Md Zahidul Hasnain

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Md Zahidul Hasnain

Senior Network Administrator

Email: ipzahid@iub.edu.bd
Room No: 4016
Phone: Ext. 2115

Academic Qualifications

  • M.Sc. (IUB), Computer Network and Communication
  • B.Sc. (AUB), Computer Science and Engineering

Vendor Certification

  • Certified in Cyber Security (CC), ISC2
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
  • RedHat Certified Engineer (RHCE)

Awards and Recognition

  • Instructor Excellence Expert Level Award, 2024
  • Instructor Excellence Advanced Level Award, 2023
  • Instructor Excellence Advanced Level Award, 2022

Research Interest

  • Internet Architecture and  Security
  • Network Resource Management
  • Network Performance Evaluation
  • Cyber Security and Ethical Hacking

Md. Zahidul Hasnain is the Senior Administrator, Network and System in Central Information Technology Services at Independent University, Bangladesh and is the core member of the IUB Data Center Team. He is also the IT In-Charge of School of Business and Entrepreneurship (SBE). With over 18 years of professional experience at IUB as a skilled Network and System Administrator, he brings a wealth of expertise to his role. Prior to this, Mr. Hasnain spent two years as a System Administrator across various organizations.
He is a Certified Instructor with Cisco Networking Academy at IUB and has been recognized with the prestigious Instructor Excellence Advanced Level Award from Cisco Networking Academy in both 2022 and 2023. He has also been recognised with the highest level instructor award, Instructor Excellence Expert Level award in 2024 that has placed him among the top 10% instructors globally. Additionally, he holds an adjunct faculty position in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at IUB, where he has been teaching the Data Communication and Networking Lab course for the past three years.
Mr. Hasnain is also Certified in Cybersecurity and is an active member of the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC2). Furthermore, he is a System Security Practitioner.

  • Senior Administrator, Network and System, Central Information Technology Services, Independent University, Bangladesh (March 2017-till date)
  •  Network Administrator, School of Business and Entrepreneurship (SBE), Independent University, Bangladesh (July 2007-February 2017)
  •  System Administrator, Amplitude Information Technology Ltd. (April 2006-June 2007)
  •  Assistant System Engineer, Zedandzed IT Services Ltd. (January 2005-March 2006)
  • Online Training for LMS Configuration and Operation from 24th October to 12th December, 2020 at Bangladesh Research and Education Network (BdREN)
  • eduroam Institutional Radius Server (IRS) Configuration workshop from 6th November to 7th November, 2019 organized by Bangladesh Research and Education Network (BdREN) at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB).
  • CCNA Routing and Switching Instructor Training (Module3&4) from 17th January to 25th January, 2018 at Cisco Instructor Training Center, AIUB
  • CCNA Routing and Switching Instructor Training (Module1&2) from 24th May to 3rd June 2015 at Cisco Instructor Training Center, AIUB
  •  Cisco Certified Network Professional from 26th January to 25th June 2012 at Cisco Valley
  •  System Administration Express using Debian from 10th October to 15th December 2009 at New Horizon
  •  Cisco Certified Network Associate from 15th March to 30th May 2006 at Cisco Valley
  •  Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate from 20th April to 25th August 2005 at NIIT
  •  ISP Setup Express using RedHat Linux from 1st June to 30th July 2004 at New Horizon