Md. Habibur Rahman is a Bangladeshi academic and a former vice-chancellor of

Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur (), commonly known as DUET, formerly BIT Dhaka, is a public engineering and technological research university in Gazipur, Bangladesh, which focuses on the study of engineering and architectur ...

. He is the former chairman of the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority. Additionally, he was a professor of

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology The Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology () commonly known by its acronym BUET, is a public technological research university in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. Founded in 1876 as the Dacca Survey School and gaining univer ...

Early life

Rahman completed his bachelor's and master's in engineering and civil engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1982 and 1984, respectively. He completed his PhD at the

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in 1989.

Career

S. M. Nazrul Islam, vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, created controversy the day he took office on August 30, 2010 as the vice-chancellor. He assigned, Kamal Ahammad, a non-statutory deputy registrar, in charge of the registrar as an additional duty. In April 2012, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Teachers Association launched agitation bringing 16 allegations against Islam and pro-vice-chancellor M Habibur Rahman. The association alleged that the appointment of Rahman to the post of Pro-VC was based solely on his political affiliations. On September 3, 2012, the students of BUET burnt effigies of Islam and Rahman on the campus demanding their resignation. In September 2012, Rahman was removed from the post of pro-vice chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology following protests by students and faculty members of the university. They were also demanding the removal of Vice Chancellor SM Nazrul Islam. Rahman was appointed chairman of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority in September 2016. He was appointed three years after Mohammad Rahmatullah left the post. He was a good friend of Taqsem A Khan, the managing director of Dhaka WASA, who received a good score from Rahman. He reappointed Khan multiple times to the post of managing director. He resigned before completing his term and was replaced by Gholam Mostofa who made accusations of corruption against Taqsem A Khan to the

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. Mostofa was replaced by Sujit Kumar Bala. Rahman was appointed the vice-chancellor of Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur in November 2020.

References

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