Prof. Shah Amran of IUB appointed member of the Bangladesh Accreditation Council

Dr Md Shah Amran, Professor of Pharmacy at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), has been appointed a full-time member of the Bangladesh Accreditation Council (BAC). The Secondary and Higher Education Division of the Ministry of Education issued the appointment on July 26, 2026, under the Bangladesh Accreditation Council Act, 2017. The appointment is for a term of four years.

 

Prof. Amran is one of three members named in the order. He also served as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at Dhaka University (DU) before retirement. He obtained his bachelor's and master's from DU and a PhD from the University of Yamanashi, Japan.

 

He began his teaching career in 1996 as a lecturer in the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Rajshahi. Before entering academia, he worked in the pharmaceutical industry as a production pharmacist at Beximco Pharmaceuticals and Unique Pharmaceuticals and as a quality assurance officer at Jayson Pharmaceuticals.

 

Prof. Amran has published more than 175 research articles in peer-reviewed national and international journals and has authored 16 books and five book chapters. He has supervised 23 M.Pharm., five M.Phil. and six PhD researchers. He joined IUB as a professor in 2025.

 

The Bangladesh Accreditation Council (BAC) is the autonomous government body responsible for quality assurance and accreditation across the country's higher education sector. Established under the Bangladesh Accreditation Council Act, 2017, the Council accredits universities and their academic programmes against national and international standards.