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 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.-Naragoan; P.O. and District – Munshiganj.
Education:
Matric: Munshiganj High School 1948;
I.Sc(1st Div.) Munshiganj Haragonga College 1950;
B.Sc. Dhaka University 1952;
M.Sc. (Soil Science, 1st Class) Dhaka University 11954;
M.S Wisconsin University, USA, 1958;
Ph. D Wisconsin University, USA, 1962.
Professional background/Past positions:
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 at different
times. Devised a process of preserving nutrients in the soil for
long time and supplying them as per requirement of plants. This
invention brought for him laurels in the United States.
Organisational Activity:
Member, Federation of University Teacher’s Association, Dhaka University.
President, Teachers Association and Conveyor of Combined Teachers
Movement, 1990.
Awards:
Ibrahim Memorial Gold Medal 1987-88.
Srigyan Atish Dipankar Gold Medal 1990.
Crest (‘ADAPHOS’) 1991.
Ekushey 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.
Family Members:
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.
