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A. Q. M. Bazlul Karim

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A. Q. M. Bazlul Karim
এ. কিউ. এম. বজলুল করিম
1st Chairman of Bangladesh Public Service Commission
In office
15 May 1972 – 14 December 1977
Appointed byAbu Sayeed Chowdhury
President
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byMohiuddin Ahmed
Personal details
Born(1920-02-01)1 February 1920
Kalma village, Lohajang Upazila, Munshiganj District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died6 July 1998(1998-07-06) (aged 78)
EducationPh.D.
Alma materAligarh Muslim University
Imperial College London

AQM Bazlul Karim (1920–1998) was a Bangladeshi educationist and soil scientist.

Early life and education

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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

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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

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  • 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

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Karim died on 6 September 1998.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Munni, Tanzina Khan (3 August 2014). "Karim, AQM Bazlul". Banglapedia. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b Bhattacharjee, Partha Pratim (14 June 2021). "The republic of BUREAUCRATS!". The Daily Star. Retrieved 30 September 2023.