Nooruddin Ahmed

Nooruddin Ahmed
Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
In office 14 October 1998 – 30 August 2002
Preceded by	Iqbal Mahmud
Succeeded by	Alee Murtuza
Personal details
Born	(1941-01-06) 6 January 1941 (age 83) Wari, Dhaka, Bengal Presidency, British India
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Education	Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering)
Alma mater	Dhaka College Ahsanullah Engineering College University of Saskatchewan
Occupation	University 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

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

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

1. "Professor Dr. Nooruddin Ahmed". buet.ac.bd. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
2. "Japanese team visits BUET". The Daily Star. 12 January 1999. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
3. "Prof Nooruddin accreditation board chair". The Daily Star. 25 December 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2023.