Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury

Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury (born 1 July 1955) is a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 17th vice-chancellor of the University of Chittagong.

Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury
Chowdhury in 2015
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chittagong
In office 2 June 2015 – 15 June 2019
Preceded by	Anwarul Azim Arif
Succeeded by	Shireen Akhter
Personal details
Born	(1955-07-01) 1 July 1955
Alma mater	University of Chittagong University of Tsukuba
Occupation	University administrator, professor

Education and career

Chowdhury earned his bachelor's and master's from the University of Chittagong. He completed his Ph.D. from the University of Tsukuba in 1988.

Chowdhury is a professor of sociology at the University of Chittagong. He joined the university in 1982. He served as the pro-vice-chancellor of the university during 2013–15. He served as a visiting professor of the University of Tsukuba, Osaka University and University of Glasgow.

Books

• Chowdhury, Iftekhar Uddin, ed. (1992). [Current Social Thoughts: Bangladesh Perspective] (in Bengali). Center for Social Research.
• —— (2009). Caste based discrimination in South Asia: A study of Bangladesh. Center for Social Research. ISBN 978-984-644-001-0.
• ——; Sato, Akio; Sakamoto, Shinji; Hatogai, Koichi, eds. (2010). Virejji fon: Guramin ginkō ni yoru maikuro fainansu jigyō to tojōkoku kaihatsu (in Japanese). Tokyo: Ochanomizushobō. ISBN 978-4-275-00886-2.
• ——; Sato, Akio, eds. (2012). Women Empowerment and Village Phone Through Micro Finance: An Innovative Initiative of Grameen Bank. Bangladesh: Nibedan Press. ISBN 978-984-644-002-7.
• —— (2017). Dalita o jāti-barṇa baishamya: pariprekshita Bāṃlādeśa দলিত ও জাতি-বর্ণ বৈষম্য: পরিপ্রেক্ষিত বাংলাদেশ (in Bengali). Dhaka. ISBN 978-984-526-047-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)