Rubana Huq made VC of Asian University for Women

Dhaka North City Corporation’s late mayor Anisul Huq’s wife Dr. Rubana Huq has been made Vice Chancellor of Asian University for Women, Chattogram. Earlier, she was the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the university.

The appointment takes effect this very day, February 15, 2022, the AUW said in a press release on Tuesday.

Dr. Rubana Huq is a well known woman entrepreneur of the country. She is the current managing director of Mohammadi Group.

She is the first woman president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA). Dr. She was named as one of BBC’s top 100 women in the world in 2013 and again in 2014.

Dr. Rubana Huq was born on February 9, 1984. She studied at Vikarunnisa Noon School and College, Holy Cross College, and Dhaka University.

She received her MA in English Literature from East West University in 2008 with the President’s Gold Medal.

Also a published poet, she has her PhD in literature from India’s Jadavpur University.