Iqbal Mahmud

Iqbal Mahmud (born 8 March 1940) is a Bangladeshi educator and former state minister for agriculture and forestry. He served as the 7th vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2005 by the government of Bangladesh for his contribution to education.

Early life and education Mahmud was born in Kolkata, British India on 8 March 1940. He passed matriculation examination from Sylhet Government High School in 1954 and intermediate examination in from Murari Chand College in Sylhet in 1956. He earned his bachelor's in chemical engineering from Ahsanullah Engineering College (later Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology) in 1960. He got his master's and Ph.D. degrees from University of Manchester in 1962 and 1964 respectively.

He is the co-author, with Nooruddin Ahmed, of the textbook Corrosion Engineering: An Introductory Text, for undergraduate chemical engineers.