Native name আনোয়ারা বেগম Occupation Academic Spouse Iajuddin Ahmed | Nationality Bangladeshi Awards Ekushey Padak Award Ekushey Padak | |
Anwara Begum is a Bangladeshi academic. She is the first ever female to serve as a Vice-chancellor of a university in Bangladesh. In 2006, she was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh for her contribution to education. She was married to the former President of Bangladesh, Iajuddin Ahmed.
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Career
Begum was a Professor of the Department of Zoology at the University of Dhaka. She later served as the Chairman of the Department of Zoology and the Provost of the Shamsun Nahar Hall.
Begum is the first Chairman of the Board of Trustee and the founding Vice-chancellor of Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology, a private university in Dhaka.
Personal life
Begum and her husband Iajuddin Ahmed had a son, Imtiaz Ahmed Babu.
References
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