BM Desk:
East West University (EWU) appointed Professor Shams Rahman as its new vice chancellor. The Chancellor of the University, President of Bangladesh Mohammed Shahabuddin, appointed him as Vice-Chancellor for the next four years.
Mr. Shams Rahman will serve as the sixth vice chancellor of EWU. Mohammed Farashuddin, Chief Adviser and founder VC of EWU and former Governor of Bangladesh Bank, welcomed the new VC at the EWU campus in Aftabnagar, Dhaka, on Wednesday.
Prof. Rahman was recognized as one of the world’s top 2% scholars twice consecutively in 2021 and 2022. At present, he is a professor in the Department of Supply Chain Management at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, and an international expert in the field of supply chain management.
He is the Associate Editor of the International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management. In addition, he serves on the editorial boards of 15 international journals. Professor Rahman has been awarded by various renowned institutions at home and abroad in recognition of his academic and research work. He was involved in teaching and research work, including at the University of Sydney, Australia, and several universities in the UK and USA.
During his academic career, Prof. Shams obtained his PhD degree from the University of Exeter, UK, under the Commonwealth Scholarship. Besides, he obtained the degrees of ‘Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering’ from the Belarus Institute of Technology and ‘Master of Engineering in Industrial Engineering and Management’ from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Thailand. He completed SSC and HSC from Mirzapur Cadet College.
