| Name
: |
Professor
Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed |
| Father’s
Name : |
Late
Moulvi Ibrahim |
| Date
of Birth : |
01
February 1931 |
| Wife
: |
Dr.
Anwara Begum
Professor, Department of Zoology, Dhaka University;
Former Chairman, Department of Zoology and Provost, Shamsun Nahar Hall,
Dhaka University. |
| President
of the Republic : |
Submission
of nomination papers on 4 September 2002.
Bangladesh Election Commission declared him elected unopposed as President
of the Republic on 5 September 2002.
Took oath as President of the Republic on 6 September 2002.
|
| Address
: |
Present:
Bangabhaban, Dhaka.
Permanent
: Vill.- Nayagaon; P.O. and District - Munshigonj.
|
| Education
: |
Matric:
Munshigonj High School 1948;
I. Sc (1st Div.) Munshigonj Haragonga College 1950;
B. Sc. Dhaka University 1952;
M. Sc. (Soil Science, 1st Class) Dhaka University 1954;
M.S Wisconsin University, USA, 1958;
Ph. D Wisconsin University, USA, 1962. |
| Profession
: |
Assistant
Professor, Department of Soil Science, Dhaka University
1963;
Associate
Professor, Department of Soil Science, Dhaka University
1964;
Professor,
Department of Soil Science, Dhaka University 1973;
Provost,
Salimullah Muslim Hall, Dhaka University 1975-83;
Chairman,
Department of Soil Science, Dhaka University 1968-69
and 1976-79;
Dean,
Faculty of Biological Science, Dhaka University 1989-90
and 1990-91;
Chairman,
Public Service Commission 1991-93;
Member,
Senate, Syndicate, Academic Council and Board of Advance
Studies, Dhaka University;
Adviser,
Caretaker Government 1991; (in charge of the Ministry
of Food and Culture) 1991;
Chairman,
University Grants Commission 1995-99;
Vice-Chancellor,
State University of Bangladesh 2002.
|
| Visiting
Professor : |
Cornell
University, USA, 1983;
German
Technical University, Berlin;
Research
Centre Buentehof, Hannover, Germany, and
Gottingen University Germany, 1984;
Uppsala
University Sweden 1984.
|
| Research
and Publication : |
125
research papers published in newspapers and journals
at home and abroad. Of them 48 research papers published
in foreign journals. Conducted research on process of
salinity on paddy plants in coastal areas. Selected high
yielding paddy in the coastal belt of Bangladesh and
identified the influence of salinity in the soil in different
time. Invented a process of preserving nutrient in the
soil for long time and supplying them as per requirement
of plants. This invention brought for him laurel in the
United States.
|
| Organisational
Activity : |
Member,
Federation of University Teachers’ Association, Dhaka University.
President,
Teachers Association and Convenor of Combined Teachers
Movement, 1990
|
| Awards
: |
Ibrahim
Memorial Gold Medal 1987-88.
Srigyan
Atish Dipankar Gold Medal 1990.
Crest
(‘ADAPHOS’) 1991.
Ekushe
Padak (Education) 1995.
|
| Member
: |
International
Soil Scientist Association.
Indian Soil Science Association.
Soil Science Association of Bangladesh.
Asiatic Society.
|
| Delegate
: |
As
a member of Bangladesh Delegation attended 49th Regular
session of UN General Assembly in New York in 1994 and
addressed the Session on Palestinian Refugees as well
as Global Trade and Development.
Visited Universities of Australia and Malaysia as President of the
University Grants Commission Delegation in 1998.
|
| Social
Service : |
Life
member of various educational and social welfare organizations.
Respected as a language veteran, an ideal educationist
and a researcher.
|
| Children
: |
Eldest
daughter: Susan Ahmed, studying Ph. D. in USA; married.
Eldest
son: Adam Ahmed, serving in USA; married
Youngest
son: Imtiaz Ahmed, serving in Montreal, Canada; unmarried.
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