A. S. M. A. Baten is a retired rear admiral of Bangladesh Navy and former vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University. [1] [2] [3] He is the secretary general of the Bangladesh Ocean Going Ship Owners Association. [4] [5]
Baten graduated from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. [6]
In 2010, Baten was the Admin Authority of Dhaka Area Naval Command. [7] He taught at the National Defence College. [8] He was the President of the Disaster Management seminar organising committee, a joint seminar between Bangladesh Navy and Indian Ocean Naval Symposium. [9]
Baten was appointed the first vice-chancellor of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University in January 2014. [10] He was the chief guest at an event marking the 41 death anniversary of former President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the University in 2016. [11] He led a delegation of the University to the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo and signed a memorandum between the two universities. [12] Rear Admiral M Khaled Iqbal replaced him as the vice-chancellor of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University in February 2018. [13]
Baten is the secretary general of the Bangladesh Ocean Going Ship Owners Association. [14] He is a member of the Association of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Bangladesh and Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industries. [6] [15]