Dr. Fazlur Rahman received his B.E. (Electrical) degree from Bangalore University, India in 1985, M.Tech (Instrumentation) degree from Indian Institute of Science, India in 1989 and Ph.D. degree from School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 1995. From 1985 to 1987 he worked as a graduate trainee engineer in a private PCB manufacturing industry. Worked at Singapore Polytechnic from 1995 to 2021 as Senior Lecturer in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He was actively involved in teaching, management and R&D work. Was technology leader for Instrumentation & Photonics Group and Manager of the Post Diploma Courses. He was attached to the MIRTHE, Princeton University, USA for a short period to carry out research work.
He has published several papers in international journals and conference proceedings. His research interests include intelligent instrumentation, non-linear control and machine learning. He has vast teaching and training experience in the area of instrumentation, programmable logic controllers, process control, data analytics and design thinking. He has worked in several consultancy projects related to technical education for ministry of Education, Mongolia and Brunei. Was Member of the Board of Examiners, for several Indian universities and have reviewed several PhD thesis. He is a senior member of IEEE, Life member of the Instrument Society of India. He has served as Secretary of Industrial Electronics Chapter, IEEE Singapore Section. He also received several R&D awards while working at Singapore Polytechnic.