Dr Humayun Akhter new VC of Open University

Former professor of Dhaka University's geology department Dr Humayun Akhter has been appointed the vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Open University for the next four years.

The education ministry issued a notification last week in this regard.

Dr Humayun, who previously served as provost of Dr Muhammad Shahidullah Hall of DU, received his BSc and MSc degrees from the same university.

He was awarded the Indian government scholarship in 1980 for post-graduate studies and earned his PhD in 1986 from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

He joined the geology department at DU as lecturer in 1987.