Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin

Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin is a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 8th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chittagong.[1] In 2017, he was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in the education category.[2]

Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin
আলমগীর মোহাম্মদ সিরাজুদ্দীন
Serajuddin in 2016
Vice-Chancellor of University of Chittagong
In office
23 May 1988 – 29 December 1991
Preceded byMohammad Ali
Succeeded byRafiqul Islam Chowdhury
Personal details
Born (1937-12-01) December 1, 1937
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka (MA), University of London (PhD)
Occupationuniversity academic, professor
AwardsEkushey Padak

Early life and education

Serajuddin was born on 1 December 1937 to a Bengali Muslim family in Kanchana, Satkania, Chittagong District. In 1959, he graduated from Dhaka University with a first class honours Master of Arts in History. He gained his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of London in 1964. In 1967, Serajuddin became a qualified barrister-at-Law from the Lincoln's Inn of London.[3]

Career

Serajuddin returned to Chittagong in the Seventies, where he served as a faculty member of the Department of History at the University of Chittagong. He finished his post-doctoral degree at the University of London in 1974. In 2012, he was made Professor Emeritus of the same university.[4]

References
  1. "Ex-Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin". University of Chittagong. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  2. "17 named for Ekushey Padak 2017". The Daily Star. February 12, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  3. "স্বীকৃতি পেয়ে তাঁরা". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 15 February 2017.
  4. "Dr Alamgir made Prof Emeritus of CU". The Daily Star. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
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