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Dr Atta awarded Cambridge University life fellowship
ISLAMABAD, June 2(Daily Times): Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairman Dr Attaur
Rahman has been awarded the Honourary Life Fellowship at the King's College
Cambridge.
He is the first Pakistani scientist to be made a Fellow at
the second oldest and most prestigious university in the world for his
achievements in academic research.
Dr Atta, who is also the OIC Standing
Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH) coordinator
general, was also elected the fellow of the prestigious Royal Society last
year.
Dr Atta obtained his PhD degree from the Cambridge University in
1968. He has over 778 publications in leading international journals in several
fields of organic chemistry including over 600 research publications, 15 patents
and 93 books. He has written 59 chapters in books published by major American
and European press. He is the first scientist from the Muslim world to have won
the UNESCO Science Prize in the 35 year history of the awards. The Government of
Pakistan has conferred four civil awards upon him.
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| Education News | | Updated: 09 Feb, 2012 |
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