Ali Akbar | |
Office: | 23rd Vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Agricultural University |
Term Start: | 24 May 2015 |
Term End: | 23 May 2019 |
Predecessor: | Rafiqul Haque |
Successor: | Lutful Hassan[1] |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Occupation: | university academic, professor |
Birth Date: | 10 March 1952 |
Birth Place: | Bogra District, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan |
Alma Mater: | Bangladesh Agricultural University University of Aberdeen |
Ali Akbar (born 10 March 1952) is a Bangladeshi academic. He is the former vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU).[2]
Akbar earned his bachelor's and master's from the Animal Husbandry Faculty at BAU in 1975 and 1977 respectively. He then joined as a lecturer in Animal Nutrition Department in 1977. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Aberdeen. He was promoted to a professor in 1993.[3]
Upon the resignation of Rafiqul Haque, the previous vice-chancellor of BAU, Akbar was appointed to the position on 25 May 2015 for a four-year term.[4]