| Office | 1st Chairman of Bangladesh Public Service Commission
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|---|---|
| Predecessor | Office established |
| Successor | Mohiuddin Ahmed
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| Born | 1920-2-1 |
| Born | Kalma village, Lohajang Upazila, Munshiganj District, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | Template:Death date and age
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| Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University Imperial College London
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AQM Bazlul Karim (1920–1998) was a Bangladeshi educationist and soil scientist.
Early life and education
Karim was born on 1 February 1920 in Kalma village in Lohajang Upazila, Munshiganj District, Bengal Presidency, British India.[1] He passed SSC, and HSC in1936 and 1938 respectively.[1] He completed his BSc examinations in 1940.[1] He did his MSc degree in 1942 from Aligarh Muslim University in Chemistry.[1]
In 1945, he started his PhD in agricultural chemistry at Imperial College London and finished in 1948.[1] His thesis was Residual effect of fertilisers on the growth and yield of potatoes.[1]
Career
Karim became a civil servant in Calcutta under the Bengal Ministry of Food.[1] He joined Jadabpur College as a lecturer.[1] He was appointed a gazetted officer in the chemical standardization laboratory of the Bengal Ministry of Food and Drug.[1]
In 1949, Karim joined the Department of Soil Science in University of Dhaka as senior Lecturer.[1] He worked with M Osman Ghani and Abdul Karim. In 1952, he was appointed reader.[1] He joined the Department of Soil Science and Botany in Davis Campus of the University of California, Barkley as a visiting faculty following an offer by American Academy of Sciences.[1]
In 1961, Karim returned from the United States and was appointed head of Soil Science Department of the University of Dhaka.[1] In 1962, he was promoted to Professor. From 1967 to 1969, he worked as Director General Soil Survey of Pakistan project.[1]
Karim was appointed the first chairman of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission after the Independence of Bangladesh in July 1972.[1][2] He served a five year term after which he returned to the University of Dhaka. He retired from the university on 30 June 1982.[1]
Awards
- President's Gold Medal (1974)[1]
- Sher-e-Bangla Gold Medal (1982)[1]
- Atish Dipankar Gold Medal (1984)[1]
- Ekushey Padak (1999), posthumously.[1][2]
Personal life and death
Karim died on 6 September 1998.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 Karim, AQM Bazlul, Munni, Tanzina Khan. Banglapedia(3 August 2014). Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The republic of BUREAUCRATS!, Bhattacharjee, Partha Pratim. The Daily Star(2021-06-14). Retrieved 2023-09-30.