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Hafiza Khatun
হাফিজা খাতুন
Khatun in 2020
Vice-chancellor of the Pabna University of Science and Technology
In office
13 April 2022 – 14 August 2024
Preceded byM. Rostom Ali
Personal details
Born (1954-07-12) 12 July 1954 (age 70)
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma mater

Hafiza Khatun (born 12 July 1954) is a Bangladeshi academic and a former vice-chancellor of the Pabna University of Science and Technology. She is a professor and former chairperson of the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Dhaka. She is a member of the University Grants Commission.

Early life

Khatun was born on 12 July 1954. She graduated from Kamrunnessa Government Girls High School and Begum Badrunnesa Government Girls' College in 1969 and 1972 respectively. She completed her bachelor's and master's in geography at the University of Dhaka in 1976 and 1977 respectively. She completed another masters in geography at the University of Alberta. She completed her PhD in 1998 at the University of Dhaka.

Career

Khatun joined the University of Dhaka in 1986 as a lecturer. She was promoted to assistant professor in 1989. She was promoted to associate professor in 1993. She was promoted to full professor in 2000.

Khatun wrote Dhakaiyas On the Move in 2003 which examines the migration of residents of Old Dhaka.

Khatun is a director of the Center for Disaster Research Training & Management at the University of Dhaka. She wrote the Environment and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh in 2018. She wrote Disaster and Despair People at Risk in 2019.

Khatun was appointed the vice-chancellor of the Pabna University of Science & Technology in April 2022. She is the first woman to be appointed vice-chancellor of the Pabna University of Science & Technology. She donated a dinosaur bone to the Bangladesh National Museum.

In February 2024, Khatun was elected vice-president of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. She is a member of the Bangladesh Regional Science Association.

References

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  4. "Prof Aftab, Prof Sachchidananda get UGC professorship". New Age. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Curriculum Vitae of Professor Hafiza Khatun, Ph.D." (PDF). Pabna University of Science and Technology. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  6. Parveen, Shahnaz (28 July 2008). "Dhakaiyas drifting to new city". The Daily Star. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  7. Khatun, Hafiza (2003). Dhakaiyas on the Move. Academic Press and Publishers. ISBN 978-984-08-0180-0.
  8. "DPPC Outreach to Bangladesh | Disaster Preparedness & Prevention Centre (DPPC)". 3 March 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  9. Khatun, Hafiza (2018). Environment and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh: Geographical Perspectives. Department of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka. ISBN 978-984-34-4310-6.
  10. Khatun, Hafiza (2019). Disaster and Despair: People at Risk. Disaster Research Training and Management Centre (DRTMC), University of Dhaka. ISBN 978-984-34-4309-0.
  11. ^ "Appointment of first female Vice Chancellor of PUST". Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  12. Khandaker, Md Emroz (1 August 2022). "National Museum collects 70,000-year-old dinosaur fossils from Pust VC". Dhaka Tribune.
  13. "Asiatic Society of Bangladesh gets new panel". New Age. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
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