Syed Humayun Akhter
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 and former Provost of Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah Hall at the University of Dhaka.[4] He is a seismologist and established Dhaka University Earth Observatory (DUEO) at the University of Dhaka.[5][6][7] Early lifeAkhter 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] CareerAkhter 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
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