Khaleda Ekram
| Khaleda Ekram | |
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| Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology | |
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In office 11 September 2014 – 24 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | S. M. Nazrul Islam |
| Succeeded by | Saiful Islam |
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| Born |
6 August 1950 Dhaka, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan |
| Died | 24 May 2016 (aged 65) Bangkok, Thailand |
| Resting place | Banani Graveyard, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Education | MURP |
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| Occupation | university academic, professor, architect |
Khaleda Ekram (August 6, 1950 – May 24, 2016) was a Bangladeshi architect, professor, researcher, and academician. She was the former Dean of the Faculty, Architecture and Planning and Head of the Department of Architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). She was the first woman to be appointed as the Vice-chancellor of BUET. She held the position since September 2014 until her death in May 2016.
Ekram was born on August 6, 1950, in Dhaka, to Ekram Hussain and Qamrunnessa Hussain. She had three sisters, Kamela Akhter Ishaque, Morsheda Karim, and Masuda Ahmed.
Ekram received her Bachelor of Architecture degree from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1974. Her final year thesis project was titled "Tourist Resort at Cox’s Bazaar, Chittagong". She pursued higher education in urban planning and design in the United States, where she earned her graduate degree (MURP) from University of Hawaii in 1980. Her thesis title was "Revitalization of Residential Areas of Old Dhaka". In 1992, she completed post-graduate courses in Architecture and Development at Lund University in Sweden.
Ekram began her career in 1974 as a junior architect at Bastukalabid Limited in Dhaka. She also worked for Parikalpak Sangstha Limited, for a brief period in 1975. In the same year, she began her four decade-long teaching career with the Department of Architecture of BUET. She first joined as a lecturer and then became Assistant Professor in 1977. Her areas of interest included housing, community development, urban design, urban planning and gender issues.
After graduating from the University of Hawaii in Urban and Regional Planning, she worked as Assistant Architect Planner at Honolulu-based Micheal T. Suzuki & Associates, from December 1980 to May 1981. She also worked at East West Center and contributed in community service projects in Honolulu.
Upon coming back to Bangladesh, she resumed her Assistant Professor role in BUET and became Associate Professor in 1986 and Professor in 1995. She went on to become the Head of the Department in 1997 and the Dean of the Faculty, Faculty of Architecture and Planning in 1999.
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