Professor Sadeka Halim has been appointed as the new vice chancellor of Jagannath University (JnU).
Currently, she is serving as the chairperson of the sociology department at Dhaka University.
Professor Halim's appointment was announced in a gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Education on Thursday. Honorable President Mohammed Shahabuddin made the appointment for the next four years.
Professor Sadeka Halim holds the distinction of being the country's first female information commissioner and she was a member of the National Education Policy Formulation Committee-2010.
She began her teaching career at Dhaka University in 1988. She also earned her PhD from McGill University in Canada.
She began her teaching career at Dhaka University in 1988 and earned her PhD from McGill University in Canada.
Eventually, her father, Fazlul Halim Chowdhury, is a former vice chancellor of Dhaka University.
