A. S. M. A. Baten

A. S. M. A. Baten is a retired rear admiral of Bangladesh Navy and former vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University.^[1][2][3] He is the secretary general of the Bangladesh Ocean Going Ship Owners Association.^[4][5]

Early life

Baten graduated from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.^[6]

Career

In 2010, Baten was the Admin Authority of Dhaka Area Naval Command.^[7] He taught at the National Defence College.^[8] He was the President of the Disaster Management seminar organising committee, a joint seminar between Bangladesh Navy and Indian Ocean Naval Symposium.^[9]

Baten was appointed the first vice-chancellor of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University in January 2014.^[10] He was the chief guest at an event marking the 41 death anniversary of former President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the University in 2016.^[11] He led a delegation of the University to the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo and signed a memorandum between the two universities.^[12] Rear Admiral M Khaled Iqbal replaced him as the vice-chancellor of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University in February 2018.^[13]

Baten is the secretary general of the Bangladesh Ocean Going Ship Owners Association.^[14] He is a member of the Association of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Bangladesh and Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industries.^[6][15]