Resume of Professor Jasim Uddin Ahmad Professor Jasim Uddin Ahmad is a renowned educationist, environmental researcher, activist and community worker. He was the Vice Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh (2001-2004). He is a former President of the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies, FACS (2015-2017) and the Bangladesh Chemical Society. At Jahangir Nagar university Prof. Ahmad was the Dean, Chairman of Chemistry department, Provost of MH Hall, Director TSC at University. He was also ay senior lecturer at University of Jos, Makurdi Campus, Nigeria. Prof. Jasim was the President of Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers Association, 1999 and Jahangirnagar University Teachers Association for two terms. Prof. Ahmad was the Chairman and Treasurer of the Association of Universities of Bangladesh, Council Member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities and Member of the Board of Governors, Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC). Prof. Ahmad is closely associated with FOBANA, the Federation of Bangladeshi Associations in North America since early 1990s. He was invited special Guest and Guest of Honour in few Conventions. In 2019 he was the special guest in FOBANA Conversion held in LaGurdia Convention Centre, New York. He presented the Key-note presentation. Recently, in 2023 August he was the Key-note presenter in FOBANA Convetion held in Sheraton Hotel, Queens Street, Toronto, Canada. He is a Rotarion of Rotary Club of Danforth, Toronto since 2021. He was inducted as a Rotarion of Rotary Club of Jahangirnagar in 2001. He facilitated many activities of Rotary Club in organizing District Conference, Rotaract Conference in the Central Auditorium of Jahangirnagar University. He also gave Rotary Club every year lot of space for Tree plantation. He is residing in Toronto, Canada since 2017. He also plays a very active role here, in various Organizations. Prof. Ahmad is the Honorary Director of the Love and Hope Foundation, Canada and contributing significantly for the Foundation. He was a Past President of Love and Hope Foundation. He is the President of Dhaka College Alumni Association of Canada and Chief Advisor of Dhaka University Alumni Association of Canada. Prof. Ahmad has 75 research papers to his credit and presented many seminar papers. He is the Author and Editor of 35 books, published about 250 popular articles. He was the Chief Editor of Journal of Bangladesh Chemical Society and member of editorial boards and reviewers of different national and international journals. He has supervised more than 40 Ph.D and MS students. Prof. Ahmad is the President, Bangladesh International Farakka Committee. He was one of the key person for organizing Chilmari Long March and Grand Rally in 2005 with Atiqur Rahman Salu, Chairman IFC, Syed Tipu Sultan, Secetary General IFC and other leaders. The programme was organized to protest against the upstream water diversion by India, which was attended by more than half a million people. He was also involved in organizing many national and international seminar and symposium on water related issues at home and abroad. Prof. Jasim was the member of Editorial Board of "Documentation of the problems of Water and Arsenic in Bangladesh", the international publication of International Farakka Committee, IFC and other publications of IFC. Prof. Ahmad is an ardent follower of the Great Leader Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani since his early student life. He visited Santosh, Tangail many times when Great Leader was alive and numerous times after his death. He was involved in organizing the 1st National Conference of Krishak Samiti of Bhasani in Shibpur in 1972 under the leadership of Janneta Abdul Mannan Bhuyia, and other two public meeting of Bhasani at Shibpur. He was one of the key person in forming "Bhasani Anushari Parishad" in 2012 with all out support of Kazi Zafar Ahmad, another legendary leader of Bangladesh. He was the Executive Chairman with Bhasha Matin as the Chairman. Since then the organization is trying nationally and internationally to potray the correct image of Mojlum Janneta Maulana Bhasani in the creation of Bangladesh. Prof. Jasim writes regularly in newspapers and magazines on the ideals of Maulana Bhasani and participates in talkshows and zoom meetings. Prof. Jasim was the Convener, Centenary Celebration of Dhaka University Alumi Association in Toronto in 2019. Prof. Jasim was awarded the Ekushey Padak in 2006 for his significant contribution in Education. He was awarded the prestigious Fellowship of Federation of Asian Chemical Societies in 2019. He received the award and medal from FACS President of Taiwan, Past President of Australia. TVHe also received many other prestigious award, Millennium Gold Medal of American Biographical Society and others. Prof. Jasim visited more than 60 countries in Asia, Europe, Australia, America and Africa including USA, Canada, Japan, China, Singapore, Hongkong, Taiwan, South and North Korea, Australia, New Zeland, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Nigeria, Egypt etc. He is married to Dr. Nazma Ahmad a veteran social activist, researcher and Community activist. He has two sons Nabil Jasim Ahmad and Mahjuj Jasim Sourav, both of them are residing in North America.
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