Muhammad Qudrat-i-Khuda
| Muhammad Qudrat-i-Khuda محمد قدرت خدا মুহাম্মাদ কুদরাত-ই-খুদা |
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| Born | 1900 Morgram, Birbhum District, Bengal Presidency, British India (now India) |
| Died | 3 November 1977 Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Citizenship |
British Indian (1900-47) Pakistani (1947–73) Bangladeshi (1973–77) |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Fields | Organic Chemistry |
| Institutions |
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Karachi University Dhaka University |
| Alma mater |
Presidency University London University |
| Notable awards |
Tamgha-e-Pakistan (1973) Sitara-e-Imtiaz (1972) Independence Day Award (1984) Ekushey Padak (1976) |
Muhammad Qudrat-i-Khuda (Urdu:محمد قدرت خدا; Bengali: মুহম্মদ কুদরাত-ই-খুদা 1900–1977), FPAS, SI, was a Bangladeshiorganic chemist, educationist and political writer who founded the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. From 1969 till 1972, Khuda served as the president of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences.
Born in village Morgram of Birbhum district in Bengal Presidency, Qudrat received his early education from the Morgram 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 obtained the MSc degree in Chemistry standing First in First Class, from Presidency College and was awarded a gold medal for his performance. Qudrat also received a Premchand Roychand Studentship for higher research in Chemistry at Calcutta University. He obtained the Doctor of Science in 1929 from London University for his research entitled Stainless Configuration of Multiplanmet Ring.
Qudrat began his career as a lecturer in Chemistry at Presidency College in 1931 and was soon promoted to Head of the Department in 1936. From 1942 to 1944, he served as the Principal of Islamia College in Calcutta. He again returned to Presidency College in 1946, becoming the Principal of the college for a brief period in 1947. At the same time, Qudrat was a Fellow and a Member of the Senate of Calcutta University. At the Partition of India, he came to East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) in 1947 and served as the first Director of Public Instruction of the Government of East Pakistan from 1947 to 1949. In 1949, he was appointed Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence of the Government of Pakistan. He became Chairman of the Secondary Education Board and served from 1952 to 1955 while serving as faculty member at the Karachi University. He was appointed the first Director of the East Regional Laboratories of the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in 1955 and established the laboratories in Dhaka. After retirement from Directorship in 1966, Qudrat was appointed Chairman of the 'Kendriya Bangla Unnayan Board' (Central Board for the Development of Bengali).
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