Nazir Ahmed (or Nazir Ahmad),

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(1 May 1898 – 30 September 1973) was a Pakistani

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and the first

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of the

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(PAEC) from 1956 to 1960. Dr.Nazir Ahmed was the first vice president of Pakistan central Contton Committe from 1948 to 1956.

Life

Nazir Ahmed was born in a

Kakazai The Kakazai ( ps, کاکازي / ککےزي / ککازي, Urdu, fa, ), also known as Loi, Loe, or Loye Mamund ( ps, لوی ماموند; ur, لو ئے / لوئی مَاموند ), a division of the Mamund clan, are part of the larger Tarka ...

family. Ahmed obtained his B.Sc. in

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from

Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College ( ur, Madrasatul Uloom Musalmanan-e-Hind, italics=yes) was founded in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, initially as a primary school, with the intention of taking it to a college level institution, known as Muhammed ...

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in 1919. He attended the

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, UK, under the supervision of

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. There he received his M.Sc. in 1923, and

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in 1925. In 1930, Nazir Ahmed came back to

, where he was appointed

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at the Technological Laboratory, Central Cotton Committee of India, and became its director after one year. While living in

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, he married Razia, a member of the Khader Nawaz Khan family of

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and the

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; her sister Rafia married Ahmed's friend, the naval officer

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. On June 9, 1938,

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appointed Ahmed an

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. In 1945, Ahmed was appointed member of the Indian Tariff Board. After the

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, Ahmed migrated to

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, where he held various positions, such as joint secretary of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Pakistan Development Board. In 1956, he became the first

of the

(PAEC), a post he held until 1960. Nazir Ahmed was involved in efforts to build a heavy water plant at

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, but the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation turned down his request. In 1960, he was transferred to

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under the administration of

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Fellowships

* A 'Fellow' of the

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(1953-1970).'Deceased Fellows List' of the Pakistan Academy Of Sciences
Pakistan Academy Of Sciences website, Retrieved 6 May 2020

Award named after Nazir Ahmad

*To honor his services, ''Dr. Nazir Ahmad Award'' was named after him by the

Research papers

*Tubewell Theory and Practice, published by

- (Nazir Ahmed) (1979). * Survey of Fuels & Electric Power Resources in Pakistan, published by Pakistan Academy Of Sciences - (Nazir Ahmed) (1972).Nazir Ahmed's research paper publications from 1972 and 1979 on Pakistan Academy Of Sciences website
Retrieved 6 May 2020

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmed, Nazir 1898 births 1973 deaths Pashtun people Pakistani physicists Alumni of the Victoria University of Manchester Nazir, Ahmed Fellows of Pakistan Academy of Sciences Chairpersons of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Presidents of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences