| Beggzadi Mahmuda Nasir | |
| Native Name: | বেগজাদী মাহমুদা নাসির |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Birth Date: | 16 April 1929 |
| Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Office: | Vice-Chancellor of Central Women's University |
| Term Start: | 1993 |
| Term End: | 1996 |
| Alma Mater: | Lady Brabourne College University of Dhaka |
| Spouse: | A A Abdul Matin |
| Awards: | Begum Rokeya Padak (2001), Anannya Top Ten Awards (2001) |
Beggzadi Mahmuda Nasir (16 April 1929 – 3 November 2015) was a Bangladeshi academic.[1] She served as the founder principal of Central Women's College from 1956 until 1992 and then as the vice-chancellor of Central Women's University during 1993–1996.[2] [3] She was awarded Begum Rokeya Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 2001.[3] She was selected an honorary fellow of Bangla Academy in 2002.[4]
Nasir completed her bachelor's from Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata in 1947 and masters in English literature from the University of Dhaka in 1950.[3]
Nasir started her career in 1951 as a lecturer in English at Kumudini College, Tangail.[5] In 1956, she founded the Central Women's College (CWC) in Dhaka. In 1993, she founded Central Women's University, the first women's university in Bangladesh. She was a syndicate member of Jahangirnagar University from 1976 to 1986, an academic council and senate member of the University of Dhaka from 1965 to 1970.[3]
Nasir was married to A A Abdul Matin, former head of the English department of Jagannath College.[6] She died at Square Hospital on 3 November 2015.[6]