Shireen Akhter

Shireen Akhter (born 1 May 1956 ) is a Bangladeshi academic. She was the first female vice chancellor of the University of Chittagong.

Background and education Akhter was born on 1 May 1956 to a Bengali family of Muslim Chowdhuries in Eidgaon, Cox's Bazar subdivision, Chittagong District, East Pakistan. Her father was Afsar Kamal Chowdhury and mother was Begum Lutfunnahar Kamal. In 1991, she earned her PhD from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.

In 2006, Akhter was promoted to professor. In November 2020, she was nominated for the Begum Rokeya Padak and received it in December from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

On 29 April 2021, Akhter was reappointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chittagong.

Akhter's office was vandalized in January 2023 by Bangladesh Chhatra League activists led by its University of Chittagong unit President Moynul Hasan for not recruiting Raihan Ahmed, a Bangladesh Chhatra League activist, as a faculty.

Personal life Akhter was married to Major (Retired) Latiful Alam Chowdhury. He died on 29 July 2020.