AAMS Arefin Siddique | |
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আবু আহসান মোহম্মদ সামসুল আরেফিন সিদ্দিক | |
27th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dhaka | |
In office 15 January 2009 – 7 September 2017 | |
Preceded by | Syed Mohammad Abul Faiz |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman |
Personal details | |
Born | Dhaka, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan | 26 October 1953
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Education | PhD |
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Abu Ahsan Mohammad Shamsul Arefin Siddique (born 26 October 1953)[1] is a Bangladeshi academic who served as the 27th vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka during 2009–2017.[2] On 15 July 2020, he was appointed as the chairman of the board of directors of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS).[3][4]
Siddique was born in Dhaka.[1] He completed his Secondary School Certificate at Daulatpur Mohsin High School in 1969.[5] He completed his BA and MA degree from Dhaka College when it was an affiliated college under the University of Dhaka. Then he moved to the University of Dhaka and obtained Master of Arts in mass communication and journalism degree in 1975. He earned his PhD degree in televised teaching in 1985 from the University of Mysore in India.[1]