Quazi Sazzad Hossain is a Bangladesh academic and Vice-Chancellor of

Khulna University of Engineering & Technology Khulna University of Engineering & Technology ( bn, খুলনা প্রকৌশল ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, ) commonly known as KUET (; bn, কুয়েট), formerly BIT, Khulna, is a ...

Early life

Hossain graduated from

Narail Government Victoria College Narail Government Victoria College is a public college in Narail district, Education in Bangladesh, Bangladesh. History Narail Victoria College was established in 1886 by Chandra Roy. The college was named after Queen Victoria of Britain. After th ...

, and

Universiti Sains Malaysia Universiti Sains Malaysia ( 'Science University of Malaysia'; abbreviated as USM) is a public research university in Malaysia. Founded on 1 June 1969 as a statutory body with its own constitution, it is among the oldest institutes of higher l ...

Career

Hossain was a professor of the civil engineering department of Khulna University of Engineering & Technology. On 13 August 2018, Hossain was appointed the Vice-Chancellor of the Khulna University of Engineering & Technology. He received three new buses for the university in 2019. In December 2020, the wife of his personal secretary, Saifullah Palash, was detained for allegedly taking bribes on the promise of providing jobs at Khulna University of Engineering & Technology. Hossain closed the Khulna University of Engineering & Technology in the first week of December 2021 after students and teachers were agitated over the death Professor Dr Mohammad Selim Hossain who died following harassment by

Bangladesh Chhatra League The Bangladesh Chhatra League ( bn, বাংলাদেশ ছাত্রলীগ; translation: Bangladesh Students' League; BSL), formerly known as the East Pakistan Student League, often simply called the Chhatra League, is a students' po ...

activists. In August 2022, Hossain signed an agreement with

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to establish an ICT academy at the Khulna University of Engineering & Technology.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hossain, Quazi Sazzad Living people People from Narail District Universiti Sains Malaysia alumni Bangladeshi civil engineers Bangladeshi academics Bangladeshi academic administrators Year of birth missing (living people) Academic staff of Khulna University of Engineering & Technology