Iqbal Mahmud


Iqbal Mahmud is a Bangladeshi educator. He is a former vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2005 by the Government of Bangladesh for his contribution to education.

Early life and education

Mahmud was born in Ramna, Dhaka on March 8, 1940. He passed matriculation examination from Sylhet Government High School in 1954 and intermediate examination in from Murarichand College in Sylhet in 1956. He earned his bachelor's in chemical engineering from Ahsanullah Engineering College in 1960. He got his masters and Ph.D. degrees from University of Manchester in 1962 and 1964 respectively.

Career

Mahmud joined as an assistant professor in the then EPUET in October 1964. He served as the vice-chancellor of BUET from November 27, 1996, to October 14, 1998. He retired from BUET as a professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering in September 2000.
Mahmud served as the Minister of State for Agriculture and Forests for the Government of Bangladesh during 1979 to 1981. He served as the chairman of Grameen Bank during 1980–1989. He was a member of Bangladesh University Grants commission during 1996–1997.
Mahmud is serving as a member of Academic Council of BRAC University.
He is the author of a book entitled Corrosion Engineering: An Introductory Text which is a text book of undergraduate chemical engineers. He writes this book with Nooruddin Ahmed.