Mazhar Mahmood Qurashi

Mazhar Mahmood Qurashi
Born	8 October 1925 (1925-10-08) (age 86) Gujranwala, Punjab, British India (now Pakistan)
Died	2011,11,21 Islamabad,Pakistan
Residence	Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory
Citizenship	Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS) Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) Ministry of Defence of Pakistan (MDP) Quaid-i-Azam University (Qau) Institute of Physics (IP) Crystallographic Society of Pakistan (CSP)
Alma mater	University of Punjab University of Manchester
Doctoral advisor	Dr. Albert Beaumont Wood
Known for	his for work in physics, history, crystallographic, crystalline, and operational research and Scientometrics.
Notable awards	Sitara-i-Imtiaz (1991) President’s Medal for Technology (2007)
Notes Note: He is the founder of Crystallographic Society of Pakistan.

Dr. Prof. Mazhar Mahmood Qurashi or M. M. Qureshi, is a Pakistani physicist and a Islamic scholar who is educated in Lahore and Manchester. He is the professor of physics at the Quaid-i-Azam University. He is an eminent science administrator and researcher in the field of classical physics.^[1] Qurashi served as secretary general of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences and the past director general of Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) laboratories in Karachi as well as being a former Director of the National Science Council of Pakistan.

Biography

Education

Qureshi, in his school days, has been a brilliant student. He completed his matriculation at an early age and also received an early admission to the University of the Punjab with an awarded scholarship. In 1942, he graduated and received B.Sc. with Honors in physics.^[2] In 1944, he completed his Master's degree in physics. He served as an associate professor of physics at his alma mater for a from 1944 till 1947, then and flew to United Kingdom to pursue his doctorate in physics.^[3] He was awarded Ph.D in physics under the supervision of Dr. Albert Beaumont Wood from University of Manchester in 1949; also awarded D.Sc. in physics in 1962, on the basis of 50 published papers.^[4]

Academic career

He has been associated with University of Islamabad (now Quaid-i-Azam University) since its establishment. In the past, he has served as the chairman of the physics department at the Quaid-i-Azam University. He has also served as a research scientist at the Institute of Physics and published numerous papers in physics. In July 1988, Qureshi founded the first new Crystallographic Society of Pakistan in which he also served as its new president.^[5] Prof. Qurashi has authored over one hundred and ninety research papers on various topics such as physics, physical chemistry and Scientometrics, of which more than thirty have been published in British, Canadian and International Journals. He has published 14 Monographs in areas of physics, scientific and technological research in Pakistan as well as on History and Philosophy of Science. From the period of 1988 to 1992, he has served as the administrator of a research project on "Science and Technology in The Muslim Ummah", the research project that was financed and coordinated by Pakistan Academy of Sciences. He has also worked at the Ministry of Defence of Pakistan as a chief research scientist where he carried out his research in physics. He has been engaged in the research in physics with emphasis on study of atomic and moleculary arrangements in alloys and minerals.

Prof. Qurashi is a former member of the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Technological and Research Committee on Cotton as well as being a member of Pakistan team at the Defence Exercise UNISON in 1965. In 1981, dr. Qureshi was listed in the Biography in Who's Who in the World, Biography in Men of Achievement (1982), Who's Who of Intellectuals (1983), and 5,000 Personalities of the World, 1985.^[6] He joined Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission in 2006. In 2007, President of Pakistan conferred dr. Mazhar Mehmood the President’s Medal for Technology for his work on corrosion-resistant nano-crystalline alloys.

Research Papers

• Dependence of publication-rate on size of some university groups and departments in U. K. and Greece in comparison with N. C. I., USA . M.M. Qureshi (2005)
• Groundrules for Gainful Interaction Between Science and Religion for the Future of Humanity by Prof. Mazhar Mahmood Qurashi FIAS, Pakistan Academy of Sciences.
• Evaluation of Water Bodies from Different Sources of Water (2005)
• Islamic lunar calendar – a critical review of forecasts for Pakistan based on the ILDL concept, Part II, by M. M. Qurashi
• Science, Islam and Education by S. M. Jafar and M. M. Qurashi (2005).
• History and Philosophy of Muslim Contributions to Science & Technology, by M. M. Qurashi and S. S. H. Rizvi (1996).
• Introduction to Muslim Contributions to science & Technology, by Mazhar Qureshi, printed by Adam Publishers.
• Research & Development in Pakistan: Review (1947–89) & Future Perspectives. M. M. Qurashi and A. Q. Kazi (1992).
• Food & Nutrition Problems of the Muslim Ummah. S. M. Ali, M.H. Qazi, M.M. Qurashi, M.A. Rahim, F.H. Shah (1989).
• Science and Technology Profiles of Muslim Countries. S.M. Jafar & M. M. Qurashi (1986)
• Renewable Sources of Energy in Pakistan. M. M. Qurashi & A. H. Chotani (1986).
• Energy and Its Development (with special reference to Pakistan). Karimullah, M. M. Qurashi, M.S.H. Siddiqi, M. K. Bhatty, A.H.Chotani (1982)
• Appropriate Technology & Development (with special reference to Pakistan) by M. M. Qurashi, Karimullah, M. Aslam, A. H. Chotani, S. M. Moghni (1981) (Edited in collaboration with PAS & Pakistan Banking Council.
• The Mechanics of R&D and Technology Transfer. Mazhar M. Qurashi (1978).

Awards

• Sitara-i-Imtiaz (1991)
• PCSIR Award (2002)
• Gold Medal from Pakistan Academy of Sciences (1972)

Fellowships

• Fellow of Institute of Physics (1961)
• Fellow of Islamic Academy of Sciences (1988)
• President, of the Scientific Society of Pakistan, (1968–1969)
• President, Section of Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Astronomy and Meteorology.

References

1. ^ [google books The International Who's Who] The International Who's Who 2004 p. 1370 google books 
2. ^ "Fellows of the Academy". Pakistan Academy of Sciences. http://www.paspk.org/fellow7.htm. Retrieved 2010. 
3. ^ http://www.zoominfo.com/Search/ReferencesView.aspx?PersonID=72851483
4. ^ "IAS Fellow". Islamic Academy of Sciences. July, 1988. http://www.ias-worldwide.org/profiles/prof57.htm. Retrieved 2010. 
5. ^ Hall, Syd (July, 1988). "Newsletter of the Asian Crystallographic Association". Asian Crystallographic Association. http://www.asiancrysassn.org/News/Newsletters/news_88_7.htm. Retrieved 2010. 
6. ^ http://www.worldwhoswho.com/views/browse.html?id=sl1122771

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Name	Qurashi, Mazhar Mahmood
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Date of birth	8 October 1925
Place of birth	Gujranwala, Punjab, British India (now Pakistan)
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