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Amit Chakma was born on 25 April, 1959 in Chittagong Hill Tracts, East Pakistan, Pakistan (now Bangladesh), is a Vice-Chancellor (born 1959). Discover Amit Chakma's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?

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Occupation University academic and administrator
Age 64 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 25 April, 1959
Birthday 25 April
Birthplace Chittagong Hill Tracts, East Pakistan, Pakistan (now Bangladesh)
Nationality Pakistan

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1959

Amit Chakma (born 25 April 1959) is a university administrator who was appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Western Australia in July 2020.

1976

He passed his HSC examination from Dhaka College in 1976.

He received a scholarship from the Algerian government to study chemical engineering at the Algerian Petroleum Institute in Algeria.

1982

In 1982, he graduated at the top of his class.

1984

He then moved to Canada and earned a Master of Applied Science and PhD in chemical engineering from the University of British Columbia in 1984 and 1987 respectively.

1988

From 1988 until 1996, Chakma taught chemical engineering at the University of Calgary.

1996

In 1996, he moved to the University of Regina as dean of engineering.

1999

He then served as Regina's vice president research from 1999 to 2001.

During his time at the University of Regina, Chakma was named to Canada's Top 40 Under 40 list.

2001

He became vice president academic and provost at the University of Waterloo in 2001.

His research interests are natural gas engineering and petroleum waste management.

2009

Previously he served as the 10th president and vice-chancellor of the University of Western Ontario from 2009 to 2019.

The Chakma people are an ethnic minority from the south-east region of Bangladesh and Northeast India.

Chakma was born in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to Prabhat Chakma and Alo Chakma.

He was the eldest among four siblings.

He studied in Ispahani School in Comilla and completed his secondary education from Rangamati Government High School.

On July 1, 2009, Chakma succeeded Paul Davenport as the University of Western Ontario's president.

Having left the University of Waterloo, he has been noted for his service to both the university and the academic and business community of Kitchener-Waterloo.

2010

On June 19, 2010 Chakma received an honorary doctor of engineering degree from the University of Waterloo.

Chakma was recognized for playing a leading role in the establishment of a new health sciences campus in Kitchener and the relocation of the school of architecture to Cambridge during his tenure as vice-president at Waterloo.

The award is named after Michael P. Malone, an American historian and 10th president of Montana State University.

2011

He chaired an Advisory Panel on Canada's International Education Strategy in 2011–12.

One of the key recommendations was to double the number of international students in Canada by 2022.

2012

At the University of Western Ontario, Chakma led a rebranding exercise in 2012 that resulted in rebranding the institution as Western University He was reappointed to serve a second five-year term the same year.

Chakma served as the Chair of U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities from 2012-2014.

Successful advocacy during this period led to the creation of the $1.2 billion "The Canada First Research Excellence Program" by the Government of Canada to support competitively selected Canadian post secondary institutions to turn their key strengths into world-leading capabilities.

In 2012, Chakma received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of his contributions to Canadian post-secondary education.

2014

In 2014, Western's Senate and Board of Governors approved the University's ambitious strategic plan titled "Achieving Excellence on the World Stage.

He has been serving as a Trustee and a member of the executive committee of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the world's first and oldest network of universities since 2014.

In 2014, Chakma was awarded a Top 25 Canadian Immigrants Award.

The award citation described how Chakma used education as the basis for his remarkable journey as a young boy from a tribe in the hills of southeastern Bangladesh to becoming a university president in Canada.

In 2014, Chakma was the recipient of the Michael P. Malone International Leadership Award.

The award is meant to provide national recognition for a career of outstanding contributions to further international education at state and land-grant institutions.

2015

In 2015 Chakma received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Engineering Alumni group at the University of British Columbia.

2016

This was followed by the awarding of a Dean's Medal of Distinction from UBC Faculty of Applied Science in 2016 as part of UBC's centenary celebrations.

2017

He was elected as Chair of Council in 2017.

On March 4, 2017, he was the convocation speaker at the 50th convocation of the University of Dhaka, the pre-eminent university locally known as the Oxford of the East, where he was bestowed Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by President Abdul Hamid of Bangladesh, the Chancellor of the University for his outstanding leadership in education and research.

2018

On October 12, 2018, University of Western Ontario announced that the University's new engineering building would be called the Amit Chakma Engineering Building.

In a statement, Western said the name was "inspired by Chakma's leadership and vision to grow Western's competitiveness on the world stage".

Chakma is an advocate for promoting international education and has written and commented extensively on this topic.