Bangladesh Maritime University

Rear Admiral Dr. Khandakar Akhter Hossain, NUP, ndc, psc, PhD, joined Bangladesh Navy as a cadet and was commissioned into the Engineering Branch on 1 January 1991. He has completed his BSc and MSc Engineering in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering with a distinct result from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). He has also completed MBA from a reputed public university. He did Shipbuilding and Shipyard Management Course both from China and USA. He has achieved prestigious Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from both BUET (On shipbuilding/recycling) and California, USA (On advanced engineering management). He has served as Engineer Officer onboard different war ships including BNS UMAR FAROOQ, BNS ALI HAIDER, BNS BANGABANDHU, and BNS SHADHINOTA. He has also served as Deputy Director/Director at NHQ. He successfully participated in a UN peacekeeping mission in Sudan. He was the project chief Naval Architecture/Engineer of the state-of-the-art warship Shadhinota Class Missile Corvette project in China. He has also served as GM (Shipbuilding), GM (Production) and GM (Planning and Marketing) in all BN owned shipyards. He has performed various instructional duties in Naval Academy, Marine Academy, NIT and MIST. He was also the Dean/Head (On NAME department/ME Faculty) at Military Institution of Science and Technology (MIST). He has served as member Engineering in Chittagong Port Authority. He successfully performed the duties of Managing Director (MD) in all three shipbuilding heavy industries run by Bangladesh Navy, namely Chittagong Dry Dock Limited (CDDL), Dockyard & Engineering Works Ltd (DEW) and Khulna Shipyard Ltd (KSY), and has contributed remarkably to the national shipbuilding industry. He has also performed his duties as Commodore Superintendent of Dockyard (CSD). He is a fellow of prestigious institutes like IEB(BD), RINA(UK), and IAMSP(USA). Before joining here, he performed his duties in the prestigious post of Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Materiel). He has more than one hundred and fifty international publications/papers on AI, IoT, Robotics, Satellite Communication, ship recycling, shipbuilding, energy solutions, human resource diversification, port operations, and advanced technologies in diversified international technical journals. He is happily married with Dr. Sharmin Hasan and blessed with twin daughters and two sons.