Dr AFM Abdul Moyeen, a professor at the Department of Management at Dhaka University, has been appointed as the vice chancellor of Comilla University.

A gazette notification signed by Mahmudul Alam, deputy secretary of the education ministry, has been issued in this regard today.

"President and chancellor of Comilla University appointed Dr Moyeen as the VC for four years as per section 10 (1) of the Comilla University Act, 2006," said the notification.

The incumbent VC Prof Emran Kabir Chowdhury's tenure will end on January 31.