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|name=Ahmad Shamsul Islam<br />
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1924|8|6}}<br />
|alma_mater=[[Presidency University, Kolkata]]<br/> [[Manchester University]]<br />
|education=Ph.D.<br />
|nationality=Bangladeshi<br />
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'''Ahmad Shamsul Islam''' (born August 6, 1924) is a Bangladeshi scientist and educator.<ref name=ias>{{cite web|url=http://www.ias-worldwide.org/profiles/prof66.html|title=Prof. Ahmad Shamsul-Islam|accessdate=June 8, 2016|publisher=Islamic World Academy of Sciences|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312075748/http://www.ias-worldwide.org/profiles/prof66.html|archive-date=March 12, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] in 1987 by the [[Government of Bangladesh]] for his contribution to education.<ref name=brac/> He is serving as a Professor of the Department of Botany at the [[University of Dhaka]].<ref name=daff/><br />
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==Education and career==<br />
Islam earned his bachelor's and bachelor's degrees from [[Presidency University, Kolkata]] in 1945 and 1947 respectively.<ref name=ias/><ref name=brac/> He obtained a Ph.D. from [[Manchester University]], England in 1954.<ref name=ias/> For his postdoctoral research he went on to [[Cornell University]], [[University of California, Davis]], the [[University of Nottingham]] and [[University of Tokyo]].<ref name=brac>{{cite news|url=http://www.bracu.ac.bd/news/professor-ahmad-shamsul-islam-joins-brac|title=Professor Ahmad Shamsul Islam Joins BRAC|date=August 23, 2003|accessdate=June 8, 2016|publisher=BRAC University}}</ref><br />
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Islam joined [[BRAC University]] as a consultant in August 2003.<ref name=brac/><br />
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He served as the moderator of Global Network of Bangladeshi Biotechnologists (GNOBB).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/campus/2009/07/04/newsroom.htm|title=Biotech Round Table Conference|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=July 26, 2009|accessdate=June 8, 2022}}</ref><ref name=jute>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-144948|title=A catalyst for technological development|author=Ahmed A. Azad|date= July 2, 2010|accessdate=June 8, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> In 2008, he was proposed by [[Maqsudul Alam]] to initiate the jute genome sequencing project.<ref name=jute/><br />
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Islam is the founding editor of Sind University Research Journal, Pakistan Journal of Botany, Science Series of Dhaka University, Dar es Salaam University Scientific Research Journal and Bangladesh Journal of Botany.<ref name=ias/><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* The Currie Memorial Prize (1954)<br />
* Gold Medal by [[Bangladesh Academy of Sciences]] (1987)<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Islam's father, Moulvi Serajul Islam, was a professor at [[Rajshahi College]] and [[Chittagong College]].<ref name=daff/> Islam has a son, Yousuf Mahbubul Islam, the current vice-chancellor of [[Daffodil International University]] and a daughter, [[Zeba Islam Seraj]], a professor of Biochemistry at the University of Dhaka.<ref name=daff>{{cite news|url=http://vc.daffodilvarsity.edu.bd/|title=Professor Dr. Yousuf Mahbubul Islam|publisher=Daffodil University|accessdate=June 8, 2022}}</ref> Islam resides in [[Austin]], Texas.<ref name=ias/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* {{cite web|url=https://asislam1924.wordpress.com/page/14/|title=Personal blog of Ahmad Shamsul Islam}}<br />
* {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu68eegBxaM|title=Talk by Ahmad Shamsul Islam on "Tapping Expatriate Talent for Creating Centres"|website=[[YouTube]] }}<br />
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