Bangladesh Academy of Sciences is an academic forum for Bangladeshi scientists and technologists. Established in 1973, it aims to fulfill the role of promoting research and development of sciences in Bangladesh.

History

After the partition of Indian subcontinent, the

Pakistan Academy of Sciences The Pakistan Academy of Sciences ( ur, ) (abbreviated as: PAS), is a learned society of sciences, which described itself as "a repository of the highest scientific talent available in the country." Established in 1953 in Lahore, Punjab, the A ...

was established in 1953. After the liberation of Bangladesh, 12 Bangladeshi fellows (the then

East Pakistan East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Myanmar, wi ...

i) of the academy formed the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences in 1973.

Muhammad Qudrat-i-Khuda Muhammad Qudrat-i-Khuda ( – 3 November 1977) was a Bangladeshi organic chemist, educationist and writer. He founded the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. From 1969 till 1972, he served as the president of the Pakista ...

served the founding president role until 1976. Since 2014, BAS has administered the

digital library A digital library, also called an online library, an internet library, a digital repository, or a digital collection is an online database of digital objects that can include text, still images, audio, video, digital documents, or other digital ...

Bangladesh Journals OnLine (BanglaJOL).

Presidents

(1973–1976) * M Osman Ghani (1976–1988) * S.D. Chaudhuri * M. Shamsher Ali (2004–2012) * Mesbahuddin Ahmad (2012–2015) * Aminul Islam (2016–2017) * Quazi Abdul Fattah (2017–present)

Fellows

List of the academy fellows.

Academy Gold Medal Awards

The academy awards prizes in senior and junior categories annually to scientists and technologists of Bangladesh in the field of physical sciences (engineering and technology) and biological sciences (agriculture and medicine).

Physical Sciences

Biological Sciences

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1973 establishments in Bangladesh Scientific organizations established in 1973 Scientific organisations based in Bangladesh Science and technology in Bangladesh National academies of sciences Learned societies of Bangladesh Members of the International Council for Science Members of the International Science Council