Date: 2024-09-12
Prof. Dr. Md. Ashraful Hoque, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Islamic university of Technology (IUT), joined the Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) as vice-chancellor on 5 September 2024. In compliance with his Excellency, the President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and also chancellor of the university and subsequently the letter from the Chairman, Board of Trustees, AUST and Acting President, Dhaka Ahsania Mission, appointed Prof. Dr. Md. Ashraful Hoque as AUST vice-chancellor for the next four years.
Prof. Dr. Md. Ashraful Hoque was born in Rangpur, a northern city in Bangladesh. He completed his Bachelor from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh in 1986 in the discipline of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He obtained his Masters and Ph.D degree in 1993 and in 1996, respectively, from Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada under CIDA scholarship program. He has an excellent academic background that states that he obtained first classes in all examinations with outstanding achievement in SSC (5th Position), HSC (1st Position) and excellent grade (Dean’s list) at Masters and Ph. D level from Canada. He joined as a Lecturer in Rajshahi University of Engineering 1986 and continued until 2006 as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor, respectively. Later in 2007, he joined as a Professor in the department of EEE at Islamic University of Technology. During his carrier, he worked in different administrative positions such as, Provost Female Hall of Residence, Head, the Research Extension, Advisory Services and Publications (REASP), Head of EEE department and Dean of the faculty of Engineering and Technology in IUT. In addition, he worked as the Chairman of different committees like Admission Committee, Internal Rules and Regulations Review Committee, Recruitment and Promotion Committee, many others at IUT. He also served as the Acting Pro Vice-Chancellor of IUT from November 2023 till 04 September 2024. He worked as an Expert member in the various selection Boards for the recruitment of faculty members of CUET, DUET, JUST. At present he is working as the expert member of Pabna University of Science and Technology, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur. He is also working as the expert technical member in the different committees of National University of Bangladesh. In his academic career, he supervised number of Masters and several Ph.D students. He also worked as the external member of number of Ph.D examination boards at BUET, RUET and KUET. He has published 100 papers including 41 International Journal papers and 59 conference Proceedings. He worked as the organizing chair, session chair, keynote speaker, paper reviewer, etc in various national & international seminars, workshops, conferences. His research interest is Power Converters and application of artificial intelligence in motor drives. He is also involved in the research of the applications of power electronics in renewable energy.
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