Abdul Hannan Chowdhury | |
Native Name: | আবদুল হান্নান চৌধুরী |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Office: | Vice Chancellor of North South University |
Term Start: | 12 September 2024 |
Predecessor: | Atique Islam |
Office1: | Chairman of Grameen Bank |
Term Start1: | 3 September 2024 |
Predecessor1: | AKM Saiful Majid[1] |
Office2: | Vice Chancellor of Primeasia University |
Term Start2: | 2016 |
Term End2: | 2020 |
Successor2: | Mesbah Kamal |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Chancellor: | President of Bangladesh |
Education: | B.Sc, M.Sc, MS, PhD, Post-Doctoral Felowship |
Abdul Hannan Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi academic, economist and statistician. He is serving as the current vice-chancellor of North South University[2] and the current chairman of Grameen Bank.[3] Prior to these positions, Chowdhury was the two-time Dean at School of Business and Economics, North South University. He has also been the vice-chancellor of Primeasia University and pro-vice-chancellor of Eastern University.[4]
Chowdhury completed his bachelor's and master's in statistics from Jahangirnagar University in 1986 and 1987 respectively.[4] After earning another masters degree in industrial engineering in 1996 from Northeastern University in Boston, he earned his Ph.D. from the same university in 1999. Later, he completed his post-doctoral fellowship at University of Calgary.[5]
Chowdhury started his career as a lecturer at Islamic University, Bangladesh. Later, he went to the United States to pursue higher education. In 2005, he returned to Bangladesh and became a professor in the School of Business and Economics at North South University. He also served as the director of the BBA program and syndicate member of North South University.[6] [4] He then became Dean at the School of Business and Economics at the same university.[7] Professor Chowdhury also served as the Vice Chancellor of Primeasia University from 2017 to 2020.
He became Chairman and Director of the Grameen Bank in 2024.[8]
Chowdhury was also a visiting professor at the Yunnan Normal University in Yunnan, China.
Chowdhury has published more than 65 research papers, 2 books on Statistics and presented more than 75 papers at international conferences.[9]
In September 2024, Chowdhury was appointed the vice-chancellor of the North South University.