Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin
Bangladeshi academic
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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 | |
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আলমগীর মোহাম্মদ সিরাজুদ্দীন | |
Serajuddin in 2016 | |
| Vice-Chancellor of University of Chittagong | |
| In office 23 May 1988 – 29 December 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Ali |
| Succeeded by | Rafiqul Islam Chowdhury |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 December 1937 |
| University of Dhaka (MA), University of London (PhD) | |
| Occupation | university academic, professor |
Awards | Ekushey 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]
