Campus Report :
Two teachers of International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT) have been placed in the list of top 2 percent scientists in the world. They are Dr Golam Rasul, professor and chair of the Department of Economics and Dr.Suvash Chandra Paul, Associate Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering of International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT) has been listed among the world’s top 2% scientists in 2022 published by Stanford University and Elsevier.
Dr Rasul joined IUBAT in 2022. Prior to his new assignment, he was the chief economist at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), a premier research organisation in Asia. At ICIMOD, he was involved in research in the areas of economics, rural development, regional cooperation, poverty alleviation, sustainable development, and food, water and energy management, according to a statement.
Dr. Suvash Chandra Paul is working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT) from August 2019. He received his MSc (2011) and PhD (2015) degrees in Civil Engineering from Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He has worked in Monash University Malaysia for 2 years (July 2017 – July 2019) as a Lecturer in Civil Engineering. Prior to work in Monash, he was a research fellow in Singapore Centre for 3D Printing (SC3DP) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore for about 2 years (September 2015 – July 2017). He has published over 80 research papers in both international journals and conferences. He is currently the editorial board member for the Elsevier Journal of Additive Manufacturing Letters and Hindawi Journal of Advances in Civil Engineering, and a reviewer for more than 8 journals. His research area is on advances in construction materials, waste recycling, corrosion and durability of concrete, nanoparticles and 3D concrete printing technology.
On celebrating the success of these two teachers of IUBAT, a special felicitation ceremony was organized at the IUBAT auditorium on Wednesday, October 19 at the initiative of Miyan Research Institute. The event was attended by the Vice-Chancellor of the University Prof Dr. Abdur Rab, Treasurer Prof Selina Nargis and Registrar Prof Lutfar Rahman. Also, various heads of departments, directors, coordinators, teachers-students, officials-employees of the university were present.
He was honored as the best researcher in 2020 and 2021 under the Miyan Research Institute of IUBAT. It is noted that the Miyan Research Institute conducts research approval, guidance and evaluation of IUBAT teachers and researchers for research and publication on various subjects. At present, under the approval and guidance of Miyan Research Institute, the teachers of the university are conducting research activities on various topics including agriculture, engineering and technology, business administration, environment, climate, sustainable development, education. Seminars are organized every year on the results of these researches and the researchers are awarded.