A. Q. M. Mahbub

Dr. Hossain Shekhar
4th Vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University
In office
30 October 2024 – 30 October 2028
Preceded byKhondoker Md Nasiruddin
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi
EducationPhD[1]
Alma mater
OccupationAcademic

'Dr. Hossain Shekhar is a Bangladeshi academic and former vice-chancellor of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University. He is a former professor of the Department of Geography and the Environment at University of Dhaka.

He works on the themes of environment, population mobility and urban planning.[2]

Biography

Mahbub completed his BSc in 1975 and MSc in 1976 at the University of Dhaka.[3][4] Two years later, he joined the faculty there as a lecturer in the Department of Geography.[3][5]

He received his PhD in 1986 from University of Canterbury in New Zealand, for his dissertation Population Mobility in Rural Bangladesh: The Circulation of Working People.[3][4][6] Thereafter he continued to teach at the University of Dhaka, and became full professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment in 1997.[3]

After retirement from the University of Dhaka, he was appointed as the vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University (BSMRSTU), Gopalganj in 2020.[5]

In February 2022, Mahbub joined BSMRSTU teachers and students in demonstrating against the gang rape of a student.[7] He was injured when protestors were attacked by alleged members of the Bangladesh Chatra League.[8][9] After four days of protests, the academic council, chaired by Mahbub, suspended classes for three days.[10]

Publications

  • Mahbub, A. Q. M. (1983). Population mobility in rural Bangladesh: The circulation of working people (PhD). University of Canterbury. doi:10.26021/7442.
  • Mahbub, A. Q. M (1997). Mobility behaviour of working people in Bangladesh: rural-rural and rural-urban circulation. Urban Studies Programme, Dept. of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka. ISBN 978-984-510-012-0. OCLC 40142751.
  • Angeles, Gustavo; Lance, Peter; Barden-O'Fallon, Janine; Islam, Nazrul; Mahbub, AQM; Nazem, Nurul Islam (8 June 2009). "The 2005 census and mapping of slums in Bangladesh: design, select results and application". International Journal of Health Geographics. 8 (1): 32. doi:10.1186/1476-072X-8-32. ISSN 1476-072X. PMC 2701942. PMID 19505333.
  • Mahmood, Riffat; Mahbub, A. Q. M. (2018). "Building Vulnerable Islander Resilience to Natural Hazard: A Participatory Approach". Handbook of Climate Change Resilience. Springer. pp. 1–30. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-71025-9_107-1. ISBN 978-3-319-71025-9. S2CID 134986489.

References

  1. ^ "Prof AQM Mahbub new VC of BSMRSTU". Samakal. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Unhealthy, uneven urbanisation". The Daily Star. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "Dr. A. Q. M. Mahbub". Department of Geography and Environment. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Prof AQM Mahbub appointed BSMRSTU VC". The Daily Star. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Dr Mahbub becomes new VC of BSMRSTU". The Asian Age. Bangladesh. 4 September 2020.
  6. ^ Mahbub, A. (1986). Population mobility in rural Bangladesh: The circulation of working people (Doctoral thesis). UC Research Repository, University of Canterbury. doi:10.26021/7442. hdl:10092/4378.
  7. ^ "6 arrested over gang-rape of Gopalganj student". The Daily Star. 26 February 2022.
  8. ^ Saha, Manoj (15 December 2022). "Four held in Khulna over gang rape of woman". Dhaka Tribune.
  9. ^ "Six arrested as protests on". New Age. 26 February 2022.
  10. ^ Saha, Manoj (28 February 2022). "Gang-rape of student: Gopalganj university students announce new agitations". Dhaka Tribune.


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