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Professor M.H. Khundker (Deceased)
Professor M.H. Khundker

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Professor M.H. Khundker
Faridpur, Bangladesh

Biography

01/22/2001
Educated at Barisal Zilla School, Jagannath College, and then at Dhaka University (B.Sc. Honours, M.Sc.), Durham University, King's College, (Ph.D., 1948); Reader, (1948 - 1960); Professor (1960 - 1972); Dean of the Faculty of Sciences, Dhaka University.
Chemical Crystallography
Raja Kali Narayan Scholar; recipient of the University Gold Medal, Dhaka University. Academy Gold Medal for Research in Physical Sciences, Pakistan Academy of Sciences (1967).
(a) Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, (b) Processing and reactions of minierals, (c) Chemistry of cellulose and jute. Solid State Chemistry involving the mechanism of solid state reactions and various related properties of solids. Study of metal borates. Adsorption of gases on the solid matrix. Developed a novel technique for producing crystalline metal borates, study of decomposition and sulphidation of transition metal oxalates, graphite-sulphur interclation compounds. Organoboron compounds, metal ammines and chemistry of non-metallic sulphur compounds.
Analytical methods for the determination of a metal ion from complex and mutually interfering mixtures, development of new ion-exchangers from indigenous materials.
Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain (F.R.I.C.); Chairman of Pakistan Branch of R.I.C; Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (F.R.S.A.), London; Member of the Society of Chemical Industry, London; Fellow of Pakistan Academy of Sciences; Member of the Council of Pakistan Association for the Advancement of Science, and President of the Section of Chemistry and Applied Chemistry for 1957; National Secretary for the International Committee for Electro-chemical Kinetics and Thermodynamics (CITCE); National Co-ordinator for the Commonwealth Committee for Mineral Processing; Member of Pan Indian Ocean Science Association (PIOSA); Member of the Permanent Council of the International Congress on Corrosion; Editor of the Journal of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences; Member of the Editorial Board of the Dhaka University Studies; Member of the sub-committee for science and technology of the Bangla Academy, and Chairman of the Paribhasha Committee for Chemistry of the Bengali Development Board.

Academy

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Foundation Fellow
1973