Lutfor Rahman - Revision history

NikkiCortoos: updated with biography Prof. Rahman sent himself

2009-08-10T14:25:39Z

updated with biography Prof. Rahman sent himself

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	~~In March 2007 Prof.~~ Lutfor Rahman ~~became (~~and ~~still is)~~ Chairman and ~~Professor~~ in the ~~Department~~ of ~~Computer~~ Science and ~~Engineering~~ (~~CSE~~) ~~at the~~ [[~~Stamford University of~~ Bangladesh]] in [[~~Bangladesh~~]].		Lutfor Rahman is currently employed as Professor and Chairman of department of Electronics and Telecommunications at the [[People's University of Bangladesh]]. Before joining this university, he served as Vice-Chancellor of [http://www.pustbogra.com/ Pundra University of Science and Technology] in Bogra and Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Science and Technology Chittagong (USTC), [[Bangladesh]]. In his long career he has academic, industrial and research experience in Asia, Europe, America, Africa and Australia. He also served the United States Geological Survey (USGS) as Radio Communications Engineer and the Sanyo Electronics Co. ([[Japan]]) as Electronics Engineer in 80s. He started his career as lecturer in Physics in 1970.

			Mr. Rahman obtained M.Sc in Physics in 1969 and another Master degree in Applied Physics and Electronics in 1972 from the University of Rajshahi. He has 34 publications on science and technology applications and higher education. He attended 25 international events held at different universities of USA, Europe, Canada, Australia and Asian countries as a presenter or session chair. He has earned numerous awards and Fellowships from different universities and the organizations like CSC, UNESCO. TWAS, IDRC etc for his unique papers and presentations
			Professor Rahman is a board member of the Texas based ICTE (International Conference on Technology in Education) held in alternative years in USA, Europe and Africa. He is also the member of URSI at Ghent, Belgium, and ICT coordinator of the Commonwealth Science Council (CSC) based in London, UK. He participated in numerous training programmes on technology and higher education.

	~~From 2001 until 2007, Rahman~~ was ~~Founder Vice~~-~~Chancellor of~~ the ~~[http://www~~.~~pustbogra.com/ Pundra University~~ of Science & Technology~~] (PUST) of Bogra. (PUST was formerly known as A.A.IT University~~). He is also the ~~former Pro~~-~~Vice-Chancellor~~ of the ~~University~~ of Science and ~~Technology Chittagong (USTC) (1999-2000)~~.		He was born in a remote village- Ikrail in Bangladesh in 1949 where education at that time was almost impossible. He has established community primary, general education school and Technical (Vocational) school in his birthplace that has brought tremendous change in the community. He is the founder of the schools where he has established ISTI (Indigenous Science and Technology at Ikrail) Resource Centre to solve all pervasive problems in the community using his designed technology. He is also founder and Chief Executive of the Association for Advancement of Information Technology (AAIT) -NGO established in 1997 under auspices of the CSC and the ministry of Science and ICT, government of Bangladesh.

	~~Furthermore, he was the Coordinator of ICT Development Programs for the senior women scientists, researchers and technologists in~~ the ~~Commonwealth countries including Bangladesh under sponsorship~~ of ~~the Commonwealth Science Council~~ (~~CSC~~), ~~Commonwealth Secretariat, London, [[UK]] in cooperation of the Ministry of Science and ICT, Govt. of Bangladesh, using the Association for Advancement~~ of ~~Information Technology (AAIT) as the local platform~~ in ~~Dhaka.~~		Prof. Rahman is the husband of Laila Noor (M.Ed), teacher of education in physical science and he is the father three kids. They are Mr. Shahriar (Engineer), Ms. Nusrat Rahman (Ph.D student at Maryland State University on Bio-Informatics) and Ms. Ishrat (science student at Holy Cross College, Dhaka).

	~~Other roles: Executive Director of The Association for Advancement of Information Technology (AAIT), adviser to the Digital Village Development Organization (DVDO)~~ and he ~~was awarded with a Fellowship from~~ the ~~Commonwealth Science Council (CSC)~~.


	~~Regularly his articles~~ are ~~published such as [http://www~~.~~thedailystar~~.~~net/newDesign/news-details~~.~~php?nid=95713 Resisting e~~-~~governance] from July 2009~~ and ~~[http://www~~.~~thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2009/04/24/64669.html Digital University~~ at ~~Gopalganj] from April 2009.~~


	~~More information can be found on the blogs http://lutforbd.blogspot.com/ and http://www.lrahman.blogspot~~.~~com/~~

NikkiCortoos: added reference to IAC

2009-08-10T11:58:10Z

added reference to IAC

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	In March 2007 Prof. Lutfor Rahman became (and still is) Chairman and Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at the [~~http://www.stamforduniversity.info~~ Stamford University of Bangladesh] in [[Bangladesh]].		In March 2007 Prof. Lutfor Rahman became (and still is) Chairman and Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at the [[Stamford University of Bangladesh]] in [[Bangladesh]].


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	More information can be found on the blogs http://lutforbd.blogspot.com/ and http://www.lrahman.blogspot.com/		More information can be found on the blogs http://lutforbd.blogspot.com/ and http://www.lrahman.blogspot.com/


			He is also a member of the Re.ViCa [[IAC\| International Advisory Committee (IAC)]].


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NikkiCortoos: added profile

2009-08-03T13:49:59Z

added profile

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In March 2007 Prof. Lutfor Rahman became (and still is) Chairman and Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at the [http://www.stamforduniversity.info Stamford University of Bangladesh] in [[Bangladesh]].

From 2001 until 2007, Rahman was Founder Vice-Chancellor of the [http://www.pustbogra.com/ Pundra University of Science & Technology] (PUST) of Bogra. (PUST was formerly known as A.A.IT University). He is also the former Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Science and Technology Chittagong (USTC) (1999-2000).

Furthermore, he was the Coordinator of ICT Development Programs for the senior women scientists, researchers and technologists in the Commonwealth countries including Bangladesh under sponsorship of the Commonwealth Science Council (CSC), Commonwealth Secretariat, London, [[UK]] in cooperation of the Ministry of Science and ICT, Govt. of Bangladesh, using the Association for Advancement of Information Technology (AAIT) as the local platform in Dhaka.

Other roles: Executive Director of The Association for Advancement of Information Technology (AAIT), adviser to the Digital Village Development Organization (DVDO) and he was awarded with a Fellowship from the Commonwealth Science Council (CSC).

Regularly his articles are published such as [http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=95713 Resisting e-governance] from July 2009 and [http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2009/04/24/64669.html Digital University at Gopalganj] from April 2009.

More information can be found on the blogs http://lutforbd.blogspot.com/ and http://www.lrahman.blogspot.com/

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