Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, former Indian high commissioner to the UK, was elected as the vice chairman of the board of trustees of Asian University for Women (AUW) on Saturday.

The election came at a meeting attended by the board members at a Dhaka hotel.

The meeting was chaired by Dipu Moni, former foreign minister of Bangladesh. Other members from different countries including India, Pakistan, Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the US were present.