Viqarunnisa University

Viqarunnisa University (Bengali: ভিকারুননিসা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a private university in Bangladesh. It was established in 2001. The university is on Bailey Road, Dhaka.

Former member of the national parliament of Bangladesh and businessman Dr HBM Iqbal is the chairman of the Viqarunnisa University Foundation. In 2002, the University Grants Commission (UGC) brought allegations of in setting up the institution against the chairman.[1] In 2003, the supreme court asked concerned authorities to reopen the university.[2]

The university is named after the prominent Austrian Pakistani social worker, Viqar un Nisa Noon.

See also

  • Viqarunnisa Noon College

Footnotes

  1. Staff Correspondent (19 November 2002). "Iqbal denies land, fund transfer anomalies". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 20 January 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2006.
  2. UNB (14 January 2003). "SC stays HC order on Viqarunnisa". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 20 January 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2006.



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