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Muhammad Badiul Alam (born 28 February 1949) is a
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academic who served as the 13th Vice Chancellor of the
University of Chittagong The University of Chittagong () also known as Chittagong University (CU), is a public research university located in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It was established on 18 November 1966. It is the fifth oldest university of Bangladesh. Having an area ...
.


Early life and education

Alam was born in Maheshkhali,
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district in 1949. He completed his
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at the Chittagong Government College and his M.A. in
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at the
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in 1969. He obtained a second M.A. in Political Science at the
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,
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in 1977. He did his Ph.D. in Political Science at the
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,
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in 1986. Alam served as Dean and Head of the Department of Political Science at the
University of Chittagong The University of Chittagong () also known as Chittagong University (CU), is a public research university located in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It was established on 18 November 1966. It is the fifth oldest university of Bangladesh. Having an area ...
and was the president of the Bangladesh Political Science Association.


Career

M. Badiul Alam began his academic career as a lecturer in Political Science at the
University of Chittagong The University of Chittagong () also known as Chittagong University (CU), is a public research university located in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It was established on 18 November 1966. It is the fifth oldest university of Bangladesh. Having an area ...
in 1971. He became Department Chairman in 1980 and was promoted to Professor in 1987. He was elected Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences in 1988 and was pro-vice-chancellor in 1991. In 2006, he was appointed Vice Chancellor of the University of Chittagong. During his tenure, During his tenure, he initiated efforts to integrate technology into education, incorporating new technologies in education in order to "survive in the competitive world". He was replaced by Dr. Yusuf Alam in 2009, before completing a four-year tenure. Alam was President of the Bangladesh Political Science Association from 1990 to 1992. He has served as Executive Editor of
Chittagong University The University of Chittagong () also known as Chittagong University (CU), is a public research university located in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It was established on 18 November 1966. It is the fifth oldest university of Bangladesh. Having an area ...
Studies, as member of the Editorial Board Member of Bangladesh Political Studies and of the Advisory Board of the Bangladesh Research Foundation Journal. In 1984, he was a Fellow at the International Centre for Asian Studies in Hong Kong. He had previously been a Visiting Fellow at the Indian Council of Social Science Research in New Delhi, India. His areas of study include governance in
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and
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, social change and development, comparative political systems, democracy and authoritarianism, and globalization.


2009 University of Chittagong Strike

In 2009, the
Bangladesh Chhatra League Bangladesh Chhatra League, simply Chhatra League (), is the student wing of the political party, Bangladesh Awami League, founded by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 4 January 1948. The organisation is banned and listed as a terrorist organisation in B ...
demanded Badiul's resignation as Vice-Chancellor, stating that the VC had ''"failed to ensure the co-existence of all student bodies and their security on campus''". BCL-affiliated students also charged him of patronizing
Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir, commonly known as Chhatrashibir or Shibir, is an Islamic student organisation in Bangladesh. It was established in 1977 as the successor to the East Pakistani faction of Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba colloquially known a ...
and of corruption, further declaring a two-day strike. Badiul termed the demands and accusations as "irrational" and that BCL had no right to demand his resignation. Following the disturbances, Badiul appointed new proctors to enforce disciplinary measures.


Awards and Accolades

Alam received a Gold Medal for Bangladesh in 2006 and an Order of International Ambassador (OIA) Medal in 2008 from the now-defunct vanity award publisher
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for his contributions to social and educational development in Bangladesh. The American Biographical Institute has been previously denounced as a scam organization that sells its awards.


Thesis, Dissertations and Publications

# M. Badiul Alam, "Democracy and Authoritarianism in New States: The Case of Bangladesh" Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis (New Delhi: Department of Political Science, University of Delhi (1985). # M. Badiul Alam. "The Concept of Non-Alignment: A Critical Analysis". World Affairs. Vol. 140, No. 2 (Fall 1977). # M. Badiul Alam. "Contemporary Ideas and Theories of Nationalism". The Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 41, No. 3 (September 1980)


References

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