Saiful Islam (electrical engineer)

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Saiful Islam
সাইফুল ইসলাম
Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka International University
Incumbent
Assumed office 07 February 2022
13th Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
In office 23 June 2016 – 25 June 2020
Preceded by	Khaleda Ekram
Succeeded by	Satya Prasad Majumder
Pro Vice Chancellor of Primeasia University
In office 26 August 2013 – 22 June 2016
Personal details
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Education	Ph.D.
Alma mater	Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology University of Cambridge
Occupation	University academic, professor
Institutions	Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

Professor Dr. Saiful Islam is a Bangladeshi academic who is the current vice-chancellor of Dhaka International University. Previously he served as the 13th vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Before, he worked as the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Primeasia University.

Education

Islam earned his bachelor's and master's in electrical engineering from BUET in 1975 and 1977 respectively. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from Cambridge University in 1986.

Career

Saiful started his teaching career as a lecturer of the Department of Electrical Engineering of BUET in May 1975. He became a professor in 1988. He served as the dean of the Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering during 1995–1997. On 22 June 2016, Islam was selected as the 13th vice-chancellor of BUET. The post was vacant since Khaleda Ekram had died on 24 May 2016.

From August 2013 until June 2016, Islam worked as the pro-vice-chancellor of Primeasia University, a private university in Dhaka, after he was appointed by the President of Bangladesh.

Awards

• Gold Medal by Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (1988)

Controversy

Following the murder of Abrar Fahad, a second year EEE student and resident at the Sher-e-Bangla Hall of BUET, on 7 October 2019, massive protest spread all over the university campus. But Islam didn't show up after the murder incident, resulting in tremendous criticism throughout the country. Prime Minister also criticized him for his absence. Later on 9 October 2019 he went to visit victim Abrar's home at Kushtia, where he met immense public protest and couldn't enter his home. The Teachers' Association of BUET and Alumni Association of BUET demanded his resignation as vice-chancellor due to his failure.