Md. Shahidur Rashid Bhuiyan

Bhuiyan was born in 1956 in Belabo Upazila, Narsingdi District in the then East Pakistan.^[6] He completed his undergrad in agriculture at the Bangladesh Agricultural University in 1978.^[6] He completed his masters on genetics and plant breeding at the same university in 1979.^[6]

Bhuiyan joined the Bangladesh Agricultural Institute (later Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University) in 1983 as a lecturer.^[7] Bangla Academy published his book on plant breeding in 1992.^[7]

In 2009, Bhuiyan wrote Genetically Modified Foshol Bartaman O Bhobishshot, one of the few books on Genetically modified organism food production in Bengali.^[8] He wrote PushpaKotha" (Flowers Fable) on flowers.^[9]

In July 2012, Bhuiyan was appointed pro vice-chancellor of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University under vice-chancellor Mohammad Shadat Ullah.^[10] He published a book on food nutrition, Khadda O Pushti Bhabna, in 2014.^[11] From 2017 to 2018, he was a managing committee member of the Plant Breeding and Genetics Society of Bangladesh.^[12]

Bhuiyan was appointed the vice-chancellor of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in November 2020.^[6] He replaced Kamal Uddin Ahmed who retired in August.^[13][14] The Agriculture and Engineering Technology Development Society of Kashmir awarded him the Life Time Achievement Award in 2023.^[15] He is the president of Bangladesh Biology Olympiad.^[7]