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| name = A. Q. M. Bazlul Karim<br />
| native_name = এ. কিউ. এম. বজলুল করিম<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| office = 1st Chairman of [[Bangladesh Public Service Commission]]<br />
| termstart = 15 May 1972<br />
| termend = 14 December 1977<br />
| predecessor = ''Office established''<br />
| successor = Mohiuddin Ahmed<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1920|2|1}}<br />
| birth_place = Kalma village, [[Lohajang Upazila]], [[Munshiganj District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
| nationality = <br />
| education = Ph.D.<br />
| alma_mater = [[Aligarh Muslim University]] <br/> [[Imperial College London]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1998|7|6|1920|2|1}}<br />
| occupation = <br />
| president = {{ubl|Abu Sayeed Chowdhury|[[Mohammad Mohammadullah]]|[[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]|[[Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad]]|[[Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem]]|[[Ziaur Rahman]]}}<br />
| appointer = [[Abu Sayeed Chowdhury]]<br />
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'''AQM Bazlul Karim''' (1920–1998) was a Bangladeshi [[educationist]] and [[Soil science|soil scientist]].<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Karim was born on 1 February 1920 in Kalma village in [[Lohajang Upazila]], [[Munshiganj District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], British India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Munni |first=Tanzina Khan |date=3 August 2014 |title=Karim, AQM Bazlul |url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Karim,_AQM_Bazlul |access-date=30 September 2023 |website=[[Banglapedia]] |language=en}}</ref> He passed SSC, and HSC in1936 and 1938 respectively.<ref name=":0" /> He completed his BSc examinations in 1940.<ref name=":0" /> He did his MSc degree in 1942 from [[Aligarh Muslim University]] in Chemistry.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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In 1945, he started his PhD in [[agricultural chemistry]] at [[Imperial College London]] and finished in 1948.<ref name=":0" /> His thesis was Residual effect of fertilisers on the growth and yield of potatoes.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Career==<br />
Karim became a civil servant in [[Calcutta]] under the Bengal Ministry of Food.<ref name=":0" /> He joined Jadabpur College as a lecturer.<ref name=":0" /> He was appointed a gazetted officer in the chemical standardization laboratory of the Bengal Ministry of Food and Drug.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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In 1949, Karim joined the Department of Soil Science in [[University of Dhaka]] as senior Lecturer.<ref name=":0" /> He worked with [[M Osman Ghani]] and [[Abdul Karim (historian)|Abdul Karim]]. In 1952, he was appointed reader.<ref name=":0" /> He joined the Department of Soil Science and [[Botany]] in [[University of California, Davis|Davis Campus of the University of California]], Barkley as a visiting faculty following an offer by American Academy of Sciences.<ref name=":0" /> <br />
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In 1961, Karim returned from the United States and was appointed head of Soil Science Department of the University of Dhaka.<ref name=":0" /> In 1962, he was promoted to Professor. From 1967 to 1969, he worked as Director General Soil Survey of Pakistan project.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Karim was appointed the first chairman of the [[Bangladesh Public Service Commission]] after the [[Independence of Bangladesh]] in July 1972.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Bhattacharjee |first=Partha Pratim |date=2021-06-14 |title=The republic of BUREAUCRATS! |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/news/the-republic-bureaucrats-2110361 |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> He served a five year term after which he returned to the University of Dhaka. He retired from the university on 30 June 1982.<ref name=":0" /> <br />
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==Awards==<br />
* President's Gold Medal (1974)<ref name=":0" /><br />
* Sher-e-Bangla Gold Medal (1982)<ref name=":0" /><br />
* Atish Dipankar Gold Medal (1984)<ref name=":0" /><br />
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (1999), posthumously.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
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==Personal life and death==<br />
Karim died on 6 September 1998.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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[[Category:Bangladeshi soil scientists]]<br />
[[Category:Academic staff of the University of Dhaka]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Independence Award]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]<br />
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