Habib Ahmad was a
Pakistani scientist, a professor of
Genetics
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and vice-chancellor of
Islamia College, Peshawar
Islamia College Peshawar (ICP) ( ur, اسلامیہ کالج پشاور) is a public university located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[Peshawar
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, Pakistan.
[Dr Habib's name finalized as Islamia College University VC]
The News International (newspaper), Published 5 July 2016, Retrieved 9 August 2020
Early life, career and awards
Ahmad was born in
Matta village in
Swat District
Swat District (, ps, سوات ولسوالۍ, ) is a district in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. With a population of 2,309,570 per the 2017 national census, Swat is the 15th-largest district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa prov ...
,
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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, Pakistan.
[ He was educated at the Government High School in Matta and passed his ]matriculation
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Australia
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exam in 1975. He graduated from Jahanzeb College in Saidu Sharif in 1981. Then, he received an MSc and MPhil in botany
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in 1985 and 1991 respectively from the Department of Botany at University of Peshawar
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from University of the Punjab
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in 2003. After graduating, he joined Hazara University as a professor in 2005, and has been the vice-chancellor of this university since 28 July 2016.[
Some years ago, he served at the ]Pakistan Agricultural Research Council
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Mission and achievements
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in Islamabad, Pakistan. He played a role in the Cytogenetics Program where he contributed to the establishment and strengthening of a Cytogenetics lab.[
He has been leading an effort towards an international research project for production of vaccines against ]Dengue virus
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.[
AWARDS
1: The Government of Pakistan, Civil Award, Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, 23 March 2011
2: Best University Teacher Award-2015, HEC, Government of Pakistan
3: The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa R&D Effort Award-2015
4: Productive Scientist of Pakistan Award -2016
5: Productive Scientist of Pakistan Award -2015
6: Productive Scientist of Pakistan Award -2014
7: Productive Scientist of Pakistan Award -2013
8: Productive Scientist of Pakistan Award -2012
9: Productive Scientist of Pakistan award -2011
10: Best Performance Award, Hazara University 1st Decade Celebrations-2011
11: Leading Scientist of the World Award -2011 IBC Cambridge, UK
12: National Talent Award August–2008
13: Teacher of the Year UNESCO Award–2007
14: Best Teacher Award Ministry of Education-2007
15: Teacher of the Year Medal National Commission for Human Development 2007
16: Best Researcher of Hazara University-2006
]
Death
He died on 7 April 2021 after an ailment for several days. His funeral was observed at his hometown Matta, Swat, Pakistan.
References
External links
Habib Ahmad articles on GoogleScholar website
Living people
People from Swat District
Pakistani scientists
Pakistani educators
Pakistani geneticists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Recipients of Tamgha-e-Imtiaz
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