S. M. Mahfuzur Rahman

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S. M. Mahfuzur Rahman
Vice-Chancellor of
BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 March 2020
ProfessionEducationist, academic

S. M. Mahfuzur Rahman is a Bangladeshi academic and former chairperson of Janata Bank. He is the vice-chancellor of BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology. He is a former professor of finance at the University of Dhaka. [1] He is a former chairman of the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh. [2]

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Early life

Rahman completed his PhD from the Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies in 1972. [3] He completed his second masters in economics in 1979 from the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia.

Career

Rahman joined the University of Dhaka in 1984 as a lecturer in the Department of Finance. [3]

In 1998, Rahman worked as a visiting faculty at the Nagoya University in Japan. [3] He had served a term as the general secretary, and previously treasurer, of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. [3] He is a Board of Trustee member of Banglapedia, the national encyclopedia published by the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. [4] He was a director of Bangladesh Development Bank Limited. [5]

Rahman had taught at the University of Dhaka and served as the chairperson of the Department of Banking and Insurance from 1994 to 1997. [6] [7] He had also served a tenure as the chairperson of the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh in 2011. [7] He left the University of Dhaka in 2019. [3] He had also been the general secretary of the Bangladesh Economics Association. [8]

Rahman was the chief returning officer of the 2019 Dhaka University Central Students' Union election. [9] He expressed "embarrassment" over "irregularities" in the election process. [10]

On 26 January 2020, Rahman was appointed vice-chancellor of BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology. [3] He is a former director of Rupali Bank Limited. [11] On 28 July 2020, Rahman was appointed chairperson of Janata Bank replacing Jamal Uddin Ahmed, who had faced allegations of graft in approving loans. [6] [12]

Rahman was the chief returning officer of the 2021 Dhaka University Central Students' Union election. [13]

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