Network of Instrument Technical personnel and User scientists of Bangladesh (NITUB)

(A Network Supported by International Science Programme (ISP) under the International Programme in the Chemical Science (IPICS), Uppsala University, Sweden.)

The registration number of NITUB is S-7887(1077)08.

Administration of NITUB

It was decided in a meeting of the Organizing Committee for the Second National Workshop on Instrument Maintenance and Repair that the Organizing Committee would act as an ad hoc Executive Committee (EC) of NITUB until formal EC is formed. The ad hoc executive Committee was as follows:

President:

Professor M Shamsul Huq, the then Chairman, UGC  (Now deceased)

Vice-President:

Professor Mesbahuddin Ahmad
Department of Chemistry, Jahangirnagar University (JU), savar, Dhaka, the then President, Bangladesh chemical Society

Coordinator:

Professor M Mosihuzzaman
Department of Chemistry, University of Dhaka (DU), the then Dean of the Faculty of Science, DU

Organizing Secretary:

Professor Altaf Hussain, Department of Chemistry, DU

Joint secretary:

Professor Nilufar Nahar, Department of Chemistry, DU

Members:

Professor MG Ahmed, Department of Chemistry, DU
Dr. M Eusuf, Ex- Chairman, BCSIR (now deceased)
Dr. Nurul Alam, the then Director, Chittagong laboratories, BCSIR
Dr. Osman Ali, the then Joint Secretary, Ministry of Science and technology
Mr. Emdad Hussain, the then Director, Institute of Scientific Instrumentation (ISI), UGC (now deceased)

Professor Md Abdul Hai, Department of Chemistry, JU
Professor MR Hasan, Department of Fisheries, Biology & Limnology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh

The ad hoc Executive Committee of NITUB framed a constitution of NITUB which was adopted in a general meeting of the members of NITUB in the year 2001. Since then the Executive Committee of NITUB is elected every three years as per constitution of NITUB.

The present Executive Committee of NITUB

For the term 2025 – 2027

President

Professor Dr. Mesbahuddin Ahmad Ex-Vice Chancellor, Gonobishwabidalay. Ex-President, Bangladesh Academy of Sciences. Ex-President, Bangladesh Chemical Society

Vice- President

Prof. M Mosihuzzaman, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemistry, Ex-Founder Chairman of the Asian Network of Research on Antidiabetic Plants (ANRAP)

General Secretary

Professor Dr. Altaf Hussain, Former Professer, Department of chemistry, DU ; Ex- Chairman, Bangladesh Accreditation Board. Ex- President; Bangladesh Crystallographic Association; Ex-Director, Centre for Advanced Research in Sciences,DU;

Treasurer

Professor Nilufar Nahar, Former Professor of Department of Chemistry, DU; Founding member Asian Network for Research on Antidiabetic Plants (ANRAP).

Member

Professor Begum Rokeya, Deen, Department of Pharmacology, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences (BUHS)

Member

Dr. A M Shafiqul Alam, Former, Professor of Department of Chemistry, University of Dhaka

Member

Professor N A Pasha, Retired Professor of Department of Chemistry, DU; Member food safety authority

Member

Professor Mohammad Shoeb, Department of Chemistry, DU.

Member

Dr. Md. Zakir Sultan, Principal Scientist, Centre for Advanced Research in Sciences, University of Dhaka.

NITUB Pool of Technical Personnel

Khaledun Nahar Babi, Principal Scientific Officer, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR)
Aziz Ahmed, Additional Chief Engineer, Bangladesh Agricultural University(BAU)
Md. Habibur Rahman, Senior Demonstrator, Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU),
Dr M Nurul Huda, Ex-Director, BCSIR
Mr A.K.M Rahmatullah, Head, Biomedical Engineering Unit, ICDDR,B
Engr. Md. Muzibur Rahman, Deputy Regional Engineer, Bangladesh Betar
Mr S M Muraduzzaman, Chief Biomedical Engineer, BIHS Hospital
Mr A K Kundu, Executive Engineer, Science Workshop, DU
Mr A Kalam Chowdhury, Isntrument Engineer, NITUB
Mr A Salam Patwary, Laboratory Electronic Engineer, ICDDR,B
Mr Kazi Shalah Uddin Ahmed, Bio-Medical Engineer, Bio-Mets
Dr. Md. Kamrul Islam Khan, Training Officer,Training & Publication Section, BINA, BAU
Engr. Md. Zakaria Khan, Analytical Service Cell, BCSIR,
Mr Ahmed Ullah, Technical Officer, Dhaka University
Mr Md. Habibur Rahman, Sub-Assistant Engineer, Bangladesh Betar, Dhaka

Staff of NITUB

NITUB has four salaried staff members who are maintaining the office of NITUB Mr. Md. Abul Kalam Chowdhury and Md. Tanvir Uddin, Instrument Engineers is full time employee of NITUB. NITUB has also two part time employess of which one is office assistant and the other one is cleaner.

Membership of NITUB

Academicians, research scientists and professionals engaged in scientific education research and related activities are eligible to apply for membership of NITUB in a prescribed form (enclosed). Qualified instrument technical personnel may also apply for membership with the recommendation of two members of NITUB. The membership application for NITUB is considered in a meeting of the Executive Committee (EC) of NITUB to get approval. The life membership fee is Tk. 2000/- (two thousand).

Category wise Members of NITUB

At present, NITUB has a total of 292 members, including 11 founding members and 281 life members (among whom 6 are foreign members). Young university faculty, college teachers, graduate students, scientists, and technical personnel actively participate in NITUB activities.

The list of Life Members of NITUB is attached in the PDF.