Syed Humayun Akhter is a Bangladeshi academic, earthquake researcher, and former vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Open University.[1][2][3] He is the former chairman of the Department of Geology at the University of Dhaka.[4] He is an seismologists who was the chief superintendent of earthquake research at the University of Dhaka.[5][6][7]
Early life
editAkhter was born on 26 February 1955 in Kushtia District, East Pakistan, Pakistan.[8] His father, Syed Abu Akhter Fazley Rob, was the president of the Bangladesh Medical Association- Kushtia, and his mother was Shahana Khatun.[8] He completed his SSC from Mohini Mohan Vidyapith, Kushtia and HSC from Kushtia Government College in 1970 and 1972 respectively.[8] He did his bachelor's degree and masters in geology at the University of Dhaka in 1975 and 1976 respectively.[8] He completed his PhD at IIT Kharagpur.[9]
Career
editAkhter started working at Prokaushali Sangsad Limited in 1979 and later worked at the National Museum of Bangladesh.[8] He joined the University of Dhaka in 1987 as a lecturer in the Department of Geology.[9] He worked with Columbia University to install a seismometer in Chittagong in 2007 nearly two decades after the last one stopped working.[10]
From July 2013 to June 2016, Akhter was the chairman of the Department of Geology at the University of Dhaka.[9] He was the provost of Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah Hall.[11]
In June 2021, Akhter was appointed the vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Open University.[9] He oversaw the Bangladesh Open University signing an agreement with the Columbia University to cooperate in climate change research.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Bangladesh Open University (BOU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Syed Humayun Akhter along with others inspects an exam centre of SSC-2021 batch under the university at a center in the capital on Friday". Daily Sun. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Seismograph at PSTU inoperative since opening 2 years ago". The Daily Star. 16 August 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ Akhter, Shahin (3 September 2024). "Forced resignation goes on defying govt order". New Age. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ Nowshin, Nahela (29 April 2015). "'Dhaka is one of the riskiest cities for earthquakes in the world'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Earthquake: Least prepared as spectre of the big one looms". The Daily Star. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "PSTU seismograph fails to read Sunday's earthquake". The Daily Star. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Bangladesh at high quake risk for its geographic location". The Daily Star. 9 April 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "বাংলাদেশ উন্মুক্ত বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়". bou.portal.gov.bd. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Home :: Dhaka University". www.du.ac.bd. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Seismometer installed 19yrs after lone one bogged down". The Daily Star. 13 February 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Dr Humayun Akhter new VC of Open University". The Daily Star. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "BOU signs MoU with Columbia Univ on climate education, research". New Age. Retrieved 28 January 2024.