Mohammad Rafiqul Alam

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Mohammad Rafiqul Alam
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Mohammad Rafiqul Alam in 2023
Vice-chancellor
Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology
Assumed office
27 April 2016
Alma mater Chittagong Engineering College
OccupationProfessor, 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]

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Early life

Alam was born in 1958 in Rangunia Upazila, Chittagong District, East Pakistan, Pakistan. [4] [5] His father was Abdul Hossian and his mother was Khairunessa. [5] He did his bachelor's degree in Electrical & 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]

Career

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]

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