Campus Report :
A life-long educationist, IT Researcher and International Trainer Prof Dr Yousuf Mahbubul Islam has joined as the Vice Chancellor of Daffodil International University (DIU) recently. He joined after Prof Dr Lutfar Rahman, the immediate past Vice Chancellor who completed his term in the office successfully.
In this connection, a ceremony was organized to welcome the new VC to receive charge from Prof Dr M Lutfar Rahman at the office of the Vice Chancellor. Founder Vice Chancellor and Emeritus Prof Dr Aminul Islam welcomed him with bouquet of flowers.
Among others present on the occasion were Prof Dr M Golam Rahman, Pro-vice Chancellor, Hamidul Haque Khan, Treasurer, Prof Dr SM Mahbub-Ul Haque Majumder, Dean, Faculty of Science and Information Technology (FSIT), Prof Dr Rafiqul Islam, Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics (FBE), Prof Dr M Shamsul Alam, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Prof Dr Ahmed Ismail Mustafa, Dean, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences (FAHS), Prof Dr Engr AKM Fazlul Hoque, Registrar, Mohamed Emran Hossain, Member, Board of Trustees, Heads of the Departments, Directors and other officials.
Prior to taking office as the VC of DIU, Prof Yousuf M Islam had been working as the Executive Director of Human Resources Development Institute (HRDI) and Professor of Software Engineering Department of the university. Prof Islam started his academic career at the Department of Applied Physics and Electronics of the University of Dhaka in 1978. During his professional life Professor Islam held a number of top academic positions where his contributions stand out distinctly.
He was the founding Vice Chancellor of Metropolitan University, Sylhet. He was a founding member of the strategic planning committee, BUILD that planned the direction of BRAC University.
