Amith Khandakar earned his degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from North South University in Bangladesh. He graduated as the Valedictorian (President Gold Medal Recipient) of his university. He did his Masters in Computing (Networking Concentration) from Qatar University and graduated in 2014. He is currently the General Secretary of the IEEE Qatar Section and also the Qatar University IEEE Student Branch Coordinator and Adviser (Faculty). He is also a certified PMP(Project Management Professional) and CCNA(Cisco Certified Network Administrator)

He is working with Qatar University since 2010.Prior to coming to Qatar University; he was a Teaching Assistant and Lab instructor for two years for courses such as Mobile and wireless communication Systems, Principle of Digital Communications, Introduction to Communication, Calculus and Analytical Geometry, Verilog HDL: Modeling, Simulation and Synthesis. Simultaneously, he was a Lab instructor for the following courses: Programming course ‘C’, Verilog HDL, General Physics Course. After graduation he worked as a Consultant in a reputed insurance company in Qatar and in a private company that is a sub-contractor to National Telecom Service Provider in Qatar.

Honors and Awards:

1. President Gold Medal Recipient(Valedictorian) in 2009 Convocation from North South University, Dhaka-Bangladesh
2. Graduated with CGPA  4/4 from Qatar University in Masters
3. Recipient of the Graduate Research Award 2013 from Qatar University