Prof Sitesh Chandra Bachar made DU Pro-VC

Professor Dr. Sitesh Chandra Bachar of Pharmacy Department has been appointed as Pro Vice-Chancellor (academic) of Dhaka University (DU).

He will serve as the Pro-VC for the next four years.

The Education Ministry on Thursday issued a gazette notification signed Senior Assistant Secretary Shatarupa Talukder following the order of President Mohammed Shahabuddin.

He is currently serving as the Dean of Faculty of Pharmacy. He is also the Convener of the Awami League-backed Blue Panel teachers association of the university. 

He joined in the Department of Pharmacy as a Lecturer in 1997. Before joining to the department, he received his B.Pharm (Hons) and M.Pharm degrees from the DU. Bachar was awarded a PhD in Pharmacy from Jadavpur University in India in 1996.