Rubana Huq

Rubana Haque
রুবানা হক
Huq in April 2019
Vice-Chancellor of Asian University for Women
Assumed office
15 February 2022
ChancellorCherie Blair
Preceded byProfessor Nirmala Rao[1]
President of Bangladesh Garment Manufecturers and Exporters
In office
12 April 2019 – 12 April 2021
Preceded bySiddiqur Rahman
Succeeded byFaruque Hassan
Personal details
Born (1964-02-09) 9 February 1964 (age 60)
Dacca, East Pakistan, Pakistan
SpouseAnnisul Haque
Alma mater

Rubana Haque (Bengali: রুবানা হক; born 9 February 1964)[2] is a Bangladeshi businesswoman, university academic and poet.[3] She has been the Vice-chancellor of Asian University for Women (AUW) since February 2022.[4]

Rubana is the chairperson of Mohammadi Group, a Bangladeshi conglomerate.[5][6] She was featured in BBC 100 Women in 2013 and 2014.[7] She was elected as the first female president of BGMEA served during 2019–2021.[8]

  1. ^ "Rubana Huq, new vice chancellor of Asian University of Women". The Daily Star. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  2. ^ রুবানা হক একা এবং অনেক. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 21 November 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  3. ^ Moshiri, Nazanine (3 October 2012). "From Milan Fashion Week to Dhaka". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Rubana Huq, new vice chancellor of Asian University of Women". The Daily Star. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Rubana Huq elected as BGMEA's first female President". Mohammadi Group. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Rubana Huq gives a talk at AIUB". Daily Sun. Dhaka. 11 August 2016. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference dhakatribune was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Faruque Hassan is set to head BGMEA as Sammilita Parishad wins polls". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 9 March 2022.