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Professor Md. Anwar Hossain
Professor Md. Anwar Hossain

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Professor Md. Anwar Hossain
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Prof. Md. Anwar Hossain
Professor of Mathematics
University of Dhaka
Dhaka-1000
Bangladesh
966 1900
22 Kabi Jasimuddin Road, Kamalapur
Dhaka 1217, Bangladesh
831 5840
01715 799177

Biography

01/31/2001
M.Sc. in Physics (First Class First) in 1952 from Dhaka University (Bangladesh) and Ph. D. in Nuclear Physics from the University of Bristol (U.K.) in 1955.
He was appointed Lecturer in Physics in Dhaka University. In 1960, Dr. Hossain joined the Atomic Energy Commission and continued until he became Chairman of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) in 1976. He carried out important research work during this period and made valuable contribution in the field of Science and Technology in the country. He was Visiting Scientist, CERN (European Nuclear Research Laboratory) in 1960 - 1961, Guest Scientist at Studsvik (Sweden) in 1967 - 1968. Dr. Hossain continued as
Dr. Hossain has published more than 60 scientific papers in national and foreign journals. Wrote more than 100 scientific articles in energy, remote sensing, Ecology and Science Policy and attended many national and international confernces. He is Fellow of Bangladesh Acadmey of Sciences and Chairman, Bangladesh Human Ecology Council and Vice-Chairman of Commonwealth Human Ecology Council, London and has published three scientific books. It may be mentioned that he was awarded a Gold Medal and a Certificate of distinction for scholarly achievement from the Institute of Oriental Philosophy (Japan).
Dr. Hossain was the Coordinator of a seminar jointly organized by BAS and Goethe Institute, Dhaka. The proceedings has been published as a book under his editorship (2006). Dr. Anwar Hossain is a member, Committee for Promotion of Renewable Energy in Bangladesh.
Dr. Hossain acted as UNDP/FAO consultant for SPARRSO in 1990 - 1991. Since 1993, Dr. Hossain became Senior Fellow in Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) and started as consultant first in Solar Energy and then in Wind Energy. He was the team leader of a group studying wind speed of Bangladesh Coastal area in 1996 - 1997. In the following year, he studied the operation of a mechanical wind pump at Patenga. In 1999, he was Wind Energy Consultant in LGED and in 2000 he acted as wind Energy Consultant of World Bank. Dr. Hossain was Power Advisor, Infrastructure Investment and Facilitation Centre (IIFC) and developed the concept of Remote/Rural Area Power Supply System (RAPSS) in the private Sector (2000 - 2004).

Academy

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Elected Fellow
1999