Neem Chandra Bhowmik is a professor in the Department of Applied Physics at the University of Dhaka and a leader of the Hindu minority community in Bangladesh.
[5] In 2007, while Bhowmik was the Chairperson of the Department of Applied Physics at Dhaka University, he was arrested during student protests under the military-backed caretaker government.
A Bangladeshi Foreign Ministry report accused Bhowmik of professional misconduct, violating diplomatic norms, and involvement in Nepalese politics.
He was also accused of accepting kickbacks from Nepali students for scholarships, stalking actress Manisha Koirala, and harassing Indian Embassy spokeswoman Mrs. Apoorva Srivastava.
[17] In January 2022, Bhowmik was again elected president of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council.