S. M. Nazrul Islam is a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 11th

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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 ...

(BUET).

Education

Islam earned his bachelor's from East Pakistan University of Engineering and Technology in 1969. He then joined in the Department of Mechanical Engineering as a Lecturer and later he completed his master's from BUET. He obtained his Ph.D. from

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Career

Islam was the Dean of Engineering of

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in Nigeria and a Professor of

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in Libya. He was the Head and Dean of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at BUET. Besides, he served as the Director of Directorate of Students Welfare (DSW) and Centre for Energy Studies. Islam was the President of Institute of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB). He served as the

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in late 1990s and

from 2010 until 2014.

Controversy

Islam stirred controversy the day he took office on August 30, 2010 as the vice-chancellor of BUET. He assigned, Kamal Ahammad, a non-statutory deputy registrar, in charge of the registrar as an additional duty. In April 2012, BUET Teachers Association launched agitation bringing 16 allegations against Islam and Pro-vice-chancellor M Habibur Rahman. The association alleged that the appointment of Rahman to the post of Pro-VC was based solely on his political affiliations. On September 3, 2012, the students of BUET burnt effigies of Islam and Rahman on the campus demanding their resignation. On September 10, the post of Pro-VC held by Rahman was removed by the

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and

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Zillur Rahman Mohammed Zillur Rahman (9 March 1929 – 20 March 2013) was the President of Bangladesh from 2009 to 2013. He was also a senior presidium member of the Awami League. He is the third president of Bangladesh, after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Ziau ...

References

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