Nooruddin Ahmed | |
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8th Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology | |
In office 14 October 1998 –30 August 2002 | |
Preceded by | Iqbal Mahmud |
Succeeded by | Alee Murtuza |
Personal details | |
Born | Wari,Dhaka,Bengal Presidency,British India | 6 January 1941
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Education | Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering) |
Alma mater | Dhaka College Ahsanullah Engineering College University of Saskatchewan |
Occupation | University administrator |
Nooruddin Ahmed (born 6 January 1941) is a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 8th vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). [1] [2]
Ahmed passed matriculation examination from Armanitola Government High School and intermediate examination from Dhaka College in 1955 and 1957 respectively. [1] He earned his bachelor's in chemical engineering in 1961 from the Ahsanullah Engineering College. [1]
Ahmed obtained his master's and Ph.D. from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada in 1964 and 1968 respectively under Commonwealth Scholarship. [1] He was a post-doctoral fellow at the NASA Interdisciplinary Materials Research Centre and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in the United States from 1968 to 1969. [1]
Ahmed joined East Pakistan University of Engineering and Technology (EPUET) as an assistant professor of chemical engineering in 1969. [1] He was appointed a professor in 1976. [1]
Ahmed served as the vice-chancellor of BUET from October 14,1998,until August 30,2002. [1]
In December 2008,Ahmed was appointed chairman of Bangladesh Accreditation Board. [3]