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| Dr Qudrat-I-Khuda |
Qudrat-I-Khuda,
Muhammad (1900-1977) researcher, educationist and author. Conceived in town
Margram of Birbhum region in West Bengal, Qudrat-I-Khuda got his initial
training from the Margram ME High School and Calcutta Woodburn ME School. He
passed the Matriculation examination from Calcutta Madrasa in 1918 in the First
Division. In 1924 he got the MSc degree in Chemistry standing First in First
Class, from Presidency College, Calcutta, and was granted a gold award for his
splendid outcome. Qudrat-I-Khuda likewise got a premchand roychand studentship
for higher research in Chemistry at Calcutta University. He got the DSc in 1929
from London University for his exploration entitled 'Stainless Configuration of
Multiplanmet Ring'. Qudrat-I-Khuda
started his vocation as an instructor in Chemistry at Presidency College in
1931 and was soon elevated to Head of the Department in 1936. From 1942 to
1944, he filled in as the Principal of Islamia College in Calcutta. He again
came back to Presidency College in 1946, turning into the Principal of the
school. In the meantime, Dr Qudrat-I-Khuda was a Fellow and a Member of the
Senate of Calcutta University. At the parcel of India, he came to East Pakistan
(now Bangladesh) in 1947 and filled in as the main Director of Public
Instruction of the Government of East Pakistan from 1947 to 1949. In 1949, he
was designated Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defense of the Government
of Pakistan. He progressed toward becoming Chairman of the Secondary Education Board
and served from 1952 to 1955. He was selected the principal Director of the
East Regional Laboratories of the Pakistan Council for Scientific and
Industrial Research-PCSIR (now BCSIR) in 1955 and built up the labs in Dhaka.
After retirement from Directorship in 1966, Muhammad Qudrat-I-Khuda was
delegated Chairman of the 'Kendriya Bangla Unnayan Board' (Central Board for
the Development of Bengali).
After
the autonomy of Bangladesh, Qudrat-I-Khuda was made Chairman of the 'National
Education Commission' framed in 1972. The report of the commission distributed
in 1974 is generally known as 'Qudrat-I-Khuda Education Commission Report'. He
was named Visiting Professor of Chemistry at Dhaka University in 1975 and
served there till his demise.
Muhammad
Qudrat-I-Khuda's field of specialization was natural science. He led
investigate on herbals, jute, salt, charcoal, soil and minerals. He effectively
removed biochemical components from neighborhood trees and plants for
therapeutic utilize. Qudrat-I-Khuda and his partners licensed 18 logical
innovations. Assembling of Partex from jute-stick was his most prominent
logical accomplishment. Assembling malt vinegar from the juice of sugarcane and
molasses, rayon from jute and jute-sticks, and paper from jute were his other
huge logical developments.
Qudrat-I-Khuda
assumed a critical part in advancing Bangla for logical practices. Thusly, he
composed various books on science and innovation in Bangla including Vijnaner
Saras Kahini (Interesting History of Science), Vijnaner Vichitra Kahini
(Wonderful History of Science), Vijnaner Suchana (Origin of Science), Jaiba
Rasayan (Organic Chemistry) in four volumes, Purba Pakistaner Shilpa Sambhabana
(Industrial Potentiality of East Pakistan), Paramanu Parichiti (An Introduction
to the Atom) and Vijnaner Pahela Katha (First Word of Science). Two Bangla
science magazines 'Purogami Vijnan' (Pioneering Science; 1963) and 'Vijnaner
Joyyatra' (The Victory of Science; 1972) were distributed under his protection.
He likewise kept in touch with some religious books including Pabitra Quraner
Puta Katha O Angari Jaoyara (The Holy Sayings of Quran and Angari Jaoyara). He
assumed a dynamic part in the freedom development and aided in empowering
Bengali patriotism.
The
Government of Pakistan granted him the 'Tamgha-I-Pakistan' and
'Sitara-I-Imtiaz' in energy about his remarkable accomplishments. The
Government of Bangladesh regarded him with 'Ekushe Padak' in 1976 and
'Swadhinata Dibas Puraskar' (Independence Day Award) in 1984 for his exceptional
commitments in science and innovation. Dhaka University gave on him a
privileged Doctorate degree for his exceptional commitment to science. Muhammad
Qudrat-I-Khuda kicked the bucket in Dhaka on 3 November 1977