12 of the 13 IU's Vice-Chancellors could not complete their term
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Islamic University (IU) is the first public university of the country after independence. The journey of this highest university in the southwestern region of the country started on November 22, 1979. And after two months, the university is going to enter 45 years. In these 45 years of establishment, 13 Vice-Chancellors have served in the university so far. But the surprising thing is that except for one vice-chancellor, none of the Vice-Chancellors could serve the full term.
Due to various reasons, 12 Vice-Chancellors were forced to resign before the end of their term. Among them, they could not complete their term due to various reasons including the appointment and trading of Vice-Chancellors, various irregularities, corruption, fueling self-interested teachers. Md. Haroon-ur-Rashid Askari, who was appointed as the 12th Vice-Chancellor after the first 11 Vice-Chancellors, became the first VC of the Islamic University for a full term. Let's find out why a VC has been forced to resign or could not serve the full term.
- ANM Mumtaz Uddin Chowdhury
He is the first Vice-Chancellor of Islamic University. Mumtaz Uddin was in charge from 31 January 1981 to 27 December 1988. On February 21, 1987, the University Chhatra League had a dispute over Shaheed Minar. The Vice-Chancellor banned the Chhatra League and all students from giving flowers by citing religious issues, but the students disobeyed him and offered flowers at the Shaheed Minar. After that, when they started a movement to remove the VC, he was removed from the post of Vice-Chancellor just 4 days before the completion of his term on 27 December 1988. Besides, he had a disagreement with the then government over the transfer of the campus from Gazipur to Kushtia during his tenure as VC.
- Muhammad Sirajul Islam
Muhammad Sirajul Islam was a Professor in the Islamic History and Culture, Department of Dhaka University. He served as the second Vice-Chancellor of Islamic University from 28th December 1988 to 17 June 1991. He had to resign from the post of Vice-Chancellor on June 17, 1991 in the face of sex scandals, student movement, allegations of not evaluating teachers and various domestic pressures.
- Muhammad Abdul Hamid
Muhammad Abdul Hamid, Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics, Rajshahi University. He served as the 3rd Vice Chancellor of IU from 18th June 1991 to 21st March 1995. As he did not agree to the illegal recruitment, the local job seekers kept him blocked at home for three days. Then he left the campus in the dark of night. He served as Vice-Chancellor for 3 years 9 months 3 days.
- Muhammad Inam-ul-Haq
He was a Professor in the Islamic History and Culture Department of Chattagram University. From May 9, 1995 to September 2, 1997, served as the fourth Vice-Chancellor of IU. He did not return when the agitators assaulted him on September 2, 1997 in the context of political change.
- Kayes Uddin
Kayes Uddin was a Professor of Rajshahi University. He served as the 5th Vice-Chancellor of IU from 3rd September 1997 to 19th October 2000. He resigned when the agitation started on allegations of corruption, factionalism, nepotism and regionalism.
- Muhammad Lutfar Rahman
On October 20, 2000, he came from the Professorship of Chemistry Department of Rajshahi University and took charge of VC of Islamic University. However, he had to resign on November 3 of the following year.
- Muhammad Mustafizur Rahman
He was a Professor in the Arabic department of Dhaka University. He served as the seventh Vice-Chancellor of IU from 10th December 2001 to 2 April 2004. He was removed two years before the end of his term in the face of constant agitation.
- M. Rafiqul Islam
Distinguished Professor of Economics Department of Rajshahi University took charge on April 3, 2004. In 2005, the university's teachers' association filed charges against him for corruption and irregularities and violation of university ordinances. Later, due to pressure from local job seekers and political problems, he submitted his resignation to the Ministry of Education on 10th July 2006.
- Faiz Muhammad Sirajul Haque:
He was a Professor in the English department of Islamic University. He was the first among the teachers of IU to be appointed as the Vice-Chancellor. He served as the ninth Vice-Chancellor of IU for about three years from 10th August 2006 to 8th March 2009. He resigned in January 2009 amid criticism that some controversial teachers were close to him.
- M Alauddin:
He was a Professor in the Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Islamic University. He is the second person to be appointed as Vice-Chancellor among the teachers of IU. M Alauddin served as the 10th Vice-Chancellor of IU from 9th March 2009 to 27th December 2012. In 2012, the Teachers' Association started a teachers' strike against Vice-Chancellor M. Alauddin and Pro-Vice-Chancellor Kamal Uddin, accusing them of corruption and nepotism. As a result, he was removed in December 2012
- Abdul Hakeem Sarkar:
He was a Professor at Dhaka University's Social Welfare and Research Institute. He served as the 11th Vice-Chancellor of IU from 27th December 2012 to 30th June 2016. He too was forced to leave before the end of his term due to allegations of recruitment trading and corruption. On June 30, 2016, President Abdul Hamid, the Chancellor of the University, removed him without assigning any reason.
- Md. Haroon-ur-Rashid Askari:
Professor Md. Harun-ur-Rashid Askari was appointed as VC from IU. He served as the twelfth Vice-Chancellor of IU from 21st August 2016 to 20st August 2020. He is regarded as the most successful Vice-Chancellor in the history of the University. Askari is the first person to complete his full tenure as the Vice-Chancellor.
- Dr. Sheikh Abdus Salam
He came from the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism of Dhaka University and took charge of the Vice Chancellorship of IU. He started serving from September 30, 2020, but due to the collapse of the Awami League government in a student uprising, he had to resign one month before the end of his term.
Of the 13 Vice-Chancellors of Islamic University history, only three of them were appointed from within the University. The teachers of Dhaka University and Rajshahi University have got the maximum appointment as Vice-Chancellors in IU. After Dr. Salam's resignation, the post of IU VC is still vacant.
