Shamsuddoha elected EU chair

Freedom fighter Dr. Shamsuddoha Khandokar has been elected the chairman of the board of trustees at Eastern University (EU).

He has been elected at the annual general meeting of the board of trustees held on Thursday.

The outgoing chairman of Eastern University board of trustees Ismayeel Zabiullah handed over the office to the new chair. The new chair has been welcomed and congratulated by the members of the board. He will chair the board for the next one year starting from January 1, 2022.

Former Additional Inspector General of Bangladesh Police and the former Chairman of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) Dr. Shamsuddoha Khondker was a student of the fourth batch in the department of Geography at Jahangirnagar University.

He obtained first class and was placed in the first in both his honours and masters. He conducted doctoral studies on river-research at Manchester University and successfully earned his PhD.