A. Q. M. Mahbub Explained
A. Q. M. Mahbub is a Bangladeshi academic and vice-chancellor of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University. He is a former professor of the Department of Geography and the Environment at University of Dhaka.
He works on the themes of environment, population mobility and urban planning.[2]
Biography
Mahbub completed his BSc in 1975 and MSc in 1976 at the University of Dhaka.[3] [4] Two years later, he joined the faculty there as a lecturer in the Department of Geography.[5]
He received his PhD in 1986 from University of Canterbury in New Zealand, for his dissertation Population Mobility in Rural Bangladesh: The Circulation of Working People.[6] Thereafter he continued to teach at the University of Dhaka, and became full professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment in 1997.
After retirement from the University of Dhaka, he was appointed as the vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University (BSMRSTU), Gopalganj in 2020.
In February 2022, Mahbub joined BSMRSTU teachers and students in demonstrating against the gang rape of a student.[7] He was injured when protestors were attacked by alleged members of the Bangladesh Chatra League.[8] [9] After four days of protests, the academic council, chaired by Mahbub, suspended classes for three days.[10]
Publications
- Mahbub . A. Q. M. . 1983 . Population mobility in rural Bangladesh: The circulation of working people . PhD . University of Canterbury . 10.26021/7442 .
- Book: Mahbub . A. Q. M . Mobility behaviour of working people in Bangladesh: rural-rural and rural-urban circulation . 1997 . Urban Studies Programme, Dept. of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka . 978-984-510-012-0. 40142751 .
- Angeles . Gustavo . Lance . Peter . Barden-O'Fallon . Janine . Islam . Nazrul . Mahbub . AQM . Nazem . Nurul Islam . 2009-06-08 . The 2005 census and mapping of slums in Bangladesh: design, select results and application . International Journal of Health Geographics . 8 . 1 . 32 . 10.1186/1476-072X-8-32 . 1476-072X . 2701942 . 19505333 . free .
- Book: Mahmood . Riffat . Mahbub . A. Q. M. . Building Vulnerable Islander Resilience to Natural Hazard: A Participatory Approach . https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327605366 . Handbook of Climate Change Resilience . Springer . 2018 . 1–30 . 10.1007/978-3-319-71025-9_107-1 . 978-3-319-71025-9 . 134986489.
References
- News: Prof AQM Mahbub new VC of BSMRSTU . Samakal . 2 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211216075657/https://en.samakal.com/education/article/200939/prof-aqm-mahbub-new-vc-of-bsmrstu . 16 December 2021.
- News: Unhealthy, uneven urbanisation . 2021-02-10 . The Daily Star . 2016-10-20.
- Web site: Dr. A. Q. M. Mahbub . Department of Geography and Environment . 2021-02-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200203133301/http://geoenv.du.ac.bd/author/mahbub/ . 2020-02-03.
- News: Prof AQM Mahbub appointed BSMRSTU VC . 2021-02-07 . The Daily Star . 2020-09-02.
- News: Dr Mahbub becomes new VC of BSMRSTU . The Asian Age . 2020-09-04 . Bangladesh.
- Mahbub . A. . 1986 . Doctoral thesis . Population mobility in rural Bangladesh: The circulation of working people . UC Research Repository, University of Canterbury . 10092/4378 . 10.26021/7442 .
- News: 6 arrested over gang-rape of Gopalganj student . The Daily Star . 2022-02-26.
- News: Saha . Manoj . Four held in Khulna over gang rape of woman . Dhaka Tribune . 2022-12-15.
- News: Six arrested as protests on . New Age . 2022-02-26.
- News: Saha . Manoj . Gang-rape of student: Gopalganj university students announce new agitations . Dhaka Tribune . 2022-02-28.
