Badiul Alam
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M. Badiul Alam | |
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| Vice Chancellor of the University of Chittagong | |
| In office 8 February 2006 – 24 February 2009 | |
| Preceded by | A J M Nuruddin Chowdhury |
| Succeeded by | Abu Yusuf |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 February 1949 North Nolbila, Maheshkhali, Cox's Bazar, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Education | PhD |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | University academic administrator |
M. Badiul Alam (born 28 February 1949) is a Bangladeshi academic who served as the 13th Vice Chancellor of the University of Chittagong.[1][2]
Early life and education
[edit]Alam was born in Maheshkhali, Cox's Bazar district in 1949. He completed his undergraduate degree at the Chittagong Government College and subsequently his M.A. in Political Science at the University of Dhaka in 1969. He later obtained a second M.A. in Political Science at the University of Waterloo, Canada in 1977. He did his Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Delhi, India in 1986.[3]
He served as the dean and head of the Department of Political Science at the University of Chittagong and was the president of the Bangladesh Political Science Association.[1]
Career
[edit]Badiul Alam began his academic career as a lecturer in Political Science at the University of Chittagong in 1971. He became chairman of the department in 1980 and was promoted to professor in 1987.
He was elected Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences in 1988 and served as pro-vice-chancellor in 1991. In 2006, he was appointed Vice Chancellor of the University of Chittagong. He later served as Vice Chancellor of the Royal University of Dhaka in 2011.[citation needed]
Alam was President of the Bangladesh Political Science Association from 1990 to 1992. He has served as Executive Editor of CChittagong University Studies and as an Editorial Board Member of Bangladesh Political Studies. He has also been affiliated with the International Centre for Asian Studies, Hong Kong, and the South Asian Studies Group, Delhi.[1]
He previously served as an Adjunct Faculty at Northern University, Dhaka University, and Chittagong Independent University. His areas of study include governance in South and Southeast Asia, social change and development, comparative political systems, democracy and authoritarianism and globalization.
Awards and accolades
[edit]Alam received a Gold Medal for Bangladesh in 2006 and an Order of International Ambassador (OIA) Medal in 2008 from the American Biographical Institute for his contributions to social and educational development in Bangladesh and services to the world society. [citation needed]
Books
[edit]- Innovations, Product Developments and Technology Transfers - An Empirical Study of Dynamic Competitive Advantage: Case of Electronic Calculators.
- Democracy and Authoritarianism.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Prof Badiul Alam takes over charge of CU VC". bdnews24.com. February 8, 2006. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ^ "Faculty Members". Chittagong Independent University.
- ^ "CV of Pro-Vice-Chancellor". University of Chittagong. Archived from the original on July 2, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
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