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Mohammad Rafiqul Alam

Bangladeshi academic

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ107214881 ↗
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Mohammad Rafiqul Alam is a Bangladeshi academic and former vice-chancellor of the Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology. He is the president of the Association of Universities of Bangladesh (Bangladesh Bishwabidyalaya Parishad).

Early life

Alam was born in 1958 in Mariam Nagar, Rangunia, Chittagong District, East Pakistan, Pakistan (now in Rangunia Upazila, Bangladesh). His father was Abdul Hossian and his mother was Khairunessa. He did his bachelor's degree in electrical and electronic engineering at the Chittagong Engineering College (now Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology) in 1979. He did his master's degree in engineering and his PhD.

Career

Alam joined the Chittagong Engineering College in 1982 as a lecturer. He was promoted to assistant professor in 1986.

Alam served as the dean of the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering. He is the president of the Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology Library Committee. Alam was promoted to associate professor in 2007.

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