S. M. Mahfuzur Rahman | |
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Vice-Chancellor of BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology | |
Assumed office 12 March 2020 | |
Chancellor | Abdul Hamid |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Alma mater | |
Profession | Educationist, academic |
S. M. Mahfuzur Rahman is a Bangladeshi academic and 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]
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.
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] His 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 Dr. 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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