List of vice chancellors of Dhaka University explained

University of Dhaka, also known as Dhaka University is the oldest university in Bangladesh. It was established in 1921. Since its establishment, 27 academic scholars and educationalist have taken responsibility of the University of Dhaka as the Vice Chancellor. ASM Maksud Kamal, who resigned from his post on 10th August 2024 due to the demand of students for his resignation, was the 29th Vice Chancellor of University of Dhaka. On 26th August 2024, Dr. Niaz Ahmed Khan was appointed as the 30th Vice Chancellor of University of Dhaka.

First Indian Muslim Vice Chancellor of this university was Sir Ahmad Fazlur Rahman. After him a famous historian Professor R. C. Majumdar took over the responsibility. Prof. Sayed Moazzem Hossain was the first student of Dhaka University to become the Vice Chancellor.

In March 1971, Justice Abu Sayeed Chowdhury was the Vice Chancellor but he was in Geneva at that time to attend the UN Human Rights Commission summit. He became fed up seeing news in a newspaper about the death of two students of Dhaka University. He resigned from his duties sending a letter to the educational secretary of East Pakistan via the Pakistan Embassy. In that letter he wrote, "I don't find it logical to act as the Vice Chancellor while my unarmed students were killed. So, I resigned." The Mujibnagar government then assigned Justice Sayeed as the “Special representative of the expatriate government”. On 19 July, the military forces of Pakistan made D. Syed Sajjad Hussain the Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University who was the Vice Chancellor of Rajshahi University. D. Hasan Zaman & D. Meher Ali assisted him.

List of vice chancellors

Sequence	Picture	Name	Took over	Transfer the responsibility
1		Sir Philip Hartog	1920-12-01	1925-12-31
2		Professor George Harry Langley	1926-01-26	1934-06-30
3		Sir Ahmad Fazlur Rahman	1934-07-01	1936-12-31
4		Professor R. C. Majumdar	1937-01-01	1942-06-30
5		Professor Mahmud Hasan	1942-07-01	1948-10-21
6		Professor Sayed Moazzem Hossain	1948-10-22	1953-11-08
7		Professor Walter Allen Jenkins	1953-11-09	1956-11-08
8		Muhhammad Ibrahim	1956-11-09	1958-10-27
9		Judge Hamoodur Rahman	1958-11-05	1960-12-14
10		Professor Mahmud Hussain	1960-12-15	1963-02-19
11		Professor M Osman Ghani	1963-02-20	1969-12-01
12		Justice Abu Sayeed Chowdhury	1969-12-02	1971-03-02
13		Professor Syed Sajjad Hussain	1971-07-19	1972-01-20
14		Professor Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury	1972-01-21	1973-04-12
15		Abdul Matin Chowdhury	1973-04-13	1975-09-22
16		Professor M. Shamshul Haque	1975-09-23	1976-02-01
17		Professor Fazlul Halim Chowdhury	1976-02-02	1983-03-20
18		A K M Siddiq	1983-03-21	1983-08-16
19		Professor M. Shamshul Haque	1983-08-17	1986-01-12
20		Professor Abdul Mannan	1986-01-12	1090-03-22
21		Professor Mohammad Moniruzzaman Miah	1990-03-24	1992-10-31
22		Professor Emajuddin Ahamed	1992-11-01	1996-08-31
23		Professor Shahid Uddin Ahmed	1996-08-31	1996-09-29
24		Professor Abul Kalam Azad Chowdhury	1996-09-30	2001-11-11
25		Professor Anwarullah Chowdhury	2001-11-12	2002-07-31
26		Professor A F M Yusuf Haider (Acting Vice Chancellor)	2002-08-01	2002-09-09
27		Professor Syed Muhammed Abul Faiz	2002-09-09	2009-01-15
28		Professor D. AAMS Arefin Siddique	2009-01-15	2017-01-04
29		Professor Md. Akhtaruzzaman	2017-01-04	2023-11-02
30		ASM Maksud Kamal	2023-11-04	2024-08-10
31		Niaz Ahmed Khan	2024-08-27

See also

• History of the University of Dhaka
• Liberation War of Bangladesh

External links

• Dhaka University