Mohammad Shorif Uddin () is a Bangladeshi academic serving as the Vice-Chancellor of

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 ...

since May 16, 2024. He was appointed by the

President of Bangladesh President of Bangladesh (POB), officially the President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is the head of state of Bangladesh and commander-in-chief of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The role of the president has changed three times since ...

Mohammed Shahabuddin Mohammed Shahabuddin (born 10 December 1949) is a Bangladeshi jurist, journalist, civil servant and politician who has served as the 16th and current president of Bangladesh since 2023. He was elected unopposed in the 2023 Bangladeshi president ...

, on March 28, 2024, for a four-year term.

Biography

Shorif Uddin completed his undergraduate studies in

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

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 ...

in 1991. He earned a Master's in Technology Education from

Shiga University or is a Japanese national university, national university in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, with campuses in the cities of Ōtsu, Shiga, Ōtsu and Hikone, Shiga, Hikone. Founded in 1874, it was chartered as a university in 1949. Faculties & Gradua ...

, Japan, and a PhD in engineering from

Kyoto Institute of Technology is a national university established in 1949 in Kyoto, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and ext ...

in 2002.

Career

He began his career as a lecturer at Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology in 1991. In 1992, he joined the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at

Jahangirnagar University Jahangirnagar University (, abbreviated as JU; initially started as Jahangirnagar Muslim University; ) is a fully residential public university, public research university located in Savar Upazila, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in ...

, where he held positions such as department chairman and head of the engineering and ICT cells. Shorif Uddin was appointed Vice-Chancellor of Green University of Bangladesh on March 28, 2024, and took office on May 16, 2024.

References

{{Reflist Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Bangladeshi educators Vice-chancellors of Green University of Bangladesh Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology alumni Shiga University alumni