Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin is a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 8th

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 and former Commonwealth nations, the chancellor ...

of the

University of Chittagong The University of Chittagong ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, caṭṭagram bishwabidyalay) is a public research university with multidisciplinary faculties situated across a 1754-acres hilly landmas ...

. In 2017, he was awarded

Ekushey Padak Ekushey Padak ( bn, একুশে পদক; lit. "Twentyfirst Award") is the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Bengali Language Movement of 1952. The award is given to recognize contribut ...

by the

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in the education category.

Early life and education

Serajuddin was born on 1 December 1937 to a

Bengali Muslim Bengali Muslims ( bn, বাঙালি মুসলমান; ) are adherents of Islam who ethnically, linguistically and genealogically identify as Bengalis. Comprising about two-thirds of the global Bengali population, they are the sec ...

family in Kanchana, Satkania, Chittagong District. In 1959, he graduated from Dhaka University with a first class honours

Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Th ...

in History. He gained his

Doctor of Philosophy A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...

degree from the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ...

in 1964. In 1967, Serajuddin became a qualified

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from the Lincoln's Inn of London.

Career

Serajuddin returned to Chittagong in the Seventies, where he served as a faculty member of the Department of History at the

. He finished his

post-doctoral degree A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' l ...

at the University of London in 1974. In 2012, he was made Professor Emeritus of the same university.

References

Living people People from Satkania Upazila Vice-Chancellors of the University of Chittagong Recipients of the Ekushey Padak University of Chittagong faculty Honorary Fellows of Bangla Academy 1937 births 21st-century Bengalis 21st-century Bangladeshi people 21st-century Muslims Bangladeshi Sunni Muslims Alumni of the University of London University of Dhaka alumni Lincoln's Inn {{Bangladesh-academic-bio-stub