Azeez Mohamed Mubarak (born 4 July 1951) is a
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
n scientist and researcher. He was the Director/CEO of
Industrial Technology Institute
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(formerly CISIR) from 2002 to 2012. He currently serves as the Chief of Research and Innovation at
.
Born to a large family, he received his primary education at
Greenland College and secondary education at the
Royal College, Colombo
Royal College, Colombo is a selective entry boys' school located in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Started as a private school by Rev Joseph Marsh in 1835, it was established as the Colombo Academy by Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton in Janua ...
. In 1971 he entered the
University of Ceylon, Colombo graduated with a
BSc first class Honours Degree in Chemistry. During his time at the university he captained the university cricket, soccer, tennis and was a member of the hockey and badminton teams.
Briefly playing cricket for the
Moors Sports Club, he won the
Commonwealth Scholarship to do his
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at the
University of Cambridge from 1976 to 1980. There he played
First-class cricket for the Cambridge University cricket team
and won blues for cricket. After gaining his PhD he went on to the
University of Maryland for postgraduate research.
He is a Rotarian and a Past President of the Colombo South Rotary Club. He is married to Chitranganie (née Silva), present Chairperson of Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) and has a son and daughter. His son
Jehan Mubarak has played cricket for Sri Lanka in all formats of the game. His daughter Kamakshi is currently attached to the World Bank in Washington DC.
References
External links
Aziz Mubarakat ESPNcricinfo
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1951 births
Alumni of Royal College, Colombo
Alumni of the University of Ceylon (Colombo)
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Living people
Sri Lankan Moor scientists
University of Maryland, College Park faculty
Cambridge University cricketers
Sri Lankan cricketers
British Universities cricketers
Sri Lankan expatriates in the United Kingdom