Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin

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Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin
আলমগীর মোহাম্মদ সিরাজুদ্দীন
Serajuddin in 2016
Vice-Chancellor of University of Chittagong
In office
23 May 1988 – 29 December 1991
Preceded byMohammad Ali
Succeeded byRafiqul Islam Chowdhury
Personal details
Born (1937-12-01) December 1, 1937 (age 86)
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka (MA), University of London (PhD)
Occupationuniversity academic, professor
AwardsEkushey Padak

Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin is a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 8th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chittagong.[1] In 2017, he was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in the education category.[2]

Early life and education[edit]

Serajuddin was born on 1 December 1937 to a Bengali Muslim family in Kanchana, Satkania, Chittagong District. In 1959, he graduated from Dhaka University with a first class honours Master of Arts in History. He gained his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of London in 1964. In 1967, Serajuddin became a qualified barrister-at-Law from the Lincoln's Inn of London.[3]

Career[edit]

Serajuddin returned to Chittagong in the Seventies, where he served as a faculty member of the Department of History at the University of Chittagong. He finished his post-doctoral degree at the University of London in 1974. In 2012, he was made Professor Emeritus of the same university.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ex-Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin". University of Chittagong. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  2. ^ "17 named for Ekushey Padak 2017". The Daily Star. February 12, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  3. ^ "স্বীকৃতি পেয়ে তাঁরা". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 15 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Dr Alamgir made Prof Emeritus of CU". The Daily Star. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2017.