Prof Dr Md Abdul Mannan Chowdhury has been appointed as vice-chancellor for the next four years at Presidency University.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin, also the chancellor of the university, gave this appointment in this regard on Wednesday, says a press release.
Prior to joining the post, he served as professor and chairman at the Department of Physics of Jahangirnagar University (JU).
Prof Abdul Mannan did his BSc and Msc degrees in physics from JU in 1977 and 1978 respectably.
He did his PhD from Jadavpur University of India in 1997.
