Mohammad Rafiqul Alam | |
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মোহাম্মদ রফিকুল আলম | |
| Mohammad Rafiqul Alam in 2023 | |
| Vice-Chancellor of Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology | |
| In office 27 April 2016 –16 August 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Md. Jahangir Alam |
| Succeeded by | Mahmud Abdul Matin Bhuiyan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1958 (age 67–68) [1] Chittagong District,East Pakistan,Pakistan |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Alma mater | Chittagong Engineering College |
| Occupation | Professor,university administrator |
Mohammad Rafiqul Alam is a Bangladeshi academic and former vice-chancellor of the Chittagong University of Engineering &Technology. [2] [3] He is the president of the Association of Universities of Bangladesh (Bangladesh Bishwabidyalaya Parishad). [4]
Alam was born in 1958 in Mariam Nagar,Rangunia,Chittagong District,East Pakistan,Pakistan (now in Rangunia Upazila,Bangladesh). [1] [5] His father was Abdul Hossian and his mother was Khairunessa. [1] 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. [5]
Alam joined the Chittagong Engineering College in 1982 as a lecturer. [6] He was promoted to assistant professor in 1986. [1]
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. [1]
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. [5] He was reappointed vice-chancellor of the Chittagong University of Engineering &Technology in August 2020. [5] 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. [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]