Prof Muhammed Fayyaz Khan joined Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT) as its vice chancellor yesterday, says a press release.

President Abdul Hamid appointed him in the post.

Prior to joining BUBT as vice chancellor, Dr Fayyaz was dean (in-charge), Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences of the university and a professor of electrical and electronic engineering.

In 1974, he graduated from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and joined its electrical engineering department as a lecturer. He completed MSc in 1977, and obtained PhD in 2008 from Buet.

He served various national and international organisations as advisor and received awards including "IEEE Best Paper (USA, 1994)". Prof Fayyaz was also the pro-VC of Green University of Bangladesh.