Syed Mohammad Abul Faiz
| S M A Faiz | |
|---|---|
| Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dhaka | |
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In office 23 September 2002 – 16 January 2009 |
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| Preceded by | A F M Yusuf Haider |
| Succeeded by | AAMS Arefin Siddique |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Syed Muhammed Abul Faiz 25 December 1947 |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Alma mater |
University of Dhaka University of Aberdeen |
| Occupation | university academic, professor |
Syed Muhammed Abul Faiz (known as Dr SMA Faiz; born 25 December 1947) is a Bangladeshi academic. He was the 26th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dhaka serving from September 2002 until January 2009. Though an academic and a scientific researcher by profession, Dr. Faiz was also the chairman of the Public Service Commission of Bangladesh before his tenure as the vice-chancellor.
With a bygone ancestry in the district of 24 Parganas at West Bengal State in India, Dr. Faiz was brought up in Dhaka mostly. His father A K K B Syed Muhammed Hasan Ali did his graduation from the Presidency College in India. He was a civil servant in the then East Pakistan and retired from his services as a Magistrate in Dhaka. His mother U N Jobeda khatun was a housewife. In his school and college life in Dhaka, Faiz was not a bookish but often a "hooky" type. However, the average grade in the examinations were good enough for his admission at the Medical College in Dhaka, to fulfill his father's desire. But his stint as a medical student lasted only for about four months by which time he developed a serious dislike of practical anatomy. He got himself admitted at the University of Dhaka in the same year, albeit rather late. He was more intent on making good results which was evident in his bachelor's degree, and also in the master's result in Soil Science in 1968. In December 1970, Faiz went to UK for doing research leading to Ph.D. and obtained the degree in Soil: Plant Water Relations from the Department of Botany, University of Aberdeen, under the supervision of Regius Professor P.E. Weatherley, Fellow of the Royal Society. He came back to a newly independent Bangladesh in March 1973 after completing his Ph.D. in little more than 2 years time.
Dr. Faiz joined the Department of Soil Science, University of Dhaka as an assistant professor on 2 July 1973 and became an associate professor in 1977. He worked as reader (British equivalent to associate professor) in the University of Maidugari, Nigeria for about 4 years before becoming a professor in the Department of Soil Science, Dhaka University in 1986. Prof. Faiz served as the chairman of the Department of Soil Science (Now Department of Soil, Water and Environment) during 1988 to 1991, and also worked as the elected Dean of the Faculty of Biological Sciences, Dhaka University during 1991 to 1993. Faiz was an elected member of Dhaka University Senate and Syndicate. He was the provost of Hazi Md. Mohsin Hall for few years. He writes about higher education sector regularly now.
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