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BSS, Rajshahi

The government on Thursday appointed Prof Zehadul Karim, former member of University Grants Commission (UGC) and founder chairman of Anthropology Department of Rajshahi University (RU), as Vice-Chancellor of Comilla University (CU).

President and Chancellor of the universities Prof Dr Iajuddin Ahmed gave the appointment, RU official sources said. Prof Karim, who obtained M A and PhD from Syracuse University in USA, joined RU Sociology Department as a lecturer in 1974.

He was the chairman of Sociology Department of the university during 1990-1995 and joined as chairman of Anthropology Department in 1998.

Born at Nowapara village under Laksham upazila of Comilla district, Prof Karim earned recognition as an anthropologist at home and abroad.