{{Short description|Bangladeshi academic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{infobox officeholder | name = Anwarullah Chowdhury | office = Ambassador of Bangladesh to Bahrain | term_start = 15 March 2003 | term_end = 30 January 2006 | predecessor = Mohammad Azizur Rahman | successor = Ruhul Amin | office1 = Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dhaka | predecessor1 = Abul Kalam Azad Chowdhury | successor1 = A F M Yusuf Haider | term_start1 = 12 November 2001 | term_end1 = 31 July 2002 | occupation = university academic | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1945}} | birth_place = Feni District, Bengal Presidency, British India | alma_mater = {{ubl|University of Dhaka|Delhi School of Economics}} }}
'''Anwarullah Chowdhury''' is a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 24th vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka. He was the ambassador of Bangladesh to Bahrain during 2003–2006.<ref name=green>{{cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-26222 |title=Prof Anwarullah Chy joins Green University as VC |work=The Daily Star |date=5 March 2008 |access-date=20 July 2016}}</ref>
==Education and career== Chowdhury earned his master's degree in sociology from the University of Dhaka and Ph.D. from Delhi School of Economics.<ref name=green/>
Chowdhury was a member of University Grants Commission, a visiting professor of Minnesota State University, a visiting fellow of University of Sussex and dean of the faculty of Social Science. He is the founder chairman of the Anthropology Department of the University of Dhaka.<ref name=green/>
Chowdhury was appointed the vice-chancellor of Green University of Bangladesh in February 2008 and Bangladesh Islami University in April 2014.<ref name=green/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.eduicon.com/News/Details/4398.html |title=Dr. Anwarullah Chowdhury Join BIU as the Vice-Chancellor |work=eduicon.com |date=20 April 2014 |access-date=20 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422151217/http://www.eduicon.com/News/Details/4398.html |archive-date=2014-04-22}}</ref>
===Controversy=== On 1 August 2002, Chowdhury, along with proctor Nazrul Islam, resigned from the vice-chancellor position of the University of Dhaka following an assault into Shamsunnahar Hall, a female hall, by male police on 23 July. The female students had been protesting the illegal stay of political activists in the university dormitories.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/education/109514/du-withdraws-anwarullah-chowdhury-trust-fund |title=DU withdraws Anwarullah Chowdhury trust fund |author=Arif Ahmed |date=15 September 2015 |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=20 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/dhaka-university-creates-trust-fund-after-former-controversial-vc-anwarullah-s-name-upsets-many |title=Dhaka University creates Trust Fund after former controversial VC Anwarullah's name, upsets many |access-date=20 July 2016 |date=7 September 2015 |work=bdnews24.com}}</ref> Chowdhury faced criticism at that time for failing to take measures against the police assault.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.clickittefaq.com/du-trust-fund-after-controversial-ex-vc-anwarullah-upsets-many/ |title=Anwarullah Trust fund upsets many in DU |work=The Daily Ittefaq |date=7 September 2015 |access-date=20 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215085029/http://www.clickittefaq.com/du-trust-fund-after-controversial-ex-vc-anwarullah-upsets-many/ |archive-date=15 December 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
In August 2015, a trust fund, worth of 600,000 Taka, named ''"Professor DR Anwarullah Chowdhury Trust Fund"'' was established at the Anthropology Department of the University of Dhaka.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=10&id=510295&date=2015-08-05 |title=New trust fund at DU |work=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha |date=5 August 2015 |access-date=20 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822232548/http://bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=10&id=510295&date=2015-08-05 |archive-date=22 August 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The trust fund was revoked within a month, following student protests against it.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/protests-force-dhaka-university-to-abandon-anwarullah-trust-fund |title=Protests force Dhaka University to abandon Anwarullah Trust Fund |work=bdnews24.com |date=16 September 2015 |access-date=20 July 2016}}</ref>
In February 2018, Chowdhury was appointed as a part-time teacher of the anthropology department. But he was relieved from the duty within a week.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/post/287458/Former-DU-VC-Anwarullah-Chowdhury-relieved |title=Former DU VC Anwarullah Chowdhury relieved |work=Daily Sun |date=2018-02-07 |access-date=2018-06-02 |language=en}}</ref>
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