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Name

Professor Dr. Muhammad Mahbub Ullah

Position

Vice-Chancellor

International Islamic University Chittagong

Date of Birth

August 20, 1949

Nationality

Bangladeshi

Education

Ph.D. (Sociology), Chittagong University

M.A. (Sociology), Dhaka University

B.A. Hons. (Sociology), Dhaka University

Award & Scholarships

01.	Chancellor's Gold Medal for securing First Position in the Chancellor's Gold Medal Essay Competition, 1975
02.	Post Graduate Residential Scholarship of Dhaka University, 1970-71

Statutory Position held

01.	Acting Chairman (16-04-2007 to 06-05-2007) University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (UGC)
02.	Member (06-12-2003 to 14-08-2007) University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (UGC)
03.	Dean (Consecutively two terms) Faculty of Social Science University of Chittagong
04.	Chairman Department of Sociology University of Chittagong

Professional Memberships

01.	Syndicate Member, University of Chittagong (Chancellor’s Nominee & also from Deans category)
02.	Syndicate Member, National University (Chancellor’s Nominee)
03.	Member, National Education Reformation Committee, constituted by the Govt. Bangladesh
04.	Former Member, Finance Committee. University of Chittagong
05.	Member, Planning & Development Committee, University of Chittagong
06.	Member, Academic Council, University of Chittagong
07.	Organizing Secretary, Bangladesh Sociological Association, 1985-86
08.	Joint Secretary, Bangladesh Sociological Association
09.	Member, Executive Committee, Bangladesh Sociological Association 1988-89
10.	Vice president, Democratic Professional forum, Chittagong
11.	Secretary General, Thinkers’ Forum, Chittagong
12.	Member, Chittagong University Teacher’s Association 1989-90
13.	Chief Editor, Chittagong Digest (A Monthly Bengali Digest)
14.	Editor, Social Science Faculty Journal, University of Chittagong
15.	Member, Reference Committee, Asia Pacific Network (APNET): An International Forum for Social Science in Health and Medicine, Australia
16.	Faculty Member, the Karachi University of Economics and Technology, Pakistan
17.	Expert Group Member, Strategic plan for Higher Education in Bangladesh, Ministry of Education, Govt. of the people’s Republic of Bangladesh.
18.	Member, Social Science Expert Committee, Ministry of Planning, Govt. of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
19.	Member, Press Council of Bangladesh
20.	Member, Implementation Cell of Higher Education Strategic Plan, Ministry of Education, Govt. of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
21.	Editor, Social Science Faculty Journal, National University.

Research Works

01.	Muslim Social Classes in Bengal, 1757-1947, Ph. D dissertation, Chittagong University, Bangladesh, 1988
02.	Rural Health Values, Beliefs & Practices: Sponsored by the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, 1981
03.	The Socio-economic & Attitudinal Profile of Urban Employed Women in Bangladesh; Sponsored by the University grants Commission of Bangladesh, 1984
04.	A Comparative Study of Oriental and Occidental Feudalism: A thesis submitted for partial fulfillment of M. A. degree from The University of Dhaka, 1971
05.	Tribal Leadership and Political Integration Sponsored by The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, 1979.
06.	Performance of Family Welfare Assistants Sponsored by The Government of Bangladesh under the FAW’S Programme.
07.	The Growth of Bangladeshi Nationalism: A Sociological Study: Department of Sociology, Chittagong University, 1990
08.	A Rapid Assessment of the Status of MOU School Children Programme in Chittagong Metropolis: Sponsored by UNICEF, 1988
09.	Status of Child Rights in Bangladesh : A Socio-Economic and Cultural Analysis, Sponsored by Save the Children Sweden, 2005

Published Articles

01.	Levels of Social Reality in Sociological Theories; Bangladesh Sociological Review, Vol.- l. Sept. 1986
02.	Village Studies in Bangladesh: Problems of Methodology; Sociology of Bangladesh; Problems and prospects; Proceedings of the Workshop jointly organized by Bangladesh Sociology Association and Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development, May, 1986
03.	Village Studies in Bangladesh : Action Oriented Research; Sociology of Bangladesh: Problems and Prospects: Proceedings for The workshop jointly organized by Bangladesh Sociology Association and Bangladesh Academy for Rural development, May, 1986
04.	Class Formation in Pre-British Bengal: An Analysis from the Perspective of Political Economy; Bangladesh Sociological Review, Vol.;3. No.2, Sept, 1988
05.	Problems of Concept Formulation in Social Science Research; Journal of Chittagong University Studies; Faculty of Social Science, Vol. X, 1988
06.	A theoretical, Convergence of Marx’s and Weber’s Modes of Class Analysis: Bangladesh Political Studies; Vol. XVI,
07.	Issues of Theory, Method and Ethics in The Sociological Study of Social Phenomena and Sociological Research in Bangladesh: Bangladesh: Society and Development (in Bengali), Proceedings of Second National Conference of Bangladesh Sociology Association, 1985
08.	Inquiring the Profile of Education in Bangladesh: Proceedings of Seminar Organized by Bangladesh Sociology/Association in the Fourth National Conference, 1988
09.	Subject Matter and Methods in the Sociology of Professor A. K. Nazmul Karim: Society, the Bengali Journal of Bangladesh Sociology Association No-1, Issue-1. 1988
10.	Technology, Development and Environmental Polarization: Proceedings of the Seminar Organized by Bangladesh Sociology Association in its Fifth National Conference, 1991
11.	The Origin, Growth and Composition of Muslim Population in Bengal: A Review of Different Explanations: South Asian Studies Vol. X. No. 2. University of Punjab, Pakistan, July, 1991
12.	Health Status and Health Care System in Bangladesh: Proceedings of the third Asia Pacific Social Sciences and Medicine Conference. Philippine Social Science Centre, Quezon City, Philippines 1991
13.	Bangladeshi Jatiatabad: Akti Samajtattik Bislession (in Bengali): Tarek Shamsur Rahman (edit). Bangladesh Rashtra O Rajinity, Dhaka, 2000
14.	The Concept of Social Justice in Sociology; Proceedings of Bangladesh Philosophical Congress, 1998 Rajshahi University, Rajshahi.
15.	A Critique on the Use of the Concept of Social Class in Sociology; Chittagong University Studies, Social Science, Volume XVIII, NO. 1, December, 1992
16.	Janasankhya Bishfuran, Bishwa Parbesh Dushan O Bangladesh (in Bengali); Bangladesh Political Studies, Volume XV, 1993
17.	Parbattya Chattagram Samjhuta Chukty: Nrittattik Parjaluchana (in Bengali): A Research paper Presented in the Seminar of Chittagong University Teacher’s Association Feb, 27, 1998
18.	Bangladesh Shikkha Sankat (in Bengali): A Memorial Lecture delivered in Remembrance of Late Educationist Abdur Rahman on July 21, 1995, Organized by Abdur Rahman Smriti Majlish, Chittagong
19.	History and Sociology in Understanding Society and Social Change: A Paper presented at the monthly Seminar of Bangladesh Research Society held on Sept 27. 2002 at Chittagong
20.	Strengthening Child Rights as an Academic Discourse, A concept paper written for save the Children, Sweden-Denmark, 2005

Books Published & Forthcoming

01.	Edited the book entitled. Gender and Human Resourced for Health in South Asia: Challenges and Constraints, Jointly Published by the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh and Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Canada
02.	Formation of Muslim Social Classes in Bengal during the British Rule: A Political Economy based Analysis, University of Chittagong, (Forthcoming), 2007
03.	Editor, Annual Report of University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, 2005.
04.	Edited the book entitled “Strengthening Child Rights as an Academic Discourse in South. Asia; jointly published by the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh. Save the Children. Sweden-Denmark and Anthropology Dept. of Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, 2007.
05.	Higher Education in Bangladesh and the Role of University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (Forthcoming), 2007

Participation in International Seminar and Workshops

01.	participated in The Third Asia pacific Social Science and Medicine Conference (APSSAM),held in Quezon City, Manila Philippines from Many 23-38,1994:and presented a research paper entitled “Health stats and Health Care System in Bangladesh” and also took part in the workshop on Traditional Medicine” as a workshop facilitator.
02.	Attended the Regional Meeting of SAVE THE CHILDREN no Furthering Child Rights in the Educational Curricula at the University Level” held at Katmandu, Nepal from December 14-16, 2004.
03.	Convener of the International Workshop on “Gender and Human Resources for Health” Held at Dhaka on October 13-14,2004 jointly organized by the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA),
04.	Attended an International Seminar on “Furthering Child Rights in Higher Education in south Asia-Opportunities and Challenges” held in Delhi on 27-31 March, 2006 a and chaired two technical sessions.
05.	Delivered Lecture in a Seminar on World Peace and Security organized by the Lions International at Chittagong in 2001
06.	Attended a Regional Seminar cum workshop on child Right and Academia” convened by Save the children Sweden Regional Programmer for south and Central Asia held at Nepal on 8-12 June,2005 and developed the concept paper and future action plan.
07.	Visited and delivered Lectures in different Universities of Pakistan on Higher Education in Bangladesh at the invitation of Higher Education Commission of Pakistan during the period of 12-19 April,2005
08.	Convener of the Regional seminar on Strengthening Child Rights as an Academic Discourse in South Asia, held in Dhaka during 25-26 February 2007 at BIAM Auditorium Dhaka, and is jointly organized by SAVE THE CHILDREN SWEDEN-DENMARK, UGC, Bangladesh, and Anthropology Depts. Jahangirnagar University.

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A regular contributor of articles to National Dailies and Weeklies on socio-economic and political issues.

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