Kazi Shahidullah | |
Office: | Chairman of University Grants Commission |
Term Start: | 22 May 2019 |
Term End: | 11 August 2024 |
Predecessor: | Yusuf Ali Mollah |
Office1: | Vice-Chancellor of National University of Bangladesh |
Term Start1: | 24 February 2009 |
Term End1: | 5 March 2013 |
Predecessor1: | M Mofakhkharul Islam |
Successor1: | Harun-or-Rashid |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Relatives: | Kazi Zafarullah (brother) |
Kazi Shahidullah is a Bangladeshi academic and a former chairman of Bangladesh University Grants Commission during 2019–2024.[1] [2]
Shahidullah served as the vice-chancellor of the National University of Bangladesh during 2009–2013.[3] [4] He taught history at the University of Dhaka.[5]
At the aftermath of 2024 Non-cooperation movement in Bangladesh, Shahidullah resigned from his chairmanship position at Bangladesh University Grants Commission citing illness on 11 August 2024.[2] He had been receiving treatments in Australia since August 2023.[2]
Kazi Zafarullah is one of Shahidullah's brothers.[6]