* Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan
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on Science
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and Technology
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(2002–2008)
Government work and political advocacy
After securing the fellowship
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of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences
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, Rahman had been affiliated with the Pakistan government
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regarding education
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and science
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affairs. From 1996 until 2012, Rahman served in the board of directors
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of the Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation
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, representing Pakistan's delegation. In 1997, Rahman served as the Coordinator General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
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's (OIC) Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation
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(COMSTECH) that comprised 57 Ministers of Science and Technology from 57 OIC member countries. In recognition of his scientific transformation of Pakistan and building a large number of Centers of Excellence in the country as well as promoting scientific research, Prof. Rahman was conferred the TWAS Prize in Institution Building, in Durban, South Africa in 2009. Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman has seved as the Co-Chairman of UN ESCAP.
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(MoSci) as its minister, assisting in drafting the official science policy of the country. In 2002, he was appointed as minister of the Ministry of Education
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(MoEd) as well as becoming the chairman of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) until resigning in 2008. Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman has also served as Chairman of the Prime Ministers National Task Force on Science and Technology, Co Chairman of Prime Ministers National Task Force on Information Technology and Telecommunications, and Vice Chairman of the Prime Ministers Task Force on Technology Driven Knowledge Economy during the years 2019 to 2022.
Honours and awards
National and international Awards
In recognition of his eminent contributions in the field of organic chemistry
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, he has been conferred with many civil awards, including:
* Nishan-e-Imtiaz
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(2002) (highest national civil award)
* Hilal-e-Imtiaz
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(1998)
* Sitara-e-Imtiaz
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(1991)
* Tamgha-e-Imtiaz
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(1983)
* UNESCO Science Prize
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(1999)
* Fellow Royal Society (London) (2006)
* “Grosse Goldene Ehrenzeischen am Bande" (2007) high civil award by the Austrian government (2007)
* China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award (2020) bestowed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on January 7, 2020
* Academician Chinese Academy of Sciences (2015)
* Friendship Award of China (2014)
* Vice President The World Academy of Science, TWAS
* Presient, Network of Academies of Science of Organising of Islamic Conference, NASIC
* Member Korean Academy of Science and Technology
* Einstein Professorship of Chinese Academy of Sciences
* Babai Urdu Award (1994)
* Scientist of the Year Award (for 1985)/Prize Rs. 200,000 (1987)
* FPCCI Prize for Technological Innovation (1985)
* Engro Excellence Award (2010)
* HEC National Distinguished Professor (2011–present)
* Professor Emeritus University of Karachi (2011–present)
* Lifetime Achievement Award by University of Management and Technology, Lahore
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(2012)
Fellowships
* Fellow of Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
* Fellow of Islamic World Academy of Sciences
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* Foreign Fellow of Korean Academy of Sciences[
* Fellow of ]Pakistan Academy of Sciences
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Established in 1953 in Lahore, Punjab, the A ...
* Fellow of the Royal Society
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, London (July 2006)[
* Honorary Life Fellow ]King's College, Cambridge
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, UK (2007)[
* Fellow of Chinese Chemical Society (1997)][
* Foreign Academician of the ]Chinese Academy of Sciences
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(2015)
See also
* H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry
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* Higher Education Commission
* Salimuzzaman Siddiqui
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Siddiqui studied philosophy at Aligarh Mus ...
* Civil decorations of Pakistan
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References
External links
Homepage of Atta-ur-Rahman
Pakistani leaders.com, Dr_Atta_ur_Rehman
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Living people
1942 births
Karachi Grammar School alumni
University of Karachi alumni
University of Karachi faculty
Pakistani chemists
Federal ministers of Pakistan
Organic chemists
Recipients of Hilal-i-Imtiaz
Recipients of Nishan-e-Imtiaz
Recipients of Sitara-i-Imtiaz
Recipients of the Pride of Performance
Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
Fellows of the Royal Society
Fellows of Pakistan Academy of Sciences
Foreign members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Recipients of the Grand Decoration with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria
Presidents of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences
Fellows of the Islamic World Academy of Sciences