Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus succeeds journalist, broadcaster and politician Lord Macdonald of Tradeston.
In March Prof Yunus announced details of a new charity, called the Grameen Scotland Foundation.
It aims to alleviate economic, health and social inequalities in some of Scotland's poorest communities.
Prof Yunus, 71, launched the Grameen Bank in the late 1970s
to offer microcredit to the poor. The model has been copied in
developing countries around the world.
He is often referred to as "the world's banker to the poor".
Last month, he stood down as the head of the Grameen Bank after a long-running row with the Bangladeshi government.
Authorities said he was over the legal retirement age, but supporters claimed his dismissal was politically motivated.
Prof Yunus has collaborated in the past with Glasgow Caledonian University.
In 2010, the university opened the Grameen Caledonian College
of Nursing in Bangladesh to help bring nurse and midwifery training to
an international standard.
Glasgow Caledonian later that year set up the Yunus Centre
for Social Business and Health, which researches the impact of
microcredit on the health and well-being of communities in Scotland and
overseas.
Prof Yunus said: "I look forward to building on the fruitful
relationship that has already been established and has produced benefits
which are helping to improve the quality of life for people in both our
countries."
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