A pioneer of Electronics and Computer education and research in Bangladesh, Professor M. Lutfar Rahman is the Vice Chancellor of Daffodil International University (DIU), Dhaka. Previously Dr. Rahman served DIU as the Vice Chancellor (2011-2015) and then as Emeritus Professor from 2015. He was the founding Vice-Chancellor of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Bangladesh (2008-2009) and the founding Chairman of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Dhaka.
Prof. Rahman served as chairman and member of numerous committees related to education, research, and technology and received awards and prizes from Bangladesh and abroad. He served as President of the Bangladesh Electronics Society (now Bangladesh Electronics and Informatics Society) from 2010 to 2017.
Dr. Rahman, having teaching and research experience in Bangladesh and abroad, obtained B.Sc. (Hons) and M.Sc. in Physics from Rajshahi University, Bangladesh and M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from Loughborough University, England. He has over 200 research papers and numerous scientific and technical articles to his credit. He is the author, editor, and co-author of seventeen books on electronics, computer, and electronic communications.
| PERSONAL BACKGROUND: | ||
| Name | : |
Professor Dr. M. Lutfar Rahman |
| Father's Name | : | Fahim Uddin Ahmed |
| Mother's Name | : | Begum Mosiron Nesa |
| Mailing Address | : |
Flat A-3, House 34, Road 4, Dhanmondi, Dhaka |
| Date of Birth | : | November 30, 1944 |
| Place of Birth | : | Rangpur, Bangladesh |
| Nationality | : | Bangladeshi |
| Marital Status | Married with one daughter | |
| Fax | : |
+8802224441835 |
| : | vc@daffodilvarsity.edu.bd | |
| Present Position | : |
Vice-Chancellor |
EMPLOYMENT RECORDS
| Position | Organization | Duration |
| Vice-Chancellor | Daffodil International University | 11 July 2021 to Continue |
| Emaritus Processor | Daffodil International University | August 2015 to Continue |
| Vice-Chancellor | Daffodil International University | 20 April 2011 to 22 July 2015 |
| Professor (L.P.R.) | Dept of Computer Science and Eng, University of Dhaka | 30 June 2010 to 19April 2011 |
| Professor | Dept of Computer Science & Eng (previously Computer Science), University of Dhaka | May 2009 to 30 June 2010 |
| Founder Vice Chancellor | Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur | October 2008 to May 2009 |
| Professor | Dept. of Computer Science, Independent University Bangladesh, Dhaka (on leave from Dhaka Univ) | 12 May 2002 to 11 May 2004 |
| Professor | Dept of Computer Science, University of Dhaka | December 1999 to May 2004 |
| Director and Professor | Director, Computer Centre (now Institute of Information Technology) and Professor, Dept of Computer Science, University of Dhaka | July 1995 to November 1999 |
| Professor and Founder Chairman | Dept of Computer Science, University of Dhaka, Dhaka | July 1994 to August 1995 |
| Founder Chairman & Associate Prof. | Dept of Computer Science, University of Dhaka | September 1992 to July 1994 |
| Associate Professor | Dept of Applied Physics and Electronics, University of Dhaka | 1987 to August 1992 |
| Assistant Professor | Dept of Applied Physics and Electronics, University of Dhaka | 1984 to 1987 |
| Lecturer | Computer Dept, Higher Institute of Electronics, Beniwalid, Libya | 1977 to 1984 |
| Senior Scientific Officer | Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka | 1976 to 1977 |
| Scientific Officer | Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka | 1967 to 1976 |