Nooruddin Ahmed

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Nooruddin Ahmed
Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
In office
14 October 1998 – 30 August 2002
Preceded byIqbal Mahmud
Succeeded byAlee Murtuza
Personal details
Born (1941-01-06) 6 January 1941 (age 83)
Wari, Dhaka, Bengal Presidency, British India
NationalityBangladeshi
EducationPh.D. (Chemical Engineering)
Alma materDhaka College
Ahsanullah Engineering College
University of Saskatchewan
OccupationUniversity administrator

Nooruddin Ahmed (born 6 January 1941) is a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 8th vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).[1][2]

Education[edit]

Ahmed passed matriculation examination from Armanitola Government High School and intermediate examination from Dhaka College in 1955 and 1957 respectively.[1] He earned his bachelor's in chemical engineering in 1961 from the Ahsanullah Engineering College.[1]

Ahmed obtained his master's and Ph.D. from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada in 1964 and 1968 respectively under Commonwealth Scholarship.[1] He was a post-doctoral fellow at the NASA Interdisciplinary Materials Research Centre and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in the United States from 1968 to 1969.[1]

Career[edit]

Ahmed joined East Pakistan University of Engineering and Technology (EPUET) as an assistant professor of chemical engineering in 1969.[1] He was appointed a professor in 1976.[1]

Ahmed served as the vice-chancellor of BUET from October 14, 1998, until August 30, 2002.[1]

In December 2008, Ahmed was appointed chairman of Bangladesh Accreditation Board.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Professor Dr. Nooruddin Ahmed". buet.ac.bd. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  2. ^ "Japanese team visits BUET". The Daily Star. 1999-01-12. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  3. ^ "Prof Nooruddin accreditation board chair". The Daily Star. 2008-12-25. Retrieved 2023-09-27.