dr. hameed ahmed khan

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DR. HAMEED AHMED KHAN
(Hilal-i-Imtiaz, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Kharazmi Laureate, TWNSO Laureate, ISESCO Laureate)

1. Personal Information

Name: Dr. Hameed Ahmed Khan
(Hilal-i-Imtiaz, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Khararzmi Laureate,
TWNSO Laureate, ISESCO Laureate)

Father's Name: Sardar Khan

Date & Place of Birth: 1st May 1942 - (Yangon, Burma)

Nationality: Pakistani

Contact Addresses:
Executive Director
Office: Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable
Development in the South (COMSATS)
Shahrah-e-Jamhuriat, G-5/2
Islamabad - 44000, PAKISTAN
Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]

Residence: House No. 172, Street No. 36, Sector F-10/1
Islamabad 44000, PAKISTAN
Tel: [phone]

2. Academic Qualifications

D.Sc. (Physics and Space Research)
Birmingham University, U.K. (1994)
Ph.D. (Radiation Physics)
Birmingham University, U.K. (1972)
M.S. (Reactor Physics)
Birmingham University, Birmingham, U. K. (1969)
M.Sc. (Physics)
Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan (1964)
3. Brief Citation
Dr. Hameed A. Khan is a veteran physicist, who has attained self-actualization in his professional and
scientific career. Dr. Khan’s enduring strive for excellence has fetched him respect and recognition at
national and international levels, and has transformed him into a well balanced professional, with a blend
of unique scientific abilities, strong managerial skills, sound scholastic abilities and visionary leadership.

Considering his vast scientific and administrative experience of over 40 years, the Government of Pakistan
appointed Dr. H.A. Khan as Executive Director, Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable
Development in the South (COMSATS) in March 2000. COMSATS is an inter-governmental international
organization, accredited with the UN system, with twenty-one (21) countries in three continents (Africa,
Asia and Latin America) as its members. In this capacity Dr. Khan has played a key role in revitalizing the
available scientific resources for the development of the countries of the South. From the COMSATS’
forum, he has been successful in promoting the cause for developing collaboration and synergies with
international development and donor agencies. His dynamism has helped channelize the available scientific
resources both in North and the South for optimizing and bringing about sustainable development. During
his tenure at COMSATS as Executive Director, the Commission has observed strengthening of working
relations with external partners and international players like UNIDO, IAEA, CERN and IDRC. His strong
networking and leadership persona have made possible initiation and realization of some of the much
needed programmes in collaboration with these organizations in the form of projects like; Industrial
Information Network, Biotechnology Web-portal, Data-Grid Application and Information and
Communication Technologies for Development in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. On the internal side,
COMSATS as a whole has renewed its commitment with its network members and breakthroughs have
been made to give breadth and depth to the network.

Dr. Hameed Ahmed Khan has nearly 40 years of scientific and administrative experience to his credit at
the Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science & Technology (PINSTECH), Islamabad. In recognition of his
devoted services and abilities, he was appointed as the Director General of PINSTECH; a position that
designated him to head more than 1400 scientific and technical staff and about 2000 non-technical staff on
payroll, which Dr. Khan successfully managed. He has played an important role not only in the
establishment of world famed laboratories at PINSTECH (Islamabad), but also in helping many
neighbouring and Third World countries to pursue the same. SSNTD, an abbreviation for Solid-State
Nuclear Track Detection, first introduced by Dr. Khan and later establishment of SSNTD-Laboratories in
PINSTECH and other institutions, is one of the achievements reflecting upon his scientific and
administrative faculties.

The scientists at PINSTECH, under the guidance and supervision of Dr. Hameed Ahmed Khan, have
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worked on various developmental aspects, as well as on the applications of nuclear techniques in physical,
chemical and material sciences. Dr. Hameed has actively participated in the basic R&D of various nuclear
techniques and their applications. Dr. Hameed Khan directed his efforts towards producing some
characteristic nuclear data of basic importance; making PINSTECH-Laboratories self sufficient, open to
universities/colleges and research institutes in and across Pakistan, and applying these highly useful
techniques in various projects of Pakistan. He has been a driving force for PINSTECH in initiating
scientific collaboration with German, Chinese, Italian and other scientific institutes from various countries,
and also within Pakistan.

Dr. Khan is a scientist with international exposure, which has allowed him to present his scientific and
technical work across the globe. He is a veteran of more than five hundred and thirty eight (538) research
publications and has earned quite a name for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Muslim World. His
papers have been quoted and discussed in well reputed international journals and magazines like, Time and
Science News (USA); The Times, The Observer and The New Scientist, (U.K.); and Die Zei' (Germany).
He presented his scientific work in a large number of international science conferences and at the
universities and research institutes of Germany, France, Austria, U.K., Sweden, Egypt, Italy, People's
Republic of China, Vietnam and Mexico.

Dr. Khan’s services were not restricted to scientific work in laboratories and administrative responsibilities.
He supervised more than 50 post-graduate and post-doctorate students, who benefited from his knowledge
and expertise. He also has been on the panel of many Editorial Boards pertinent to his field of expertise,
and being an authority in the field of solid state nuclear track detection, he has been refereeing technical
research papers for many international scientific journals since 1972, and has been the Director of
`International Spring School on the Development and Applications of Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors'
(March 5-14, 1979, Islamabad), and `14th International Conference on Solid State Nuclear Track
Detectors' (April 2-6, 1988, Lahore). He co-directed the Workshop on Radon Monitoring in
Radioprotection, Environmental Radioactivity and Earth Sciences (April 3-14, 1989, Trieste, Italy) and
served as a member of the Organizing Committee of the 3rd Conference of Islamic Academy of Sciences
on `New High Technologies and the Development of the Muslim World' (Dec 2-5, 1989, Kuwait).

Dr. Khan, on the invitation of Pakistan University Grants Commission (UGC), has also been working for
the establishment of SSNTD-Laboratories to carry out basic research and applied work on international
level at various institutions in Pakistan, which inter alia include: Punjab University (Lahore); Bahauddin
Zakariya University (Multan); Gomal University (D.I.Khan); and Government College University
(Lahore). He also holds a Visiting Professorship at the Physics Department of B.Z. University, Multan.
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4. Life Sketch

Dr. Hameed Ahmed Khan was born in Yangon (Burma) in 1942 and migrated to Pakistan in 1947.
He obtained his college and university level education at F.C. College and Govt. College, Lahore,
nationally acclaimed for its academic excellence. Dr. Hameed Khan earned B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc.
degrees from Punjab University in 1963 and 1964, respectively, and later on secured a mark of distinction
by winning the `Role of Honours’, from Government College, Lahore.

Dr. Hameed Khan began his professional career in 1965 by joining Pakistan Atomic Energy
Commission (PAEC) as Scientific Officer. In the early days of his career he participated in commissioning
Pakistan’s first Research Reactor (PARR- 1). His scientific abilities were duly and right away recognized
and he was sent to England for higher studies in 1968 by PAEC. He obtained M.S. degree in Reactor
Physics and Ph.D. degree with specialization in Radiation Physics from Birmingham University (U.K.) in
1969 and 1972 respectively. Dr. Hameed Khan's Ph.D. research work produced 20 internationally
acclaimed research publications - a rare honour and a great pride for a Ph.D. student. During his Ph.D.
research work, Dr. Hameed Khan not only developed a new radiation detection system but also applied it
extremely successfully to various branches of science. He also has the honour of working on moon-
samples, brought back by Apollo (American) and Luna (Russian)-space missions. After completing his
Ph.D., Dr. Hameed Khan was offered a post-doctorate assignment at Birmingham University (U.K.),
where he served on the research /teaching faculties of the university till 1974. In December 1994, he was
awarded prestigious degree of Doctor of Science in Physics and Space Research from Birmingham
University U.K.

Besides continuous scholastic progression, Dr. Khan attained recurrent advancement in his
professional career due to his meritorious research work. From the status of Principal Scientific Officer in
1977, he became Chief Scientific officer in 1986. Then in 1994, in recognition of his incessant
achievements in the scientific field, Dr. Hameed Khan was elevated as Chief Scientist and Associate
Director with added responsibility of administrative operations of PINSTECH. Within a short span of two
years, he was further elevated to the rank of Director General of this institute. During his tenure, he made
strenuous efforts to enhance administrative efficiency and invigorate scientific and technical work at
PINSTECH.

Dr. Khan grew in stature as one of the leading scientists of the country and his services earned
him respect and recognition, which were not only honored at the institutional level but also at the national
and international levels. The President of Pakistan conferred upon him two prestigious and high civil
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awards of “Hilal-i-Imtiaz” (H.I.) in 1999 and "Sitara-i-Imtiaz" (S.I.) in 1984, in recognition of his quality
basic scientific research work and its very useful applications in Pakistan. The National Book Council of
Pakistan (Ministry of Education) bestowed upon Dr. Hameed Ahmed Khan (H.I., S.I.) the award of the
'Scientist of the Year - 1987' on the development and applications of the technique of solid state nuclear
track detection in Pakistan and first prize in Physics for the years 1991, 1992 & 1993. The Pakistan
Academy of Sciences (PAS) awarded him a Gold Medal in 1975 for his original scientific contribution,
unmatched by a scientist of his age, a fellowship in 1990 and INFAQ Foundation Gold Medal in physical
sciences in 1994. The Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Foundation of Germany awarded him a prestigious
Fellowship in 1981.

The Islamic Academy of Sciences (IAS) elected Dr. Hameed Khan as a fellow of the Academy in
1988 - a great honour for him for being the Youngest Fellow of this august body The Iranian Research
Organization for Science & Technology (IROST) awarded him "Kharazmi Prize" in 1993 for his
contributions to science. The Third World Network of Scientific Organizations (TWNSO), Trieste, Italy
announced its prestigious "1998 TWNSO Prize in Technology" for Dr. Hameed Ahmed Khan in
recognition of his outstanding scientific contributions, particularly for developing the technique of SSNTD
and its applications in Pakistan and other developing countries. Moreover, in recognition of his services to
sensitize the nations of the Third World to the centrality of science and technology for sustainable
development, Dr. Khan was elected Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences in 2003.

More recently, in recognition of the excellence achieved in the field of Physics and Basic Science,
Dr. Khan has been awarded the ‘ISESCO Prize in Science 2006’.

5. Positions Held

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMMISSION ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR
(From September 5, 2003 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH (COMSATS),
To-date ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN

SCIENTIST EMERITUS PAKISTAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (PAEC),
(Since 15th July 2003) ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMMISSION ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR
(From March 1, 2000 to SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH (COMSATS),
May 22, 2003) ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN

DIRECTOR GENERAL PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND
(Jun 2, 1996 - Feb. 28 2000) TECHNOLOGY (PINSTECH), NILORE, ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN

CHIEF SCIENTIST PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND
(Dec 01, 1994 to May 01, 2000) TECHNOLOGY (PINSTECH), NILORE, ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND
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(Nov 22, 1994 to Jun 01, 1996) TECHNOLOGY (PINSTECH), NILORE, ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN
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CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND
(Dec 01, 1986 to Nov 30, 1994) TECHNOLOGY (PINSTECH), NILORE, ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN

PRINCIPAL SCIENTIFIC PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND
OFFICER TECHNOLOGY (PINSTECH), NILORE, ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN
(Dec 01, 1977 to Nov 30, 1986)

SENIOR SCIENTIFIC PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND
OFFICER TECHNOLOGY (PINSTECH), NILORE, ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN
(Dec12, 1972 to Nov 30, 1977)

SCIENTIFIC OFFICER PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND
(Dec 01, 1965 to Dec 11, 1972) TECHNOLOGY (PINSTECH), NILORE, ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN

6. Fellowships & Memberships

FELLOW (Since 2003) THIRD WORLD ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (TWAS) -
TRIESTE, ITALY

FELLOW (Since 1990) PAKISTAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (PAS) -
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN

FELLOW (Since 1988) ISLAMIC ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (IAS) - AMMAN,
JORDAN

FELLOW ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT (AVH) KERNCHEMIE,
F.B.14,PHILIPPS UNIVERSITAT, MARBURG, GERMANY

PRESIDENT (1985-1988) INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR TRACK SOCIETY (U.K.)

MEMBER (1984-1990) PAKISTAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (PAS) -
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN

ACTIVE MEMBER NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (NYAS)

7. Awards/ Distinctions

Medallions

1. Recipient of “Hilal-i-Imtiaz” (A Higher Level Civil Award conferred by the President of Pakistan on
August 14, 1999) in Recognition of the Contributions in the Field of Scientific Research
2. Recipient of "Sitara-i-Imtiaz" (A High Civil Award conferred by the President of Pakistan on August
14, 1984) in Recognition of the Contributions in the Field of Scientific Research.

International Awards

1. "1998 TWNSO Prize in Technology" awarded by the Third World Network of Scientific
Organizations (TWNSO), Trieste, Italy.
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2. Recipient of "Kharazmi Prize" Awarded by Iranian Research Organization for Science & Technology
(IROST) in 1993.
3. “ISESCO Prize in Science 2006” awarded by Islamic Educational, Scientific & Cultural
Organization (ISESCO) in 2006.

National Awards

1. Third top-most position in the ranking of all Pakistani scientists in all disciplines and second in
Physics declared in 1998 by the Pakistan Council for Science & Technology (PCST) on the basis of
the calculation of "Impact Factor" of the published work.
2. Recipient of "INFAQ Foundation Gold Medal" Awarded by Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS) in
1994.
3. Recipient of "First Prize in Physics for the Years 1991, 1992 & 1993" by National Book Foundation
of Pakistan, Ministry of Education.
4. Recipient of the award of "Scientist of the Year" for 1987 in Recognition of the Distinguished
Research Achievements.
5. Recipient of a Gold Medal from the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS) for being declared "The
Best Young Scientist of Pakistan for the Year 1975" in Recognition of the Research Achievements
by any Scientist of Pakistan at the Age of 33 Years.

Institutional Awards

1. Recipient of "Service Award" on Completion of 25 Years' Outstanding Service at PINSTECH.
2. Recipient of a Best Performance Gold Medal on the Occasion of 25th Anniversary of PINSTECH
for his Scientific Contribution
Honors
1. In recognition of unstinted and dedicated services, the Government College University Lahore
named one of its Laboratories as the "Dr. Hameed A. Khan Radiation Physics Laboratory" in
1998.
2. About 600 Citations of the published work (using limited search based on the journals received in
PINSTECH Library).
3. Pakistan Council for Science and Technology in its “Productivity of Scientists of Pakistan” ranked
Dr. Hameed Ahmed Khan as a Top Physicist and third in the over all list of Productive Scientists by
cumulative points.

8. Fellowships/ Memberships of Scientific Bodies / Scientific
Committees
1. Convener, NCNST Committee for Foreign Training
2. Member, Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS)
3. Member and Secretary of COMSATS Coordinating Council
4. Chairman of COMSATS Management Committee
5. Member of COMSATS Consultative Committee
6. Chairman, Executive Committee, COMSATS Internet Services (CIS)
7. Chairman, Board of Governors, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT)
8. Member of the Committee for Monitoring the Progress of PC1s of Ministry of Science and
Technology, Pakistan
9. Elected as Honorary Member of the “Nuclear Track Society, Slovenia” in 2000
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10. Member of the working committee for Analyzing the Higher Education Reforms, for the Ministry of
Education, Government of Pakistan
11. Elected member of the Technical Committee of the Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF)
12. Member of the Technical Committee of the National Commission on Science and Technology
(NCST), Pakistan
13. Member, Committee for hiring the services of ex-Pakistanis/Foreigners for S & T
organizations/universities
14. Chairman, Selection Committee IT Faculty Hiring, Ministry of Science and Technology, Pakistan
15. Chairman, Peer Review Committee for Physical Sciences
16. Member of the Scientific Committee of 16th International Conference on "Solid State Nuclear Track
Detectors", held at Beijing (China), Sept. 7-11, 1992.
17. Elected as Fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS) in 1990.
18. Member of the Scientific Committee of 15th International Conference on "Particle Tracks in Solids",
held at Marburg (Germany), September 3-7, 1990.
19. Member of the Scientific Committee of Islamic Academy of Sciences (IAS) Conference on "New
High Technologies and the Development of the Muslim World", held at Kuwait from December 2-6,
1989.

20. Elected as Fellow of the Islamic Academy of Sciences (IAS) in 1988.
21. Member of the Scientific Committee of 14th International Conference on "Solid State Nuclear Track
Detectors", held at Lahore (Pakistan) , April 2-6, 1988.
22. Member of the Scientific Committee of "13th International Conference on Solid State Nuclear Track
Detectors" held at Rome (Italy), September 1985.
23. Member of the Organizing Committee of the 12th International Conference on Solid State Nuclear
Track Detectors (SSNTD), held at Acapulco (Mexico) from September 4-10, 1983.
24. Member of the Technical Committee of the International Seminar on "Industrial Applications of
Radioisotopes" held at Lahore, March 1983.
25. International Scientific Member of the Committee of the 10th International Conference on Solid State
Nuclear Track Detectors, Held at Lyon (France), 1979.
26. Elected as a Member of Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS).
27. Has Been Acting as a Member of the International Scientific Committees of Various
Schools/Workshops/Conferences on Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors since 1972.
28. Has been the Member of the International Scientific Committee of Various
Schools/Workshops/Conferences on Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors since 1972.
29. Elected as a Member of the Editorial Board of "Radiation Effects", an International Scientific Journal
Published by Gordon and Breach Science Publishers Inc. (U.K.).
30. Elected as a Member of the Editorial Board of “Radiation Effects”, an International Scientific Journal
Published by Gordon and Breach Science Publishers Inc. (U.K).

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9. Scientific / Technical / Educational Contributions
Details of Publications

Details of Publications
i. Books - 08
• Education, Science and Technology in Developing

Countries: Some Thoughts and Recollections

• Scientific and Technological Research for Development
• Physics in Our Lives
• Basic Research and Industrial Applications
• Road to Sustainable Development
• Physics in Developing Countries: Past, Present and Future
• Tele-health: The Modern Face of Healthcare
• Road to Knowledge Based Economy

ii. COMSATS’ publications edited by
i. Capacity Building for Science and Technology
ii. Renewable Energy Technologies and Sustainable Development
iii. Water Resources in the South : Present Scenario and Future Prospects
iv. Biotechnology
v. 10 Years of COMSATS
vi. COMSATS Brochures
vii. COMSATS : Activities and Achievements (1995-2007)
viii. COMSATS Past Activities and Proposed Future Strategies
ix. Foundation Document
x.
Science and Technology for Sustainable Development
xi. South-South and South-North Collaboration: Present Scenario and Future
Prospects
xii. Directory of International Donor and Development Organizations
xiii. COMSATS ACHIEVEMENT 1995-2007

iii. Research publications:
Papers Published in International Scientific Journals - 229
Papers Published in International/National Scientific
Proceedings - 53
Papers Published in International Scientific Reports - 44
Papers Presented at International / National Science
Conferences - 138
Papers Published in National Scientific Journals - 48
PINSTECH Technical Reports - 26

Total 538

1. One of the Research Papers was Quoted and Discussed by the 'TIME' Magazine (USA). Some other
Publications were Quoted and Described by (a) the British News Papers like `THE TIMES', 'THE
OBSERVER' and `THE NEW SCIENTIST', etc., (b) American Paper, `SCIENCE NEWS', and (c) A
German Paper, `DIE ZEIT'. Also, some of the Results Obtained have been Repeatedly Referred in
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