M. Anwar Hossain

M Anwar Hossain
মো. আনোয়ার হোসেন
Born (1949-08-20) 20 August 1949 (age 75)
Sylhet, East Bengal, Pakistan
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
Kyoto University
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Dhaka
Kyoto University
Kyoto Prefectural University
Purdue University
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Jahangirnagar University
North South University

M Anwar Hossain (born 20 August 1949) is a Bangladeshi scientist, writer, and politician. He is a professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of University of Dhaka and a member of the Standing Committee of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal.[1][2][3][4] He was the 14th vice chancellor of Jahangirnagar University and the former president of the Dhaka University Teachers' Association (DUTA) and Bangladesh Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.[5][6] Hossain was a freedom fighter of the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 during which he served as a staff officer of sector 11. Hossain has been detained and imprisoned twice by military rulers of Bangladesh and has been described by Senator Edward Kennedy as a 'prisoner of conscience'.[7][8]

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  5. ^ "University of Dhaka - the highest echelon of academic excellence". www.du.ac.bd. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  6. ^ "New Executive Committee-2015". Bangladesh Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Senator Criticizes Academic Arrests". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Keynote Speech by Lawrence Lifschultz". The Pamphleteer's Press. Retrieved 12 February 2018.