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Nurul Mustafa

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Nurul Mustafa
Nurul Mustafa
Educator, Professor, Scientist
BornJune 1948
Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Died18 July 2021 (aged 73)
Chattagram, Bangladesh
OccupationProfessor
SpouseJahanara Mahbuba Hasnat
ChildrenOnu, Titu, Juhi

Nurul Mustafa (June 1948 – 18 July 2021) was the Vice-Chancellor of Southern University, Bangladesh[1] from Chittagong, Bangladesh[2][3] and BGC Trust University, Chadanaish.

He was professor of the Department of Physics and Department of Computer Science and Engineering[4] at the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. He died on 18 July 2021 in Chattagram.[5]

Education

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Mustafa completed his early education at Bahaddarkata Primary School, Demushia Jinnat Ali High School, Ilishia Jamila Begum High School and Chakaria Govt. High school. Then, he passed Higher Secondary Exam from the Chittagong College. He received Bachelor of Science in physics from University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.[citation needed] Later, he received Master of Science in physics from Concordia University, Canada.[6] He got his Doctor of Philosophy from University of Chittagong in 1995 under the supervision of Nurul Islam.[citation needed]

Career

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Mustafa started his career at Imam Gazzli College as lecturer in 1972. Then, he joined the Department of Physics,[7] University of Chittagong in 1973 as a researcher and became a professor at the department in 1998. He also served as the head of the department.

He was elected the dean of Faculty of Science at the university in 1999 and served for two years. While dean, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering started, with Mustafa as founding chairman[4] and professor in 2000.

Mustafa was appointed the Vice-Chancellor of BGC Trust University, Chandanaish, Chittagong in 2005 and he served there for 4 years. He then returned to Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Chittagong and retired from the university in June, 2014.

Finally, he joined Southern University, Bangladesh as dean of engineering and was appointed the vice-chancellor of the university in January 2016.[2] He served until March, 2021.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Professor Dr. Md. Nurul Mustafa – Southern University Bangladesh".
  2. ^ a b "Reception and farewell ceremony of Vice Chancellor – Southern University Bangladesh".
  3. ^ "Southern University announces 50 per cent discount on new student admission fees". The Business Standard. July 7, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "University of Chittagong - Honor Board". cu.ac.bd. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  5. ^ "শিক্ষাবিদ ড. নুরুল মোস্তফা আর নেই" [Educator Dr. Nurul Mostafa is no longer] (in Bengali). July 18, 2021.
  6. ^ Mustafa, M. Nurul (August 1986). A plastic scintillator as a probe for a portable survey meter (Masters). Concordia University.
  7. ^ "University of Chittagong - Physics". cu.ac.bd.
  8. ^ "Southern University holds programme to receive new VC". The Business Standard. April 7, 2021.
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