BSS
  13 Apr 2022, 19:30

Professor Samad reappointed as DU Pro-VC

DHAKA, April 13, 2022 (BSS) - Professor M0hammad Samad, a teacher of Dhaka
University's Institute of Social Welfare and Research, has been reappointed
as the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (administration) of the university.

In this regard, a notification signed by deputy secretary Md Masum Ahmed
following the order of president Md Abdul Hamid has been published on
Tuesday.

A well-known poet and a teacher for 38 years, Prof Samad is also the current
president of Jatiya Kabita Parishad. Samad was born in a remote village of
Jamalpur district in 1958 and earned his BSS degree from the Institute of
Social Welfare and Research of University of Dhaka.

Earlier, from 2012 to 2016, he was the vice-chancellor of the University of
Information Technology and Sciences.

Professor Samad has worked as a visiting professor at Winona State
University, Minnesota, USA for twice in 2005 and in 2009 respectively.

He has been serving as the president of Bangladesh Council for Social Work
Education since 2012. He was also elected board member of Asian and Pacific
Social Work Education for the term of 2013-17.