Prof Md Ismail Hossain new NSU pro-VC
Prof Md Ismail Hossain has been appointed as the new pro-vice chancellor of North South University (NSU) on July 24.
Prof Ismail was appointed at the Department of Economics of NSU in 2012. Prior to that he was an economics professor at Jahangirnagar University (JU) from 1994-2012. He also taught at Rajshahi University (RU) and Shahjalal University of Science & Technology.
He completed his BA and MA in economics from RU. He was also a Canadian Commonwealth Scholar and obtained his PhD from University of Toronto in 1985.
Prof Ismail is the life member of Bangladesh Economic Association and Bangla Academy. He has authored and co-authored book chapters and numerous scholarly articles in refereed academic journals.
He has supervised 14 PhD theses at JU and worked as chairman and member of PhD examination committees at different public universities.
With extensive experience in consulting the government and international organisations such as the World Bank, ADB and UNDP, he currently is a member of the panel of economists for preparing the eighth five-year plan of Bangladesh.
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