Professor Dr. Yousuf Mahbubul Islam

Honorable Vice Chancellor, Daffodil International University

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Educational Background: Winner of a number of awards, most of Professor Islam’s education was in UK. As a Commonwealth Scholarship holder, Professor Islam completed his PhD in Engineering from Strathclyde University, Glasgow in 1988. He was recipient of a David Livingstone award as well as a Charles Wallace award during his PhD research. Having stood first in his Master’s class he was recommended for an automatic transfer to the PhD program at Strathclyde University. He completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh in 1978 with 100% marks for his software project. To give a solid theoretical foundation to his existing teaching skills, he did a second Master’s in Instructional Design Technology from Open University Malaysia (OUM) completed in 2010 where his thesis pioneered a blended teaching model that combines the best of face-to-face teaching with e-Learning support that promotes deep reflection amongst learners. His work landed him with an adjunct professorship at OUM where he has been teaching Human Performance Technology (HPT) – a modern and complex subject.

Family Background: Professor Islam belongs to a family of academicians. His paternal grandfather Late Moulvi Serajul Islam was Professor at Rajshahi College from 1922 to 1947 and then till 1954 Professor at Chittagong College. Recipient of many awards, his father Professor Dr Ahmad Shamsul Islam guided more than 17 PhDs at the Department of Botany, Dhaka University, and established a two international journals and authored two books on Genetics that are used as textbooks. He was awarded the Curie Memorial Award in 1954 for his outstanding PhD research that developed “seedless strawberries” and was honored by the honorable Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury during 2014 for initiating the work on the Jute Genome project. On the maternal side his grandfather Late Md. Sakhawat Hossain was the Founder President of Dhaka Chambers of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) and a Founder Member of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). His sister Dr Zeba Islam Seraj is Professor of Biochemistry who has a number of articles in peer reviewed journals to her credit, of which the article covering a salt resistant variety of rice is one.
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Achievements

  • Research & Publication

    Professor Islam won a number of foreign funded projects for his innovative work. Through two projects each worth 900,000 Swedish Krona from SPIDER (2007 – 2009), an affiliate of SIDA, Professor Islam developed an innovative
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  • Award & Scholarship

    Professor Islam was recipient of a David Livingstone award as well as a Charles Wallace award during his PhD research. Having stood first in his Master’s class he was recommended for an automatic transfer to the PhD program...
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  • Educational Qualification

    Winner of a number of awards, most of Professor Islam’s education was in UK. As a Commonwealth Scholarship holder, Professor Islam completed his PhD in Engineering from Strathclyde University, Glasgow in 1988.
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  • Previous Employment

    Professor Islam held a number of top academic positions where his contributions stand out distinctly. As the Founding Vice Chancellor of Metropolitan University (MU), Sylhet he introduced a one-month English Camp
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