Farzana Islam

Farzana Islam
Born	1957 (age 59–60) Bhedarganj Upazila, Shariatpur District, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Education	Ph.D. (anthropology)
Alma mater	University of Dhaka University of Sussex
Occupation	Vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University

Farzana Islam (born 1957) is a Bangladeshi academic. She is the current Vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University. In 2014, she became the first female vice-chancellor of a public university in Bangladesh.

Islam completed her masters in Sociology from the University of Dhaka in 1980. She then joined Chittagong University as a lecturer of the Department of Sociology in 1982. In 1986, she joined the Department of Anthropology of Jahangirnagar University. She earned her Ph.D. degree from the University of Sussex in 2001.

In March 2014, President of Bangladesh, Abdul Hamid, appointed Islam as the Vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University.

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