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Faisul Islam Farouqui

Faisul Islam Farouqui

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Faisul Islam Farouqui was a Bangladeshi academic and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Rajshahi.[1] He is a former member of the University Grants Commission.[2]

Career

Farouqui served as the vice-chancellor of the University of Rajshahi from 13 November 2001 to 5 June 2005.[3] Farouqui was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the university by Bangladesh Nationalist Party government and replaced M. Sayeedur Rahman Khan, who was elected by the senate panel of the university.[4] Since Farouqui no other Vice-Chancellors of the university has been elected.[4]

In 2003, he oversaw the celebration of the 50th anniversary of University of Rajshahi.[5] The residence of Farouqui was surrounded by employees of the university who protested the appointment of 88 employees on an ad hoc basis on 3 June 2005.[6] Hen then cancelled their appointments following protests.[6] Farouqui was replaced by Md. Altaf Hossain on 5 June 2005 as Vice Chancellor of the University of Rajshahi.[7] He is the dean of the faculty of Life and Earth Sciences.[8]

On 13 August 2007, M Momtazul Islam, Secretary of the Ministry of Education, asked Farouqui to resign from University Grants Commission.[9]

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    Ansonika. "University of Rajshahi". Archived from the original on 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
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    "The contenders to be the next VC of Rajshahi University". unb.com.bd. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
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    "PM opens RU golden jubilee celebrations". archive.thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
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    "RU VC bows to employees' demand, cancels 88 ad-hoc appointments". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
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    "Dr Altaf new VC, Mamnunul Keramat Pro-VC of Rajshahi University". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
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    "RU teachers leave quarters". theindependentbd.com. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
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    "The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 1140". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
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