Contact
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Office Phone+880 9291254 Ext. 3205
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Office AddressOffice: 306 (Level-3), Department of Technical and Vocational Education, First Academic Building, IUT, Gazipur-1704, Bangladesh.
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Email Addressmaraihan@iut-dhaka.edu maraihan.iut@gmail.com
Prof. Dr. Md Abu Raihan
Professor
Professor Dr. Md. Abu Raihan has been working in
the Department of Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) under the Faculty of
Science and Technical Education (FSTE) of Islamic University of Technology
(IUT) since 2004. Prof Raihan has over 22 years of experience in TVET. His expertise includes of Education Technology, STEM education, Curriculum development, Teacher training, AI-based education, Leadership and Management Development (LMD) program. He has worked on international projects with ILO and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and STEP training programs trained more than 2000 teachers in engineering technologies, and TVET. Prof Raihan has been contributing to TVET reforms in Bangladesh and other countries. He served as Head of the Department (HOD) of TVE for three
years (2018-2021). He had worked as Head, Office of Students' Welfare (OSW) at IUT and also served as the Chairman IUT Games and Sports. He had worked in different capacities as an Associate Professor, Assistant
Professor, and Lecturer in the TVE Department of the esteemed IUT. While
serving the University, Prof. Raihan has achieved a number of distinguished
awards throughout his career such as awarded KGS: Korean Government Scholarship
and received the Degree Ph.D. in Technical Education from the Kongju National
University, South Korea; award received for exemplary activities from NIIED:
National Institute for International Education, Ministry of Education Science
and Technology, South Korea; awarded the OIC full-scholarship for acquiring the
Degrees MSc and PGDTE in Technical Education; awarded the OIC full-scholarship
for achieving the Degree BSc in Mechanical Engineering; received stood first
award from the N.S. Government College for scholastic result in the Higher
Secondary Certificate Examination. He secured first division with distinction
in the Secondary School Certificate Examination from the Natore Government
Boys' High School in 1996. Prof. Raihan has succeeded in 'First Class' Degrees
all through his educational career. He is an author and co-author of more than
80 peer-reviewed publications, including a textbook author entitled
"Effective Teaching-Learning" published in 2019. He is a scholar
of the NIIED, South Korea, and an alumni member of the Korean Government
Scholarship Program (KGSP), and a member of the IUT alumni association
(IUTAA). Prof. Raihan is the fellow member of the Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh
(IBE) and the member of the Bangladesh Society of Mechanical Engineers
(BSME). Aside from his professional life, Prof. Raihan is an avid outdoorsman
and a committed family person who values and appreciates from families,
friends, students, and his rural district Natore roots. His Father is Prof. Md.
Abdul Wahed, Principal, Bagatipara Government Degree College, and Mother Hasina
Banu, Headmaster, Natore Government Boys' High School, and other family members
of Prof. Raihan are teachers thus he has born and brought up in the modest
dynasty of teachers'. The better half of Prof. Raihan is Dr. Afroza Chowdhury,
MBBS (Neuro-medicine). Prof. Raihan is a lovely father of sons Ahnaf
Rayyan, Aryan Rushnan and daughter Afra Rahma.
Specialization : TVET, e-Learning, Flipped Classroom, Teachers Professional Development, MOOCs, ToT, Hybrid Pedagogy, STEM Education, OBE, Artificial Intelligence in Education, Entrepreneurship Education.
