Yusuf Ali Mollah | |
Native Name: | ইউসুফ আলী মোল্লা |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Term Start: | 8 May 2019 |
Term End: | 22 May 2019 |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Occupation: | university academic, professor |
Alma Mater: | University of Dhaka Macquarie University |
Mohammad Yousuf Ali Mollah is a Bangladeshi professor and educator. He served as the acting chairman of University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (UGC) in May 2019.
Mollah graduated in chemistry from Dhaka University in 1969.[1] He completed his post graduation in physical-inorganic chemistry from the same university in 1970. He received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Macquarie University in 1979.[1]
Mollah was a lecturer at the chemistry department of Jahangirnagar University from March 1972 to March 1975.[1] He joined the chemistry department of Dhaka University in June 1981 as an assistant professor and he was made professor in July 1993.[1] He also serves as dean of the faculty of science.[1]
Before assuming the post of chairman, Mollah was one of the full-time members of UGC. He was selected as a full-time member on 28 May 2015.[2] He was appointed by the Ministry of Education as chairman on 8 May 2019.[3]