Independent University, Bangladesh trustees Mohammad Zakaria Khan and Husne Ara Ali have been elected as chairman and vice-chairman of the Education Science Technology and Cultural Development Trust respectively for a period of two years starting January 2025.
Zakaria Khan replaces trustee Nilufer Zafarullah, while Husne Ara takes the role of trustee Salma Karim.
They were elected unanimously in the election held in the last week of December 2024, said a press release on Thursday.
ESTCDT was established in 1992 as a philanthropic body with a strong commitment to take Bangladesh鈥檚 higher education to global standards. Under ESTCDT, IUB was founded in 1993 in Dhaka and the Chittagong Independent University in 1999.
