Nawzia Yasmin

Nawzia Yasmin (Bengali: নাওজিয়া ইয়াসমিন; born 5 August 1966) is a Bangladeshi academic and physician. She is the pro-vice chancellor of the State University of Bangladesh and the president of the Bangladesh Tobacco Control Research Network.

Early and personal life Yasmin was born on 5 August 1966 in Dacca, East Pakistan. She attended Azimpur Government Girls' School and then matriculated into Holy Cross College in 1983. She was admitted to Dhaka Medical College in 1986 and graduated with high distinction. On 3 December 1990, Yasmin married Mohammed Kabirul Islam. Islam is a civil engineering professor at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and the nephew of former Bangladesh finance secretary Mohammed Matiul Islam and former governor of Bangladesh bank Mohammad Nurul Islam. Together, Yasmin and Islam have two daughters.

Education Yasmin completed her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1993 at the Dhaka Medical College. On 3 November 2018, Yasmin was elected to serve as the president of the Bangladesh Tobacco Control Research Network.

She served as the Dean of the School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and Head of the Department of Public Health at the State University of Bangladesh. In January 2022, Yasmin was appointed to be the pro-vice chancellor of the State University of Bangladesh by then President Mohmmad Abdul Hamid. From February 2023 to June 2025, Yasmin acted as the vice chancellor of the State University of Bangladesh until Md. Akhter Hossain Khan assumed office in late June 2025. In office, she appointed Mohammed Hassan Kawsar as the treasurer of the State University of Bangladesh.

Beyond academic administration, Yasmin has produced approximately 38 peer-reviewed publications, primarily in the domains of public health, maternal and child health, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and preventive medicine.