June 2005.[3] Farouqui was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the university by Bangladesh Nationalist Party government and replaced M. Sayeedur Rahman Khan, who was elected by the senate panel of the university.[4] Since Farouqui no other Vice-Chancellors of the university has been elected.
In 2003, he oversaw the celebration of the 50th anniversary of University of Rajshahi.[5] The residence of Farouqui was surrounded by employees of the university who protested the appointment of 88 employees on an ad hoc basis on 3 June 2005.[6] Hen then cancelled their appointments following protests. Farouqui was replaced by Md. Altaf Hossain on 5 June 2005 as Vice Chancellor of the University of Rajshahi.[7] He is the dean of the faculty of Life and Earth Sciences.[8]
On 13 August 2007, M Momtazul Islam, Secretary of the Ministry of Education, asked Farouqui to resign from University Grants Commission.[9]