R I M Aminur Rashid

R I M Aminur Rashid, also known as Rafiqul Islam Muhammad Aminur Rashid (13 February 1945 – 8 August 2025) was a Bangladeshi academic, theoretical physicist and former vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Open University. He was a former professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Dhaka.

Education He earned his BSc (Hons) and MSc in Physics from the University of Dhaka and a PhD degree from the University of Kent, Canterbury, England. He also did his post-doctoral research at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, and at The University of Oxford, England.

Career Rashid was a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Dhaka. He was a fellow of the Bangladesh Physical Society and served as the Vice-Chancellor of the Bangladesh Open University (BOU) from January 25, 2009, to January 24, 2013. In his career Professor Rashid served as the Chairman of the Department of Physics at the University of Dhaka, Dean of the Faculty of Science, Provost of S. M. Hall, President of the Dhaka University Teachers’ Association and President of the Bangladesh Physical Society.