Bangladeshi academic
Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin
Serajuddin in 2016
In office 23 May 1988 – 29 December 1991Preceded by Mohammad Ali Succeeded by Rafiqul Islam Chowdhury
Born (1937-12-01 ) 1 December 1937 (age 87) Nationality Bangladeshi Alma mater University of Dhaka (MA), University of London (PhD)Occupation university academic, professor Awards Ekushey Padak
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]
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]
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