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Professor Mesbahuddin Ahmad
Professor Mesbahuddin Ahmad

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Professor Mesbahuddin Ahmad
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Prof. Mesbahuddin Ahmad
Vice Chancellor
Gono Bishwabidyalaya
Savar, Dhaka
770 8478 Ex. 538
House No. A-3, Jahangirnagar University Campus, Savar, Dhaka. Tel.: 7708147 (Res.).
7791520
1711595665
Educated at Dhaka University, Bangladesh (M. Sc. in Chemistry, 1958) and Ottawa University, Canada (Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, 1963), Commonwealth scholar (1960).

Biography

Educated at Dhaka University, Bangladesh (M. Sc. in Chemistry, 1958) and Ottawa University, Canada (Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, 1963), Commonwealth scholar (1960).
: Primary interest has been in the field of Natural Products Chemistry. Phytochcmical studies on a number of indigenous medicinal plants have been accomplished and has made valuable contribution in this field. Has also been interested in organic reactions
Lecturer, Dhaka University (1959 - 1960); Senior Research Officer, East Regional Laboratories, BCSIR, Dhaka (1964 - 1967); Associate Professor, University of Chittagong (1969 - 1972); Associate Professor, Jahangirnagar University (1972 - 1976); Professor (1976 to date); Chairman, Department of Chemistry, Jahangirnagar University (1973 - 1974, 1974 - 1977); Dean of the Faculty of Sciences, Jahangirnagar University (1976); Founder Provost, Mir Mosharraff Hossain Hall, Jahangirnagar University (1973); Member, University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (on deputation from August 6, 1998 for four years
Published more than 60 research papers of which a good number in International journals.
Regular participant in the conferences of Bangladesh Chemical Society and Bangladesh Association for the Advancement of Science. Attended scientific conferences and workshops in different countries including Canada (1962), Pakistan (1971, 1988), England (1980), Sweden (1980), India (1982, 1990), Malaysia (1986, 1992), Indonesia (1989), Srilanka (1991), Philippines (1992). Also visited a number of Universities of U.K. under a DFID programme (1999
Evaluation Committee for Research Projects in Chemical Sciences under University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (over the years); President, Lions Club, Savar, Dhaka; Chief of a UGC delegation to India and Nepal (1999); President, Bangladesh Chemical Society (1992 - 1993, 1994 - 1995); Chief Editor, Journal of Bangladesh Chemical Society (2001 - 2002).
Member, Senate, Syndicate, Academic Council of Jahangirnagar University; Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (1998).

Academy

Vice President
Elected Fellow
1997