Prof Zakaria Swapan BSMMU’s new Pro-VC

Prof ASM Zakaria Swapan has been made new Pro-Vice Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for a period of three years.

Swapan, a professor of department of skin and dermatology at the BSMMU will join the office tomorrow.

As the Pro-VC, he will look after overall educational affairs of the university.

Prof Swapan was the BSMMU proctor from 2009 to 2015.

He is the first joint secretary general of Swadhinata Chikitsak Parishad (Swachip), general secretary of BSMMU unit of Swachip and central member of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA).

Dr Swapan, hailing from Mymensing, completed MBBS from Sir Salimullah Medical College in 1988, reports press release.