Golam Samdani Fakir () is a Bangladeshi academic. He is serving as the Vice Chancellor of the

Green University of Bangladesh Green University of Bangladesh (GUB) () is a private university in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It offers BSc in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), BSc in Textile Engineering, Bachelor of Business A ...

from 2013 to 2023.

Biography

Ghulam Samdani was born in 1952 to a Muslim family in

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. His father, Ataur Rahman Fakir, and his mother Rabeya Khatun Fakir. Ghulam Samdani has one child. Ghulam Samdani received his honours degree in 1973 and master's degree in 1976 from the Department of Economics in

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public university, public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The University of Dhaka w ...

. Then he received his PhD in Industrial Economics in

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. In 1984, Samdani joined BRAC as a Senior Research Economist. Later, from 1997 to 2006, he served as director of the training department of the same institution and the academic head of the postgraduate diploma program in NGO management and leadership at BRAC University. Samdani Fakir worked as a 'Visiting Professor' at the SIT Graduate Institute in the US from 2006 to 2009. He served as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of

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from 2009 to 2012. He joined as vice-chancellor of The Green University of Bangladesh on May 16, 2013, and was later re-appointed after the end of his first term in 2017. For his contribution to the field of education, Ghulam Samdani Fakir received the 'Global Award' given by the World Education Congress of India, ''Award for Excellence in Human Resource Development'', ''Award for Excellence in Human Resource Development'', ''George Harrison Award-2016'' of the Freelance Journalist Association of Bangladesh, ''Gold Medal by Atish Dipankar Smriti Parishad-2016'' and lifetime achievement by Bangladesh Organization for Learning and Development (BOLD).

References

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