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Bangladeshi academic
Mohammad Rafiqul Alam
মোহাম্মদ রফিকুল আলম
Mohammad Rafiqul Alam in 2023
Vice-chancellor
Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology
In office
27 April 2016 – 16 August 2024
Preceded byMd. Jahangir Alam
Succeeded byMahmud Abdul Matin Bhuiyan
Personal details
Born1958 (age 66–67)
Chittagong District, East Pakistan, Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materChittagong Engineering College
OccupationProfessor, university administrator

Mohammad Rafiqul Alam is a Bangladeshi academic and former vice-chancellor of the Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology. He is the president of the Association of Universities of Bangladesh (Bangladesh Bishwabidyalaya Parishad).

Early life

Alam was born in 1958 in Mariam Nagar, Rangunia, Chittagong District, East Pakistan, Pakistan (now in Rangunia Upazila, Bangladesh). His father was Abdul Hossian and his mother was Khairunessa. He did his bachelor's degree in electrical and electronic engineering at the Chittagong Engineering College (now Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology) in 1979. He did his master's degree in engineering and his PhD.

Career

Alam joined the Chittagong Engineering College in 1982 as a lecturer. He was promoted to assistant professor in 1986.

Alam served as the dean of the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering. He is the president of the Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology Library Committee. Alam was promoted to associate professor in 2007.

In March 2013, Alam was appointed the pro-vice chancellor of the Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology. He was the first pro-vice chancellor of the university since it was founded in 2003.

On 27 April 2016, Alam was appointed the vice-chancellor of the Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology. He was reappointed vice-chancellor of the Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology in August 2020. He is the president of the Association of Universities of Bangladesh (Bangladesh Bishwabidyalaya Parishad), a grouping of vice-chancellors of vice-chancellors of public universities in Bangladesh.

Alam voiced support for the re-election of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at an event of the Bangladesh Chhatra League at the Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology in October 2023. He said Islam was the "perfect way of life" at an event marking the birth of the Islamic prophet Mohammad at the Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology.

References

  1. ^ "Prof Rafiqul Alam appointed acting VC of CUET". The Guardian. Bangladesh. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  2. "CUET Ex Vice-Chancellor Prof Mohammad Rafiqul Alam greets Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud with a bouquet at the entrance of the university on Tuesday". Daily Sun. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  3. "CUET to be taken to new level of international standard: VC". Daily Sun. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  4. "University admission uncertain for HSC 2020 batch". The Business Standard. 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  5. ^ "CUET VC Rafiqul Alam reappointed". bangladeshpost.net. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  6. ^ "BAETE - Board of Accreditation for Engineering and Technical Education, Bangladesh". www.baetebangladesh.org. Archived from the original on 2023-06-07. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  7. "Message from the VC and president, Library Committee". 103.99.128.14. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  8. ^ "Rafiqul Alam new Pro-VC of Cuet". The Daily Star. 2013-03-07. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  9. Alamgir, Mohiuddin (2021-05-04). "UGC mulls online exams for public universities". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  10. "Want to reelect Hasina through ballot: Cuet VC at BCL meeting". The Daily Star. 2023-10-05. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  11. "Islam is a perfect way of life: CUET VC". New Age. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
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