M. Rostom Ali
Bangladeshi academic
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Rostom Ali is a Bangladeshi academic and former vice-chancellor of Pabna University of Science & Technology.[1][2] He is a former professor of the Department of applied chemistry and engineering at the University of Rajshahi.[3]
Early life
Ali was born on 16 March 1960 in Pabna District, East Pakistan, Pakistan.[4] He studied at Natia Bari Govt. Primary School.[4] He graduated from Rajshahi Collegiate School and Ishwardi Government College in 1973 and 1976 respectively.[4] He completed his bachelor's degree and masters in chemistry at the University of Rajshahi in 1982 and 1983 respectively.[4] He did his PhD at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.[4]
Career
Ali joined the Bangladesh Institute of Technology, Chittagong as a lecturer of chemistry.[4] He joined the University of Rajshahi in 1989.[4] He was promoted to assistant professor in 1992.[4]
In April 2010, Ali was elected to the Rajshahi University Teachers' Association from the pro-Awami League yellow panel.[5]
In March 2018, Ali was appointed the vice-chancellor of Pabna University of Science & Technology replacing Professor Dr. Al-Nakib Chowdhury.[3]
In October 2019, students at Pabna University of Science & Technology demanded Ali resign following allegations of taking bribes from candidates for faculty positions at the university.[6][7] Students of the university wanted the vice-chancellor removed from the university.[8]
In January 2022, chairman of the mathematics department, Harunur Rashid, was assaulted when he tried to enter a recruitment meeting of his department.[9] Rashid blamed Ali for the incident.[9] In February 2022, he was confined in his office by students for four hours over allegations of irregularities in recruitment of 101 people.[10][11] He was freed by Bangladesh Police.[11] He was accused of mismanagement in the recruitment by faculty staff of the university.[12] In March 2022, he was summoned to a Pabna District Court in a defamation case filed by Awal Kabir Joy, proctor of Pabna University of Science & Technology.[13][14]
Personal life
Ali is married Sharmeen Ali.[4]