Rajshahi Cadet College

History

The college was initially known as Ayub Cadet College. It was established in the Pakistan days. The name was changed after Bangladesh independence, and is now known as Rajshahi Cadet College.

Late Wing Commander(Retd)Mohammad Syed was the founding Principal of this college in 1966. He later moved to what was then West Pakistan, and died in Karachi in the 1980's.

Late Gholam Mustafa (on deputation from Pakistan Audit & Accounts Service) was the founding Budget & Accounts Officer of the college in 1966. His services established most of the development projects including three dormitories of the college. He later died in Makkah Al Mukkaramah in 1984. He was the father of cadet 4/185, Gholam Mujtaba.

The first cadet to be enrolled was Shaikh Abdul Hamid (cadet 1/1). He is the founder of ORCA, an alumni of Rajshahi cadets. Presently, Professor Dr.Shaikh Abdul Hamid teaches at Boston University.

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Academics

A.K.M.Fakhrul Azam (Ph.D.)24th (1292/TH)

Nagoya University, JAPANWebpage: [http://akmfakhrulazam.tripod.com/akmfakhrulazamhelalspage/]

Dr.Gholam Mujtaba [http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gholam_Mujtaba - 24k ] , B.Pharm.(Karachi) [http://www.uok.edu.pk] ,M.Sc.(London) [http://www.kcl.ac.uk] , Pharm.D.(Nev), MD(Georgetown) [http://www.aism.edu] , FRSH(England), FICPS(NY)First Flight Commander of the second flight at the former Ayub Cadet College (1967) cadet 185 of the 4th batch.Former Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister, Pakistan & coalition partner to Sindh Government in the Provincial Assembly.He was a close associate of President Musharraf during his last days in power. [http://www.jang.com.pk]

Ambassador Touhid Hossain of the 4th batch is the present Foreign Secretary of the Government of Bangladesh.

Lt General M. Aminul Kareem,PhD, of the 4th batch is commandant of National Defence college , Mirpur , Dhaka .

Syed Tariq Shamim of the 4th batch is the Dy. Director General of the FIA (Federal Investigation Agency) Pakistan.

Dr. Mojib U. Ahmed, M.Com (Dhaka), MAcctg (Glasgow, Scotland, UK as Commonwealth Scholar); MAS (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA as Fulbright Scholar); Ph.D in Finance(Old Dominion University, Virginia, USA) 8th batch. Professor Department of Accounting Information Systems, Dhaka University also director of MBA Program, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Brigadier General Ferdous Hassan Khan of the 4th batch was the Defense Advisor at the BD Embassy in New Delhi.

Professor Dr. Mahboob Ali of the 4th batch is the Professor of Interventional Cardiology at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases,Dhaka.

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