Comilla University is a public university located at Kotbari Comilla, Bangladesh. The university was constructed on 50 acres (200,000 m2) of land at Lalmai Bihar, Moynamoti. Comilla University is affiliated by University Grants Commission Bangladesh. Professor Dr. Golam Mowlah is the founder Vice-Chancellor of Comilla University and he was removed from university on July 30 2008 and Zulfikar Ali, a professor of mathematics of the university, was given the charge. The next vice-chancellor of Comilla University, Dr. A.K.M Zehadul Karim declared to resign on 7 October 2009 after violence. Professor Amir Hossen Khan, a professor of Physics department of Jahangirnagar University, was appointed as VC on 22 November 2009. The chancellor of the university is President of Bangladesh Zillur Rahman. Its campus is declared as smoking & politics free. It started with 7 departments and in 2008 another department was added. Now there are a total of 8 departments including Computer Science & Engineering, Mathematics, Accounting & Information Systems, Marketing, Management Studies, Economics, Public Administration and English. Three more departments were announced to be opened from 2009.