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Bangladeshi academic From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Md. Shahidur Rashid Bhuiyan (born 1956) is a Bangladeshi academic and a former Vice-chancellor of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University served during 2020–2024.[1][2] He was a professor of the Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding.[3][4][5]
Md. Shahidur Rashid Bhuiyan | |
|---|---|
শহীদুর রশীদ ভূঁইয়া | |
Bhuiyan in 2022 | |
| Vice-chancellor of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University | |
| In office 17 November 2020 – 7 August 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Kamal Uddin Ahmed |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1956 (age 67–68) Narsingdi, East Pakistan, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Alma mater | Bangladesh Agricultural University |
Bhuiyan was born in 1956 in Belabo Upazila, Narsingdi District in the then East Pakistan.[6] He completed his undergrad in agriculture at the Bangladesh Agricultural University in 1978.[6] He completed his masters on genetics and plant breeding at the same university in 1979.[6]
Bhuiyan joined the Bangladesh Agricultural Institute (later Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University) in 1983 as a lecturer.[7] Bangla Academy published his book on plant breeding in 1992.[7]
In 2009, Bhuiyan wrote Genetically Modified Foshol Bartaman O Bhobishshot, one of the few books on Genetically modified organism food production in Bengali.[8] He wrote PushpaKotha" (Flowers Fable) on flowers.[9]
In July 2012, Bhuiyan was appointed pro vice-chancellor of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University under vice-chancellor Mohammad Shadat Ullah.[10] He published a book on food nutrition, Khadda O Pushti Bhabna, in 2014.[11] From 2017 to 2018, he was a managing committee member of the Plant Breeding and Genetics Society of Bangladesh.[12]
Bhuiyan was appointed the vice-chancellor of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in November 2020.[6] He replaced Kamal Uddin Ahmed who retired in August.[13][14] The Agriculture and Engineering Technology Development Society of Kashmir awarded him the Life Time Achievement Award in 2023.[15] He is the president of Bangladesh Biology Olympiad.[7]
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