Golam Shabbir Sattar

Golam Shabbir Sattar (born 1962) is a Bangladeshi academic. He is a former vice-chancellor of the University of Rajshahi served during 2021–2024.^[2][3][4]

Golam Shabbir Sattar
গোলাম সাব্বির সাত্তার
Sattar in 2023
Born	(1962-12-31) 31 December 1962 (age 62)
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Education	University of Rajshahi (Ph.D.)
Occupation	Professor
Office	24th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Rajshahi
Predecessor	M Abdus Sobhan
Successor	Saleh Hasan Naqib
Spouse	Professor Tanzima Yeasmin[1]
Children	1
Father	Late Golam Sattar

Early life and education

Golam Shabbir Sattar was born on 31 December 1962 to Sufia Khatun and Golam Sattar.^[1]

Golam Sabbir Sattar passed SSC Examination from the Govt. Laboratory High School, Rajshahi in 1978. In 1984, Sattar graduated from the University of Rajshahi with a B.Sc. degree. He completed an M.Sc. there the following year. He earned an M.Phil. in 1996 from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.^[1] He received a Ph.D. in 2005 from the University of Rajshahi for his dissertation Combined analysis of geoelectrical and hydrogeological data for the evaluation of groundwater potentiality in Chapai-Nawabganj area of Bangladesh.^[5]

Career

Sattar was the chair of the Department of Geology & Mining at the University of Rajshani from 2013 to 2016.^[1] He was also the student adviser of the university from 2009 to 2012.^[2] He is the director of the Institute of Environmental Science.^[6]

Works

His three most cited papers are:

• Kafy, Abdulla - Al; Naim, Md. Nazmul Huda; Subramanyam, Gangaraju; Faisal, Abdullah-Al-; Ahmed, Nessar Uddin; Rakib, Abdullah Al; Kona, Marium Akter; Sattar, Golam Sabbir (August 2021). "Cellular Automata approach in dynamic modelling of land cover changes using RapidEye images in Dhaka, Bangladesh". Environmental Challenges. 4 100084. Bibcode:2021EnvCh...400084K. doi:10.1016/j.envc.2021.100084.
• Sattar, Golam Shabbir; Keramat, Mumnunul; Shahid, Shamsuddin (March 2016). "Deciphering transmissivity and hydraulic conductivity of the aquifer by vertical electrical sounding (VES) experiments in Northwest Bangladesh". Applied Water Science. 6 (1): 35–45. Bibcode:2016ApWS....6...35S. doi:10.1007/s13201-014-0203-9.
• Khan, H. R.; Rahman, K.; Abdur Rouf, A. J. M.; Sattar, G. S.; et al. (September 2007). "Assessment of degradation of agricultural soils arising from brick burning in selected soil profiles". International Journal of Environmental Science & Technology. 4 (4): 471–480. Bibcode:2007JEST....4..471K. doi:10.1007/BF03325983. hdl:1807/62525.