Prof Dr Md Alimul Islam, a professor of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), has been appointed as 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 faculty member at Microbiology and Hygiene department of the 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.