Muhammad Samad | |
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মুহাম্মদ সামাদ | |
Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Dhaka | |
Assumed office 27 May 2018 | |
Vice-chancellor of the University of Information Technology and Sciences | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1956 (age 66–67) Jamalpur,East Pakistan,Pakistan |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Awards | See full list |
Muhammad Samad (born 1956) [1] is a Bangladeshi academic,administrator and poet. [1] He is the current of Pro-Vice Chancellor the University of Dhaka since 2018. [2]
Samad was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2020 for his contribution to poetry. [3]
Samad serves as the president of Jatiya Kabita Parishad (National Poetry Council). [1] His published collections of poetry include Ekjan Rajnaitik Netar Manifesto,Aami Noi Indrajit Megher Araley,Porabey Chandan Kath,Cholo,Tumul Brishtitey Bhiji,Sharater Akashey Purnima and Premer Kabita. [1]
Samad was a visiting professor at Winona State University in Minnesota. [1]
Muhammed Zafar Iqbal is a Bangladeshi science fiction author,physicist,academic,activist and former professor of computer science and engineering and former head of the department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST). He achieved his PhD from University of Washington. After working 18 years as a scientist at California Institute of Technology and Bell Communications Research,he returned to Bangladesh and joined Shahjalal University of Science and Technology as a professor of Computer Science and Engineering. He retired from his teaching profession in October 2018. He is considered one of Bangladesh's top science fiction writers.
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