Founder V.C.

A SHORT LIFESTORY OF
NATIONAL PROFESSOR
DR. NURUL ISLAM

DSc (Honoris Causa, IUAM) MB cal.TDD Wales. FCPS PK. FRCP Lond. FCGP Bd.FAS
National Professor of Bangladesh
Founder Chairman, Institute of Applied Health Sciences (IAHS)
Founder Chairman, Janasheba Foundation.
Founder & Vice-Chancellor, University of Science & Technology Chittagong (USTC).
Founder Managing Trustee, Anwara-Nur Welfare Trust.
Founding Dean, Faculty of Postgraduate Medical Education (DU).
Founder Councilor, Pakistan and Bangladesh Colleges of Physicians & Surgeons.
Founder President, Adhunik (National anti-tobacco organigation).
Chairman, Bangladesh First National AIDS Commitee.
Member, Standing Recognition Commitee, BMDC.
Member, National AIDS Committee.
Regional Adviser, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
Member, New York Academy of Science.
Vice Chairman Hamdard Foundation Bangladesh.
Member, Population Council, Govt. of Bangladesh.
Member, Advisory Council, Govt. of Bangladesh.
International Adviser, Madinat-al-Hikmah-City of Education, Science, Karachi, Pakistan.
Chairman, Faculty of Medical Science, Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (BCPS).
Member of the Governing Body, Islamic Foundation of Bangladesh, Convener, Sub-committee No-2, National Health Policy-96. Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of Bangladesh.
Born April 01,1928 in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Professor Islam has distinguished himself as the Most Eminent Physician and Medical Scientist of Bangladesh. He has to his credit a brilliant academic and professional career.
Throughout his academic career he has been a scholar with distinction. Qualified from Calcutta Medical College in 1951. Dr. Islam joined Govt. service in 1951, obtained TDD (Wales) in July, 1955 securing the highest position in the University: MRCP (Edin) in January, 1956. Dr. Islam has all along been actively engaged in teaching and research. He has been a pioneer in introducing Postgraduate Medical Education at home as Founder Fellow of College of Physicians & Surgeons of Pakistan, later on College of Physicians & Surgeons of Bangladesh. Dr. Islam has been Founding Father of IFGMR and Founding Dean of the Faculty of Postgraduate Medical Education, University of Dhaka. He was Director and Professor of Medicine of IPGMR from its inception till April 1987, when he was made a National Professor. He was the Founding Chairman of IAHS (Institute of Applied Health Sciences) and Founding President of USTC (University of Science and Technology Chittagong), the first Technical University in Bangladesh in Private Sector.
Dr. Islam has the great distinction of being awarded MRCP by the Royal College of London without examination and subsequently FRCP a unique feature in this region and speaks of recognitions of his academic distinction by the Royal College of Physicians of London. He is the Advisor Emeritus for Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh.

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NATIONAL PROFESSOR DR. NURUL ISLAM

IN THE INTERNATINAL FIELD

01.Member, WHO Expert Advisory Panal on Helth Manpower Development from 1976 to May 1992.
02.Member, Expert Advisory Panel on Tobacco or Health May 92-till date.
03.Member, International Advisory Editorial Board, Tropical Doctor, Royal Society of Medicine, London. 1974-till date.
04.Founder-President, Alliance for Pruder Use of Antibiotics (APUA), Boston USA, Bangladesh Chapter. 1987-till date.
05.National Chairman, INRUD(International Network of Rationa Use of Drugs), Boston. 1987-till date.
06.Member, Programmes Co-ordinator and Scientific Review Committee, International Center for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) 1975-till date.
07.International Adviser, Darul Hikmah, University of Science, Culture and Education, Karachi, Pakistan. Dr. Islam has to his credit over 100 PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS. His interest in Medical Education and Drug Policy is reflected in the following publications.
01. Some Thought and Reflection on Postgraduate Medical Education in Pakistan- WHO Seminar. 1967 (EMRO).
02.Medical Ethics and Education for Social Responsibility. World Health Forum 3:357.1982.
03.On National Drug policy in Bangladesh Trop Doctor. 14:3. 1984.
04.Bangladesh Drug policy-The Lancet. 1:66:83,1984.
05.Drug Policy in the third world-The Lancet 1:1044, 1985.
06.Drug in Developing Countries-Brit. Med. J. 1966. 1986.
07.Drug Policy in Bangladesh-Trop. Gastroenterology 8:3, 1987.
08.Cruelties in Medicine-Doctor International, 1987.
09.Primary Health Care with limited resources-Trop. Doc. 19:45.1989.
10.Anti-smoking movement in Bangladesh-Proceedings of the 7th World Conference on Tobacco and Health; 1-5,April, PERTH. West Australia, pp.815, 1990.
11.Smoking in Bangladesh- a Pilot Study. ibid.
12.Tobacco Control Programme in Bangladesh. 8th World Conferrence on Tobacco or Health Buenos Airs, Argentina, 1992.
13.Smoking Habit among the Medical and Non-Medical General Practitioners in Bangladesh- ibid. he describe-Three new Method and new disease.
1.A new method of diagnosis of hepaticamoebiases; J. Trop. Med. & Hyg. London. 63:131,1960.
2.A new disease-Eosinphilic lung abscess. Brit Med. J London. 1:1810 1962.
3.Two new methods of percussion, BMRC Bulletin 1977.
4.A new Method-finger for Examination Pharynx. Trop. Doc. 16: 104, 198.

PUBLICATION OF BOOKS-21VOLS.

1.1963 A Simplified Tuberculosis Control Programme for East Pakistan.
2.1964 Tropical Eosinophilla.
3.1964 Symposium on Medicine.
4.1974 Essentials of Medical and Treatment, Frist Edition.
5.1977 Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, Frist Edition.
1978 Something about Health.
7.1978 History of IPGMR.
8.1980 Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, Second Edition.
9. 1984 Prescription 1st Edition).
10.1985 Prescription and Professionals.
11.Presecription 2nd Edition).
12.1986 Prescription West Bengal Edition).
13.Essential Drugs for Village Practice (1st Edition).
14.1987 Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, Third Edition.
15. 1990 Essential Drugs for village Practice(2nd Edition).
16.1991 Tobacco-Smoking: Opinions- Questions-Answers.
17.1991 In the Stream of life.
18.1993 Some Thoughts.
19.1993 Some Thougts in English.
20.1997 Bangabandhu (In the Eyes of his Physician).
21.1997 Bhashani-In-press.
22.Essential Durgs for Village Practice (4th Edition).
23.1998 Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, 4th Edition.

AWARD AS AN EDUCATUNIST AND RESEARCHER

-President's Gold Medal 1963.
-Sitara-e-Imtiaz (S.I) 1970
-Gold Medal By Chittagong Association for Meritorious Service 1982
-Gold Medal-Bangladesh Academy of Science 1082
-Gold Medal-Calcutta Medical College for M. N. De Oration on Prescriptions and Professionals 1985
-Rangduanu Academy Award 1986
-Daymi Award for Religion and Social work 1986
-Fazlul Haq Memorial Award 1987
-Commemorative Medal of Honor, American Biographical Health 1990
-Dr. Shahidullah Smriti Gold Medal 1990
-M. A. Khan Memorial Gold Medal 1991
-Osika Eteraf, Darul Hikmah, Pakistan 1992
-Golden Grahak Sewa Award, Gujrat State India 1993
-Bhashani Memorial Gold Medal 1993
-Human Network Medal 1994
-Ibn Sina Medal 1995
-M. K. Gandhi Peace Award, by Gandhi Foundation, Oslo, Norway
-Independence Day Award 1997 (Highest National Award)
-D. Sc(hon) Causa, The Open International University for Complimentary Medicines, Srilanka, 1998.