Professor Ashok Kumar Chakraborty has been made the new chairman of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering department of Islamic University in Kushtia.
IU vice-chancellor Professor M Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari appointed him to the post for the next three years, IU acting registrar SM Abdul Latif said on Friday.
He was appointed to the post as the tenure of the previous chairman, Professor Atiqur Rahman, came to an end, he added.