Abdul Matin Patwari (born January 1, 1935) is a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 4th

vice-chancellor A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system. In most Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth and former Commonwealth n ...

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, commonly known by the acronym BUET, is a public technological research university in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in 1876 as the Dacca Survey School, it is the oldest institution for the study ...

Education

Dr. Patwari passed matriculation examination from Matlabganj J. B. Pilot High School in

Comilla Comilla (; bn, কুমিল্লা, Kumillā, ), officially spelled Cumilla, is the fifth largest city of Bangladesh and second largest in Chittagong division. It is the administrative centre of the Comilla District. The name Comilla was ...

in 1950 (stood 1st place) and intermediate examination from

Rajshahi College Rajshahi College ( bn, রাজশাহী কলেজ ''Rajshahi Kôlej'') is the third oldest institution of higher education in Bangladesh. Established in 1873 in Rajshahi city, it is the third oldest college in Bangladesh after Dhaka Col ...

in 1952 (Stood 2nd place). He earned his bachelor's in electrical engineering from Ahsanullah Engineering College (now BUET) in 1956, M.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1961 from the Texas A & M University, USA; M.A. in Mathematics in 1963 from University of California, Berkeley, USA and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1967 from Sheffield University, U.K.

Career

Dr. Patwari joined as a lecturer in Ahsanullah Engineering College in December 1956. He served as the vice-Chancellor of

(BUET) from April 1983 until April 1987. He retired from BUET in April 1991. Dr. Patwari joined Islamic Centre for Technical and Vocational Training and Research (ICTVTR), now known as

Islamic University of Technology Islamic University of Technology ( bn, ইসলামিক ইউনিভার্সিটি অব টেকনোলজি), commonly known as IUT, is an international university located in Gazipur, Bangladesh. IUT offers undergraduate ...

(IUT) which is subsidiary organ of

Organization of Islamic Cooperation An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is an entity—such as a company, an institution, or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. The word is derived from ...

(OIC), as Director General (DG) on May 1, 1987. He retired from the university in 1998. Dr. Patwari served as vice-chancellor of

University of Asia Pacific University of Asia Pacific ( bn, ইউনিভার্সিটি অব এশিয়া প্যাসিফিক) often abbreviated as UAP is a private university located at Dhaka, Bangladesh. History The University of Asia Pacific was ...

in Dhaka from 2004 until 2012.

References

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