Wahiduddin Ahmed

Wahiduddin Ahmed (1 January 1923 – 3 November 2018)[1] was a Bangladeshi academic.[2] He served as the 3rd vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.[3][4] He had been a Fellow of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences since 1975.[5] He was born on January 1, 1923, in Pachani Village of Mohanpur Union of Matlab Uttar Upazila in Chandpur.[6]

Wahiduddin Ahmed
3rd Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
In office
25 April 1975 – 24 April 1983
Preceded byMohammed Abu Naser
Succeeded byAbdul Matin Patwari
Personal details
Born(1921-08-16)16 August 1921
Matlab Uttar, Chandpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died3 November 2018(2018-11-03) (aged 95)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Resting placeMatlab, Chandpur
NationalityBangladeshi
EducationPh.D. (civil engineering)
Alma mater
Occupationuniversity academic, professor

Education

Ahmed passed matriculation examination from Nunshiganj High School in Comilla in 1939 and intermediate examination from Jagannath Intermediate College in Dhaka in 1941. He earned his two bachelor's degrees from the University of Dhaka in 1943 and from M. V. Aligarh University in 1947. He obtained his master's from the University of California Berkeley in 1950 and Ph.D. from University of Wales in 1962.[2]

Career

Ahmed joined as an assistant professor in Ahsanullah Engineering College (later became Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)) in 1951. He joined as the first principal of Chittagong Engineering College in 1967 and the director of Technical Education in 1972.[1]

Ahmed served as the vice-chancellor of BUET from April 1975 to April 1983.[2] From 1986 to 1992, he was the vice chairman of Council of BITs.[1] In December 1990, he was appointed an adviser to the interim government led by the then president Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed.[1]

References
  1. "Prof Wahiduddin passes away". The Daily Star. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  2. "Professor Dr. Wahiduddin Ahmed". buet.ac.bd. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  3. "Celebrating 60 Years of EEB 2007 (1947-2007)". buet.ac.bd. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  4. "BUET Alumni Association Reunion 2010 Held at BUET". buet.ac.bd. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  5. "List of Fellow". Bangladesh Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 15 April 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  6. তত্ত্বাবধায়ক সরকারের সাবেক উপদেষ্টা ড.ওয়াহিদ উদ্দিন আহমেদ. Bangladesh Khabor. 4 November 2018. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018.
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