Mesbah Kamal

Mesbah Kamal
Kamal in 2015
Vice Chancellor of Royal University of Dhaka
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 December 2023
Vice Chancellor of Bangladesh University
In office
20 July 2022 – 30 December 2023
Vice Chancellor of Primeasia University
In office
21 May 2021 – 20 July 2022
Personal details
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka

Mesbah Kamal is a Bangladeshi academic. He is the vice chancellor of Royal University of Dhaka (RUD).[1][2] He was the vice chancellor of the Bangladesh University (BU).[3] And he was also vice chancellor of Primeasia University.[4] He is a professor in the department of history at Dhaka University.[5][6][7]

Kamal is the chairman of the Research and Development Collective and the general secretary of the Bangladesh Adivasi Odhikar Andolon.[8] He is the Chief Advisor of Bangladesh Dalit Forum.[8]

Early life

Kamal was born 21 July 1958 in Chapai Nawabganj District, East Bengali, Pakistan.[9] He father was Manzoor Ahmed.

Kamal completed his bachelor's and master's in history at the University of Dhaka in 1980 and 1981 respectively.[10] He finished his PhD from the University of Dhaka in 2015 and his thesis was on Manabendra Narayan Larma and the Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict.[10]

Career

Kamal joined the University of Rajshahi in 1983 and the University of Dhaka as a lecturer in 1984.[9] He joined BBC Bengali Service in 1987.[11]

Kamal has been critical of the politics of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Khaleda Zia describing it as destructive nationalism.[12] He claimed the Bangladesh Nationalist Party lost the general election in 2018 stance for Pakistan and against the Bangladesh Liberation War.[13]

Kamal was appointed vice chancellor of Primeasia University on 21 May 2021.[14]

Kamal was appointed vice chancellor of Royal University of Dhaka on 22 July 2022.[3]

Lawyer Gazi M H Tamim filed a genocide complaint against Kamal, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, 29 journalists, and 22 others including Muhammad Zafar Iqbal.[15] In May 2025, an attempted murder case was filed against Rashid over a student of Alia Madrasa getting injured in Old Dhaka during protests against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Vice Chancellor - Royal University Of Dhaka (RUD)". 30 December 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Discussion meeting at Royal University on the occasion of International Mother Language Day". The Business Standard. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b Mizan, Md Nigran Islam (20 July 2022). "Welcome to VC". BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Primeaisa University gets VC, Pro-VC, Registrar". businesspostbd.com. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Dr. Mesbah Kamal Dhaka University Profile". www.du.ac.bd. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  6. ^ "'Whenever you commercialise education, you get a skilled workforce but not good citizens'". The Business Standard. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Royal University holds discussion on Martyrs' Day". New Age. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Prof. Dr. Mesbah Uddin Ahmed (Mesbah Kamal) has joined as Vice-Chancellor (Acting) in Primeasia University". The Dhaka Post (in Bengali). Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  9. ^ a b "মেসবাহ কামাল - Alokito Chapainawabganj". Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Dr. Mesbah Kamal Dhaka University Profile". www.du.ac.bd. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Mesbah Kamal". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Prof Mesbah Kamal Dhaka University". Daily Sun. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  13. ^ "'BNP lost because of its pro-Pakistan, anti-Liberation stance,' says Mesbah Kamal, Dalit rights activist in Bangladesh". Firstpost. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Prof Mesbah takes over as VC of Primeasia University". Daily Sun. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Case filed with ICT against Hasina, 29 journalists". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  16. ^ "হত্যাচেষ্টা মামলায় মামুনুর রশীদ, চঞ্চল, শাওনসহ ২০১ জন আসামি". Prothomalo (in Bengali). 2 May 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
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