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Dr. Zahurul Karim
Dr. Zahurul Karim

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Dr. Zahurul Karim
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Dr. Zahurul Karim
Apartment # 4D
House No. 74, Silicon Garden
Road No. 11/A
Dhanmondi R/A , Dhaka
Bangladesh
8130875

Biography

He was educated in Bangladesh Agricultural University and obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Reading (England) in 1978 and conducted graduate research in the world reputed and oldest Rothamsted Experimental station, U.K. He has also done Post-doctoral research on On-Farm Water Management at International Irrigation Center, Utah State University and Colorado State University, U.S.A.
Dr. Karim was honoured as the outstanding Commonwealth Scientist by Her Majesty the Queen on the occasion of 150th anniversary of Agricultural Research in 1993.
He is actively associated with a number of International Research Centers in directing the research thrust. Among those are the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Asian Vegetable Research Development Center (AVRDC), International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), International Potato Research Center (CIP), International Center for Research on Agro-forestry (ICRAF) and Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR). He also led the country in different science based national and international forum and many inter- governmental delegations.
He has over one hundred original scientific publications in world's reputed journals
Dr. Karim is a Fellow of many renowned academic and scientific bodies including New York Academy of Sciences, Third World Academy of Sciences, Climate change study of Oxford University and Bangladesh Academy of Sciences. Dr. Karim was Secretary, Bangladesh Academy of Sciences for the years 1997 - 1999. He was also Chairman/member of many scientific societies and international professional organizations. He was an elected member of the Board of Directors of the US based International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), representing the Asia and the Pacific region. Also, he was a member of Council for Partnership on Rice Research in Asia (CORRA), Rice-Wheat Consortium and was Vice-Chairman of the International Soil Science Society. He acted as Head/member of many National and International Task Forces and Agricultural Commission on food production, sustainable environmental development and Research management.
Currently he is serving as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bangladesh Tropical Forest Conservation Foundation popularly known as Arannayk Foundation, jointly established by Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the United States of America.

Academy

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Elected Fellow
1995