Jasim Uddin Ahmed (academic)

Jasim Uddin Ahmad is a Bangladeshi academician who served as the Vice-Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 2001 to 2004.

Career In 1972, Ahmed was involved in organizing the 1st National Conference of Krishak Samiti of Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani.

Ahmed was the dean and chairman of the Department of Chemistry at Jahangirnagar University. His appointment had led to protests among university faculty members, which eventually resulted in the Vice-Chancellor panel election in 2004.

On 13 February 1979, the government of Bangladesh published a history of the Bangladesh Liberation War which was revised in 2003 by a committee formed by prime minister Khaleda Zia. The committee included Rejaul Karim, Mohammad Moniruzzaman Miah, Emajuddin Ahamed, Barrister Moinul Hossain, Kamal Uddin Siddiqui, Sirajul Islam, K. M. Mohsin, Abul Kalam Manzur Morshed, and Jasim Uddin Ahmed. Rokeya Kabir, executive director Nari Pragati Sangha, and Mujib Mehedi, a researcher, accused Ahmed and Dr Emajuddin Ahmed plagiarizing their book on women and the Bangladesh Liberation War. The Daily Star found that they did indeed plagiarize but also removed sections on the Bangladesh Liberation War and stated the declaration of independence took place on 27 March 1971 and not 26.

In 2012, Ahmed founded the Bhasani Anushari Parishad. He is the chief advisor of International Farakka Committee.