Muhammad Qudrat-i-Khuda

Muhammad Qudrat-A-Khuda
মুহাম্মাদ কুদরাত-এ-খুদা
Born	c. 1900 Margram, Birbhum District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	3 November 1977(1977-11-03) (aged 76–77) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Citizenship	British Indian (1900-47) Pakistani (1947–71) Bangladeshi (1971–77)
Alma mater	Presidency University London University
Awards	full list

Muhammad Qudrat-A-Khuda (c. 1900 – 3 November 1977) was a Bangladeshi organic chemist, educationist and writer.^[1] He was a professor of chemistry at Presidency College, Kolkata.^[2] From 1969 till 1972, he served as the president of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences. After the independence of Bangladesh, as a chairman of the National Education Commission, he published a report named Qudrat-a-Khuda Education Commission Report. He founded the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. ^[1]

Qudrat c. 1931

Awards

• Tamgha-e-Pakistan (1973)
• Sitara-e-Imtiaz (1972)
• Ekushey Padak (1976)
• Independence Day Award (1984)

References

1. Islam, Sirajul (2012). "Qudrat-a-Khuda, Muhammad". In Islam, Sirajul; Murshed, Md (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
2. Zaman, Habibuz (1999). Seventy years in a shaky subcontinent. Janus Publishing Company. p. 87. ISBN 1-85756-405-7. Retrieved 26 February 2015.