Mohiuddin Ahmed (2 December 1944 – 22 June 2021) was a Bangladeshi author, editor and publisher, and the founder of The University Press Limited.
[1] After completing his MA, Ahmed joined the Pakistan Times as an apprentice journalist, but was soon offered the opportunity to join the Department of Journalism, Punjab University as an Assistant Lecturer in Mass Communication and Public Relations.
[2] From 1969 to 1972 Ahmed worked as 'Editor for Pakistan' at Oxford University Press (OUP) and, on his return to independent Bangladesh, served as the chief executive officer of OUP's Dhaka branch for two years.
[3] The Dhaka branch of OUP was closed down in 1975 and Ahmed decided to found his own publishing house, University Press Limited (UPL), as a successor of OUP.
In May 1988, Mohiuddin Ahmed was awarded a Cultural Doctorate in Publishing Management by the World University's international secretariat at Benson, Arizona.