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Rear Admiral Khandakar Akhter Hossain, NBP, NUP, ndc, psc, PhD

Rear Admiral Khandakar Akhter Hossain was commissioned into the Engineering Branch of the Bangladesh Navy on 01 January 1991. He has completed his BSc. and MSc. in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering with distinction from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). He has earned prestigious Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from both BUET (on heavy industry handling lake shipbuilding/ recycling) and California, USA (on advanced engineering management). He has studied and received higher degrees/ certificates in advanced technology and in special skill development program/ training from the UK, Germany, USA, China, Japan, Australia, and a few more in EC. He has served as an Engineer Officer onboard different warships including five Frigate/ Corvette like BNS UMAR FAROOQ, BNS ALI HAIDER, BNS KHALID BIN WALID and BNS SHADHINOTA. He has also served as Deputy Director/ Director at NHQ. He has completed his UN peacekeeping mission as a peacekeeper in Sudan, Africa. He has performed various instructional duties at Bangladesh Naval Academy, Marine Academy, NIT, Military Institution of Science and Technology (MIST) BMU. He has also the Head/ Dean of the NAME department/ ME Faculty at the Military Institution of Science and Technology (MIST). He served as chief naval architect & engineer to design and build the modern and state of art SHADHINOTA-class missile corvette for BN and working for three years at a Chinese Heavy Industry named Wuchang Shipyard Ltd. in Wuhan, China. He has served as member Engineering in Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) and participating central decision-making process, guiding port operating, expansion facilities and enhancing national export-import. While working at Chittagong Port he contributed significantly to several remarkable projects including the Bay Terminal, Matarbari Deep Sea Port, PCT, Pangaon Terminal, ISPS code implementation and enlisted CPA as global 100 container-handling ports by Lloyd's Register (LR).

He successfully served as Managing Director (MD) of all three shipbuilding heavy industries run by the Bangladesh Navy, namely Chittagong Dry Dock Limited (CDDL), Dockyard & Engineering Works Ltd (DEW) and Khulna Shipyard Ltd (KSY) contributing effectively to national shipbuilding and ship-recycling industries. He also served as Area Superintendent Dockyard overseeing the successful operation, planning and maintenance of the BN Fleet. He has also served as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Materiel) at Naval Headquarters where he coordinated and oversaw critical operational activities to ensure the readiness and effective employment of naval assets. Before joining as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Personnel), he served as Vice Chancellor (VC) of Bangladesh Maritime University where he provided strategic leadership to advance maritime education, research and academic excellence. During his tenure as VC he significantly strengthened academic programs, expanded institutional collaborations and enhanced the university's national and international standing. He is a fellow of several prestigious institutes including IEB (BD), RINA (UK) and IAMSP (USA). He has few hundred international publications/ papers/ books/ journals on Al, loT, ML, blockchain, cryptocurrency, robotics, smart city, astrophysics, cosmology, ship recycling, shipbuilding, heavy industry, satellite Communication, 4IR, automation, quantum technology, energy solutions, education, skill & profession development, human resource diversification, port operations and advanced technologies which all are available in "Google Scholar". He is happily married with Dr. Sharmin Hasan and blessed with twin daughters and two sons.