Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin

Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin is a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 8th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chittagong.^[1] In 2017, he was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in the education category.^[2]

Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin
আলমগীর মোহাম্মদ সিরাজুদ্দীন
Serajuddin in 2016
Vice-Chancellor of University of Chittagong
In office 23 May 1988 – 29 December 1991
Preceded by	Mohammad Ali
Succeeded by	Rafiqul Islam Chowdhury
Personal details
Born	(1937-12-01) 1 December 1937 (age 87)
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Alma mater	University of Dhaka (MA), University of London (PhD)
Occupation	university academic, professor
Awards	Ekushey Padak

Early life and education

Serajuddin was born on 1 December 1937 to a Bengali Muslim family in Kanchana, Satkania, Chittagong District. In 1959, he graduated from Dhaka University with a first class honours Master of Arts in History. He gained his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of London in 1964. In 1967, Serajuddin became a qualified barrister-at-Law from the Lincoln's Inn of London.^[3]

Career

Serajuddin returned to Chittagong in the seventies, where he served as a faculty member of the Department of History at the University of Chittagong. He finished his post-doctoral degree at the University of London in 1974. In 2012, he was made Professor Emeritus of the same university.^[4]