Abdul Matin Patwari
{{Short description|Bangladeshi academic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{infobox officeholder
|name=Abdul Matin Patwari
|office=Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
|term_start = 24 April 1983
|term_end = 25 April 1987
|predecessor=Wahiduddin Ahmed
|successor=Musharrof Husain Khan
|office1=Director General of Islamic University of Technology
|term_start1= May 1987
|term_end1 = 1998
|predecessor1=Rafiquddin Ahmad
|successor1= M Anwar Hossain
|office2=Vice-Chancellor of University of Asia Pacific
|term_start2=7 September 2004
|term_end2 = 2012
|predecessor2=M. R. Kabir
|successor2=Jamilur Reza Choudhury
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1935|1|1|df=y}}
|birth_place=Laksam Upazila, Comilla District, Bengal Presidency, British India
|occupation=university academic
|nationality=Bangladeshi
|alma_mater=Rajshahi College
Ahsanullah Engineering College
Texas A&M University
|education=Ph.D. (electrical engineering)
}}
Abdul Matin Patwari ({{langx|bn|আব্দুল মতিন পাটোয়ারি}}; born 1 January 1935) is a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 4th vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.{{cite news|url=http://www-beta.buet.ac.bd/?page_id=2659|title=Abdul Matin Patwari|accessdate=July 4, 2016|publisher=buet.ac.bd|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818081357/http://www-beta.buet.ac.bd/?page_id=2659|archivedate=August 18, 2016}}
Education
Patwari passed matriculation examination from Matlabganj J. B. Pilot High School in Comilla in 1950 (stood 1st place) and intermediate examination from Rajshahi College in 1952 (Stood 2nd place). He earned his bachelor's in electrical engineering from Ahsanullah Engineering College (now BUET) in 1956, M.S. in electrical engineering in 1961 from the Texas A & M University; M.A. in mathematics in 1963 from University of California, Berkeley and Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 1967 from Sheffield University, U.K.
Career
Patwari joined as a lecturer in Ahsanullah Engineering College in December 1956. He served as the vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) from April 1983 until April 1987. He retired from BUET in April 1991.{{fact|date=July 2024}}
Patwari joined Islamic Centre for Technical and Vocational Training and Research (ICTVTR), now known as Islamic University of Technology (IUT) which is subsidiary organ of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), as director general (DG) on 1 May 1987. He retired from the university in 1998.{{fact|date=July 2024}}
Patwari served as vice-chancellor of University of Asia Pacific in Dhaka from 2004 until 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.uap-bd.edu/aboutuapdir/uapprofile.php|title=UAP Profile|accessdate=July 4, 2016}}
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