Mohammad Rafiqul Alam | |
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মোহাম্মদ রফিকুল আলম | |
Vice-chancellor | |
Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology | |
Assumed office 27 April 2016 | |
Preceded by | Md. Jahangir Alam |
Personal details | |
Born | Chittagong District, East Pakistan, Pakistan | 1 January 1958
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Alma mater | Chittagong Engineering College |
Occupation | Professor, university administrator |
Mohammad Rafiqul Alam is a Bangladeshi academic and vice-chancellor of the Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology. [1] [2] He is the president of the Association of Universities of Bangladesh (Bangladesh Bishwabidyalaya Parishad). [3]
Alam was born in 1958 in Rangunia Upazila, Chittagong District, East Pakistan, Pakistan (now Maryamnagar, Rangunia, Bangladesh). [4] [5] His father was Abdul Hossian and his mother was Khairunessa. [5] He did his bachelor's degree in electrical and electronic engineering at the Chittagong Engineering College (now Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology) in 1979. [6] He did his master's degree in engineering and his PhD. [4]
Alam joined the Chittagong Engineering College in 1982 as a lecturer. [6] He was promoted to assistant professor in 1986. [5]
Alam served as the dean of the department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering. [6] He is the President of the Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology Library Committee. [7] Alam was promoted to associate professor in 2007. [5]
In March 2013, Alam was appointed the pro-vice chancellor of the Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology. [8] He was the first pro-vice chancellor of the university since it was founded in 2003. [8]
On 27 April 2016, Alam was appointed the vice-chancellor of the Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology. [4] He was reappointed vice-chancellor of the Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology in August 2020. [4] He is the president of the Association of Universities of Bangladesh (Bangladesh Bishwabidyalaya Parishad), grouping of vice-chancellors of vice-chancellors of public universities in Bangladesh. [6] [9]
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. [10] 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. [11]