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Professor A.S. Islam
Professor A.S. Islam

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Professor A.S. Islam
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Prof. A.S . Islam
House No.12, Road No. 135
Gulshan
Dhaka-1212
Bangladesh
988-1470-512-989-6316

Biography

01/26/2001
Professor Islam did his Matric and Intermediate in Science in 1941 and 1943 from Rajshahi Collegiate School and Rajshahi College, respectively. He did Hons. and M. Sc. in Botany from Presi- dency College, Calcutta in 1945 and 1947, respectively. He obtained Ph.D. in Botany (Cytogenetics) from Manchester University, U. K. in 1954 with the financial support of the British Council.
Recipient of three prestigious awards: President's Gold Medal in Agriculture (1984), Ekushey Medal (Martyr's Day Medal) in Education (1986) and Bangladesh Academy of Sciences Gold Medal in Biology (1987).
Professor Islam taught Botany for over 40 years at undergraduate and Graduate levels in different Universities, namely Dhaka University, Bangladesh; Sind University, Pakistan; University of Dares Salam, Tanzania, and University of Nairobi, Kenya. He served as a Supernumerary Professor of Botany, Dhaka University. He is intimately involved in research at the Deptartment of Botany, Dhaka University. In 1978 he was invited to present a paper by UNESCO - sponsored seminar on "The improvement of Science Course at the School level."
He has published over 100 scientific papers in monthly magazines. He has published over 100 scientific papers jointly with Ph.D. and M.Sc. students in national and international journals.
He was a Member of the Education Commission in 1978 - 1979 and participated in a large number of meetings relating to science education and their probable solution. He edited the Biology portion of the Science Book of Classes V and VI being appointed by the National Curricula and Text Book Board.

Academy

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Elected Fellow
1980