Prof Alimul Islam made new SAU VC

Prof Dr Md Alimul Islam has been appointed as the new vice chancellor (VC) of Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU).

A notification, signed by Mst. Rokshana Begum, deputy secretary at scholarship and engineering universities section under the Ministry of Education, was issued in this regard on Thursday.

Dr Alimul, , a professor of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), has been appointed upon approval by the President and Chancellor of the university following section 10 (1) of the SAU Act-2006.

He completed graduation and post-graduation from Veterinary faculty of the BAU and did his PhD from the same university.

The microbiologist also earned his post-doctorate from the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Japan.

According to the university, he has 183 national and international scientific publications.

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