Ahmed Mohiuddin (

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: احمد محی الدین) (8 January 1923 – 4 January 1998) was a noted

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, scholar and researcher of

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Early life and education

Ahmed Mohiuddin was born in

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, India, where he received his early education from Hyderabad. He obtained his MSc (

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) from

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in 1945 with distinction. In 1945 he was awarded a

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scholarship from government. He did a PhD in

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in 1948 from the

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. He returned to Hyderabad in 1948 and joined

as an associate professor.

Career

Mohiuddin migrated to Pakistan in November 1948 and joined the Malaria Institute of Pakistan until 1952. From 1953 to 1960, he served for

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. Later he was transferred to

Sindh University The University of Sindh ( ur, ; sd, سنڌ يونيورسٽي; informally known as Sindh University) is a public research university in Pakistan located in the city of Jamshoro. It is one of the oldest universities in Pakistan and was certifi ...

, Jamshoro as chairman of the Zoology Department. In 1978, Mohiuddin joined

Quaid-e-Azam University Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad ( ur, ; commonly referred to as QAU), founded as University of Islamabad, is a ranked 1 public research university in Islamabad, Pakistan. Founded as the University of Islamabad in 1967, it was initially de ...

as Vice Chancellor and later became Vice Chancellor of

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, Pakistan. From 1986 to 1988, he served

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. Mohiuddin was the founder of the Pakistan Zoological Society. He was awarded a fellowship from

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and Royal Society of Tropical Medicine. Mohiuddin was a highly cited

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and

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in Pakistan. Nationally and internationally, 37 of his books have been published on science and research.

Awards and recognition

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Award by the

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, US on 4 January 1998 at age 74. In recognition of his services to the field of zoology,

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created the Ahmed Mohiuddin Memorial Gold Medal for talented students awarded nationally in Pakistan.33rd Pakistan Congress of Zoology kicks off today
The Nation (newspaper), Published 2 April 2013, Retrieved 17 July 2019

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohiuddin, Ahmed 1923 births 1998 deaths Scientists from Hyderabad, India People from Karachi Pakistani biologists Pakistani zoologists Pakistani scholars Alumni of the University of London 20th-century zoologists Pakistani people of Hyderabadi descent Recipients of the Pride of Performance Indian expatriates in the United Kingdom Indian emigrants to Pakistan Pakistani expatriates in the United States