S. M. Imamul Huq

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PhD (Doctor of Engg. in Plant Physiology and Plant Biology)
S.M. Imamul Huq
Vice-Chancellor of University of Barishal
In office
May 2015 –April 2019
Alma mater University of Dhaka
OccupationAcademic, university administrator
AwardsBangladesh Academy of Sciences Gold Medal

S.M. Imamul Huq is a Bangladeshi academic. He was a professor of the Department of Soil, Water & Environment, University of Dhaka. He served as vice-chancellor of the University of Barisal from 2015 to 2019.

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Education

In 1970, Huq graduated from the University of Dhaka with a B.Sc. degree in soil science, and the following year finished an M.Sc. degree in the same subject. He completed a second M.Sc. in agricultural soil and water engineering from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, in 1980. In 1984, he received a D. Engg. from the University of Nancy I, France, [1] for his dissertation Comparaison de la résistance au stress salin de Vigna sinensis (L.) Savi et de Phaseolus aureus Roxb.[ citation needed ]

Career

Huq joined the faculty at the University of Dhaka in 1973 as a lecturer in soil science. From 2005 to 2008, he served as chair of the Department of Soil, Water and Environment. [1]

Huq was appointed to a four-year term as vice-chancellor of the University of Barisal in May 2015. [2] Late in his tenure, students began protesting, alleging that they had been excluded from the university's Independence Day commemoration. [3] Tensions escalated after Huq used the expression "razakarer bachcha" (children of collaborators with Pakistan), which the students believed was directed at them. The following day students padlocked the academic building and boycotted classes. [4] Authorities closed the campus the next day, and Huq apologized, saying he had been misunderstood. Students responded by burning him in effigy. [5] Student protests demanding his resignation continued for a month. [6] At the end of April 2019, Huq was granted leave for the remainder of his term as vice-chancellor. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Huq, S.M. Imamul; Shoaib, Jalal Uddin Md. (2013). "Authors' Biographies". The Soils of Bangladesh. World Soils Book Series. Vol. 1. p. 157. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-1128-0. ISBN   978-94-007-1127-3. S2CID   131157869.
  2. ↑ "Newly appointed VC of BU takes over charge". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 31 May 2015. Archived from the original on 26 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Protest continues at BU". The Independent. 4 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Movement to remove Barisal University VC continues for 9th day". Dhaka Tribune. 4 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Barishal University VC apologises for his comment". The Financial Express. 30 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "Barisal University students go on hunger strike demanding removal of VC". Dhaka Tribune. 25 April 2019.
  7. ↑ "Student protests: Barisal University VC sent on leave". Daily Sun. 29 April 2019.


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