With over 45 years of experience in teaching, research, academic leadership and professional service; Dr Kabir earned a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), Belgium in 1993. He is currently serving as the Vice-Chancellor, Daffodil International University (DIU) since July 2025. Syndicate Member (July 2025- July 2027), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET-top technical university of Bangladesh). Chairman, Ethics Committee, Institution of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB).

Member, Board of Accreditation for Engineering & Technical Education (BAETE), Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) since 2016. Also Chair – Quality Assurance Cell (QAC). Previously, served as Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Asia Pacific (UAP) for four consecutive terms (16 years, 2003–2020). Also served as a Member, Board of Governors, Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET (2014–2016). As a visiting international faculty and scholar, collaborated with the University of Texas at Austin, USA; the University of Alberta, Canada; and Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), the Netherlands. A Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (F/3339), also affiliated with several other professional organizations. Authored more than 50 technical publications in reputed national and international journals, conference proceedings, and reports.