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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Bangladeshi academic (died 2018)}}<br />
{{otheruses|Anwara Begum (disambiguation)}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Anwara Begum<br />
| native_name = আনোয়ারা বেগম<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| office = [[First Lady of Bangladesh]]<br />
| termstart = 6 September 2002<br />
| termend = 15 February 2009<br />
| predecessor = Hasina Warda Chowdhury<br />
| successor = [[Rashida Hamid]]<br />
| order = <br />
| status =<br />
|term_label = Assumed role<br />
| president = [[Iajuddin Ahmed]]<br />
| office2 = Vice-Chancellor<br />
| title2 = [[Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology]]<br />
| termstart2 = 2004<br />
| termend2 = 2011<br />
| successor2 = Abul Hossain Sikder<br />
| death_date = {{death date|2018|04|21|df=y}} (aged 83)<br />
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh<br />
| occupation = Academic<br />
| nationality = Bangladeshi<br />
| spouse = Iajuddin Ahmed<br />
| children = Imtiaz Ahmed Babu<br />
| awards = [[Ekushey Padak]]<br />
| image = File:Anwara Begum, first women vice chancellor in Bangladesh.jpeg<br />
}}<br />
'''Anwara Begum''' (died on 21 April 2018)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2018/04/22/ex-president-dr-iajuddins-wife-anwara-begum-dies/|title=Ex-president Dr Iajuddin's wife Anwara Begum dies|date=April 22, 2018|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=June 7, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> was a Bangladeshi academic. She was the first ever female to serve as a [[vice-chancellor]] of a university in Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://bdnews24.com/campus/2014/03/02/ju-gets-first-female-vc|title=JU gets first female VC|date=March 2, 2014|access-date=June 26, 2016|newspaper=bdnews24.com}}</ref> In 2006, she was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] by the [[Government of Bangladesh]] for her contribution to education.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|access-date=June 20, 2016|publisher=Government of Bangladesh |language=bn}}</ref> She was married to the 14th [[President of Bangladesh]], [[Iajuddin Ahmed]], and served as the [[First Lady of Bangladesh]] from 2002 until 2009.<ref name=munshi>{{cite news|url=http://www.munshigonj.com/BangladeshSection/President.htm|title=President|publisher=Munshigonj.com|access-date=June 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611032447/http://www.munshigonj.com/BangladeshSection/President.htm|archive-date=June 11, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Begum was a professor of the Department of Zoology at the [[University of Dhaka]]. She later served as the chairman of the Department of Zoology and the provost of the Shamsun Nahar Hall.<ref name=munshi/><br />
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She was the first chairman of the board of trustees and the founding vice-chancellor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/303874/ExpresidentIajuddin%E2%80%99s-wifepasses-away|title=Ex-president Iajuddin's wife passes away|date=22 April 2018|website=Daily Sun}}</ref> of [[Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology]], a private university in [[Dhaka]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://varsitycampus.com/institutions/view/university/atish-dipankar-university-of-science-and-technology/?page=history|title=History|publisher=Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology|access-date=June 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813102005/http://varsitycampus.com/institutions/view/university/atish-dipankar-university-of-science-and-technology/?page=history|archive-date=August 13, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> She is the first women vice-chancellor for university in Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bd-pratidin.com/various/2014/12/31/53363|title=প্রথম নারী উপাচার্য|date=31 December 2014|lang=bn|newspaper=Bangladesh Pratidin}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Begum and her husband [[Iajuddin Ahmed]] had a son, Imtiaz Ahmed Babu.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.bdnews24.com/bn/detail/bangladesh/517179|title=ইয়াজউদ্দীনপুত্র 'এখন পুলিশ হেফাজতে নেই'|trans-title=Iajuddin's son 'no longer in police custody'|date=8 January 2012|language=bn|newspaper=BD News 24}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:First Ladies of Bangladesh]]<br />
[[Category:Burials at Banani Graveyard]]<br />
[[Category:Vice-Chancellors of Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology]]</div>Bot