Satya Prasad Majumder
Dr. Satya Prasad Majumder | |
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সত্য প্রসাদ মজুমদার | |
14th Vice-Chancellor of BUET | |
Assumed office 25 June 2020 | |
Chancellor | President of Bangladesh |
Preceded by | Saiful Islam |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Education | Ph.D. (EEC) |
Alma mater | Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Indian Institutes of Technology |
Occupation | University academic, Professor |
Satya Prasad Majumder is a Bangladeshi academic. He is the current and the 14th Vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).[1]
Education
Dr. Majumder completed his B.Sc. in 1981 as an Electrical and Electronic Engineer, and later joined as a faculty on BUET.[2] He was awarded the talent pool scholarship during his 4 years of honors for his excellent achievements as a student.[3] He also completed his M.Sc. from BUET in 1985, where his research was mainly focused on Microprocessor controlled telephone branch exchange.[4] In 1987, he was awarded scholarship by the Government of India to enroll as a PhD student at the Indian institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur and continue his research work in Fiber Optics at Centre for Research and Training in Radar and Communications situated on that university. He also received funding from Italian National Research Council (CNR) under Parma University to support his PhD on telecommunication project.[5]
Career
After 1991, Dr. Majumder rejoined BUET and continued to serve it by taking various responsibilities. He particularly taught courses on telecommunications, namely Optical Communications, Analog and Digital Electronics, Advanced Electronics, Digital Communications, Satellite Communications, Electrical Circuits and Systems, Instrumentation & Control Systems, Power System Analysis, Electrical Machines, Laser Theory, Telecommunication Engineering, Advanced Telecommunication Engineering, Coding and Information Theory.
Aside from teaching, Majumder also handled different administrative responsibility. He was the head of the EEE Department in two consecutive years from June 2006 to May 2008. He has also completed his term as the Director of Student Welfare of BUET in 2018.[6] He is currently the Chairman in Communication Society of IEEE Bangladesh Section.[7]
Apart from BUET, he served as faculty in many different private universities of Bangladesh, like - Presidency University,[8] Bangladesh Army University of Science and Tech (BAUST),[9] Military Institution of Science and Technology,[10] Ranada Prasad Shaha University (RPSU)[11] to name some few. He has also worked as a visiting faculty of different universities abroad, like- Multimedia University, Malaysia, Gunma University, Japan, University of Parma, italy, etc.
He has authored more than 200 publications[12] and also supervised more than 100 theses and dissertations in different field of optics, especially in Optoelectronics & Photonics, Optical Fiber Communication Systems, Optical Networks, Solution propagation, Satellite Communications, Mobile and Infrared communications, etc.
Consultancy
As one of the early pioneer in Optoelectronics of Bangladesh, he did some consultancy works in institutes like- Asia IT&C Program, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperations (SAARC) & Dhaka Chamber of Commerce (DCC). He is currently serving as one of the board of directors in Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL), under the Bangladesh government.[13]
References
- ^ "Prof Satya Prasad Majumder appointed as new VC of Buet". TBS news. 25 June 2020.
- ^ "Prof Satya Prasad Majumder made new VC of Buet". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ Directorate (ict.mist.ac.bd), MIST ICT (2016-01-27). "Dr. Satya Prasad Majumder". Department of Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering (EECE). Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ Majumder, S. P.; Rahman, S. M. (1985). "Microprocessor controlled telephone branch exchange". Journal of the Bangladesh Computer Society.
- ^ Majumder, Satya Prasad; Gangopadhyay, R. (1991). "Performance of heterodyne optical OOK systems with coding". European Transactions on Telecommunications. 2 (4): 453–457. doi:10.1002/ett.4460020412. ISSN 1541-8251.
- ^ "EEE Day Job Seminar Phase II | IEEE BUET Student Branch WIE Affinity Group". site.ieee.org. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "Society & Chapters | IEEE Bangladesh Section". Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "Faculty: Satya Prasad Majumder » Croogo". www.presidency.edu.bd. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "BAUST". www.baust.edu.bd. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "Faculty: Satya Prasad Majumder » Croogo". www.presidency.edu.bd. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "Ranada Prasad Shaha University". www.rpsu.edu.bd. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "Satya MAJUMDER | Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka | BUET | Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "officials". btcl.gov.bd. Retrieved 2020-06-25.