AAMS Arefin Siddique


Abu Ahsan Mohammad Shamsul Arefin Siddique is a Bangladeshi academic who served as the 27th vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka during 2009–2017.On 15 July 2020, he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bangladesh News Agency.

Early life and education

Siddique was born in Dhaka. He completed his BA and MA degree from Dhaka College when it was an affiliated college under the University of Dhaka. Then he moved to the University of Dhaka and obtained Master of Arts in mass communication and journalism degree in 1975. He earned his PhD degree in televised teaching in 1985 from the University of Mysore in India.