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Professor Mofizuddin Ahmed (Deceased)
Professor Mofizuddin Ahmed

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Professor Mofizuddin Ahmed

Biography

05/21/2002
B.Sc (Hons.), 1942 and M.Sc., 1944 in Chemistry, Dhaka University, Dhaka; Ph.D., 1948, Pennsyl- vania State University, U.S.A.; a short course on Student Personnel Service, 1961, Chicago University, U.S.A.
Dhaka University Prize of Books, 1944 (on the result of M. Sc.); Tamgha-i-Pakistan, 1967; Bangladesh Independence Day Award of Gold Medal and cash in Science and Technoloty, 1986; Bangladesh Chemical Society Gold Medal for outstanding contributions, 1988.
He was Lecturer, 1948 - 1950; Reader, 1950 - 1963, Professor, 1963-1983 in Chemistry, Dhaka University; Provost Iqbal Hall (now Sgt. Zahurul Haq Hall, 1945 - 1961; Advisor on Student Affairs, 1961 - 1963; Provost Salimullah Muslim Hall, 1963 - 1970; Head of the Deptartment of Chemistry, Dhaka University, 1972 - 1973; Member, Pakistan Central Public Service Commission, 1970; founder Vice-Chancellor, Jahangirnagar University, 1970 - 1972; First Chairman, Bangladesh Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, 1973 - 1979; Consultant ESCAP, 1982; Chairman, Bangladesh National Education Commission, 1987; Founder Director, Institute for Advancement of Science and Technology Teaching ; Professor Emeritus, Dhaka University from 1984 till his death in 1997.
UNESCO Science Policy Seminar, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1975; Leader of Bangladesh delegation to Indian Science Congress, 1975; Bangladesh delegate to Australia-New Zealand Science Conference, Tasmania, Australia, 1976; UNESCO Conference on Scientific Information, Williamsburgh, Germany, 1977; Pugwash Conf. in Munich, Germany, 1977; World Conf. on Future Sources of Organic Raw Materials, Ottawa, 1978; Member, UN Adhoc Group of Experts on Education in the field of New and Renewable Energy, New York, 1981; Federation of Asian Chemical Societies, Regional Chemical Seminar and Institute Kimia Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 1981; Asian and Pacific Chemical Congress, Singapore, 1981; Global Conference on the Role of Scientific and Engineering Societies for Development, New Delhi, 1981; Commonwealth Seminar on Mobilising Indigenous Professional, Scientific and Engineering Organizations for Development, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1984.
Member, Phi Iamda Upsilon, 1947 (U.S.A.); Member, Sigma XI, 1948 (U.S.A.); Associate General Secretary, Pakistan Assoc. for the Advancement of Science, 1963 - 1969; President, Chemistry & Applied Chemistry Section, 18/19th Pakistan Science Conference, 1963; Fellow, Pakistan Academy of Sciences; Founder President, Bangladesh Chemical Society, 1973 - 1980; President, Bangladesh Assoc. of Scientists and Scientific Professions, 1982; Secretary, 1982, Treasurer, 1984 and Vice-President, 1986 of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences; Chairman, National Commission of University-Industry Interaction,1983. Formerly Fellow, Indian Chemical Society; American Chemical Society; American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member, Pakistan Delegation to Indian Science Congress, 1954 (Calcutta); Leader, Pakistan Delegation to British Association Annual Conference, 1958 (Glasgow); Member, Science Mission to USSR, 1967; Leader of Bangladesh delegation to the Association for Scientific Cooperation in Asia (ASCA) in New Delhi, 1974; Canberra, 1975 and Bangkok, 1976.

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Foundation Fellow
1973