Professor Abdul Hannan Chowdhury has been appointed as the new vice-chancellor of North South University (NSU).
A press release, signed by Rafe Sadnan Adel, director (Public Relations Office) at the university, confirmed his appointment on Thursday.
Professor Hannan was the two-time Dean at School of Business and Economics (SBE) of NSU, and also held various leadership roles including executive director of external relations, director of the BBA program, syndicate member, and director of career services.
He previously served as the vice chancellor of Primeasia University and as pro vice-chancellor of Eastern University.
Professor Hannan holds a PhD and an MS in Operations Research from Northeastern University, Boston, USA. He also earned a BSc (Hons) and MSc in Statistics from Jahangirnagar University.
In addition to his academic leadership, he teaches courses in Business Statistics, Operations Management, and Total Quality Management at different levels.
His research focuses on Business Statistics, Statistical Quality Control (SQC), Total Quality Management (TQM), Operations Management, and Social Business. Professor Hannan also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Calgary, Canada.
He has published more than 65 papers, 2 books on statistics, and presented more than 75 papers at international conferences.
Professor Abdul Hannan Chowdhury recently joined as the chairman and director of the Grameen Bank.
