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Bangladeshi academic

Syed Humayun Akhter is a Bangladeshi academic, earthquake researcher, and former vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Open University. He is the former chairman of the Department of Geology at the University of Dhaka. He is an seismologists who was the chief superintendent of earthquake research at the University of Dhaka.

Early life

Akhter was born on 26 February 1955 in Kushtia District, East Pakistan, Pakistan. His father, Syed Abu Akhter Fazley Rob, was the president of the Bangladesh Medical Association- Kushtia, and his mother was Shahana Khatun. He completed his SSC from Mohini Mohan Vidyapith, Kushtia and HSC from Kushtia Government College in 1970 and 1972 respectively. He did his bachelor's degree and masters in geology at the University of Dhaka in 1975 and 1976 respectively. He completed his PhD at IIT Kharagpur.

Career

Akhter started working at Prokaushali Sangsad Limited in 1979 and later worked at the National Museum of Bangladesh. He joined the University of Dhaka in 1987 as a lecturer in the Department of Geology. He worked with Columbia University to install a seismometer in Chittagong in 2007 nearly two decades after the last one stopped working.

From July 2013 to June 2016, Akhter was the chairman of the Department of Geology at the University of Dhaka. He was the provost of Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah Hall.

In June 2021, Akhter was appointed the vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Open University. He oversaw the Bangladesh Open University signing an agreement with the Columbia University to cooperate in climate change research.

References

  1. "Bangladesh Open University (BOU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Syed Humayun Akhter along with others inspects an exam centre of SSC-2021 batch under the university at a center in the capital on Friday". Daily Sun. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  2. "Seismograph at PSTU inoperative since opening 2 years ago". The Daily Star. 16 August 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  3. Akhter, Shahin (3 September 2024). "Forced resignation goes on defying govt order". New Age. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  4. Nowshin, Nahela (29 April 2015). "'Dhaka is one of the riskiest cities for earthquakes in the world'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  5. "Earthquake: Least prepared as spectre of the big one looms". The Daily Star. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  6. "PSTU seismograph fails to read Sunday's earthquake". The Daily Star. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  7. "Bangladesh at high quake risk for its geographic location". The Daily Star. 9 April 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  8. ^ "বাংলাদেশ উন্মুক্ত বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়". bou.portal.gov.bd. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Home :: Dhaka University". www.du.ac.bd. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  10. "Seismometer installed 19yrs after lone one bogged down". The Daily Star. 13 February 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  11. "Dr Humayun Akhter new VC of Open University". The Daily Star. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  12. "BOU signs MoU with Columbia Univ on climate education, research". New Age. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
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