M. A. Rashid

M. A. Rashid (January 16, 1919 – November 6, 1981) was a Bangladeshi educator. He served as the 1st vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology during 1962–1970. He was awarded Independence Day Award in 1982 by the Government of Bangladesh.

He served as an assistant engineer in the Public Works Department of the Assam government during 1942–1945. With an Indian government scholarship, he earned his master's degree and DSc degrees in civil engineering from the Carnegie Institute of Technology (later Carnegie Mellon University) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

First doctorate degree in East Bengal He was the first in East Bengal to have a doctorate degree in engineering.

In 1958, he became a member of the Education Commission of Pakistan. After the independence of Bangladesh, he became a member of the National Pay Commission, Industrial Workers Wages Commission and President's Council of Advisors and was put in charge of the Ministry of Works in 1975.