About

Mujahid Kamran is the Vice Chancellor of Punjab University, Lahore, where he has been teaching physics since 1972. He was a Fullbright Fellow at University of Georgia, USA, druing 1988-89 and professor of physics at King Saud University, Riyadh, from 2001 to 2004.

Kamran has won numerous awards, including the Abdus Salam Prize (1985), the President's Pride of Performance Award (1999), International Einstein Award for Scientific Achievement (2010), for his outstanding contributions to research, teaching, and popularization of science. His book Jadeed Tabiyat Kay Bani won the National Book Council award in 2000.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


(All positions except one held in the University of the Punjab, Lahore , Pakistan )
Vice Chancellor, Punjab University January 3, 2008 to present
Dean Faculty of Science, Punjab University
June 7, 2004 - June 6, 2007
Professor of Physics (KSU, SA ) August 23, 2001 - June 5, 2004
Chairman Department of Physics May 1995 to July 2001 and Jan 2, 2007 to Jan 2, 2008
Professor of Physics Oct. 1988 to present; permanent position
Associate Professor in High Energy Physics Oct. 1987 - Oct 1988
Assistant Professor in High e nergy Physics Feb. 1982 - Oct 1987
Lecturer in Physics Oct. 1972 - Feb. 1982

Teaching /taught post-graduate ( M.Sc. and M.Phil ) and undergraduate (B.Sc. Hons) classes at Punjab University (PU) . Taught Ph.D, M.Sc and B.Sc courses at King Saud University (KSU) , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia . KSU has an American system with a B.Sc. awarded after 16 years, and M.Sc after 18 years of education. Courses taught by me at Ph.D and M.Sc level at KSU were : - Physics of Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory I and II, Gauge Theories, Mathematical Physics, Quantum Mechanics II ; courses taught at the B.Sc final year level: Quantum Mechanics .

Courses taught at M.Sc. and M.Phil level at PU : The Standard Model (M.Phil) Quantum Mechanics, Classical Mechanics, Mathematical Methods of Physics to M.Sc. (Ist year), and Theoretical Particle Physics (I and II) to M.Sc (2nd year); Currently teaching Quantum Mechanics to M.Sc part I students.

Ph.D students

1. Successfully co-supervised the Ph.D. thesis of Dr. M. Ali on "Hypercharge Exchange Reactions" (supervisor Prof. Dr. M. Saleem) 1986.
2. Successfully supervised the Ph.D. thesis of Muneer Ahmad " Aspects of Hadronic Structure in the Final State Hadron production in Deeply Inelastic Scattering" (co-supervisor Prof. G. Kramer of Hamburg University) 2004.

INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED:


Edinburgh University , Scotland (1975-79) as a Ph.D student; Topic of thesis "The Dual a bsorptive Model and Elastic Hadronic Scattering at High Energies and Small Momentum Transfers"; Supervisor: Dr. L.L.J. Vick

Punjab University , Lahore , Pakistan (1969-71) as an M.Sc student with special courses in Theoretical Particle Physics

Gordon College , Rawalpindi , merit scholarship in F.Sc (1967) and B.Sc degree (1969) with courses in Mathematics and Physics winning a merit scholarship

C.B. Sir Syed School , Rawalpindi , Pakistan (1955-65) standing first in the school in the matric (i.e. 10th class) examinations winning a merit scholarship

CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS :


PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS etc :
(numbering in reverse order to facilitate recent additions at the top)

35. Participant Fifth International MIT LINC 2010 Conference, held at Cambridge , Massachusetts , USA from May 23-26, 2010

34. Participant workshop "Professional Development Training" organized by Leadership Foundation for Higher Education UK, held at Manchester, UK from 07-17 December, 2009.

33. Participant workshop "Achieving Excellence in Higher Education" held at Ifrane , Morocco , from 02-04 November, 2009.

32. Participant workshop "Pathway to Peace Project" Led by Quest for Economic Development (QED), held at Manchester UK from 22-28 June, 2009.

31. Participant "Higher Education Summit for Global Development" held at Washington D.C. , USA from 29-30 April, 2008.

30. Participant XXXth Nathiagali International Summer College (organized by the PAEC) 27 June - 2 July, 2005

29. Visiting Scientist Kansas State University , USA , Summer 2002, 2003

28. Participant Symposium on Frontiers in Physics held at Government College , Lahore by the Pakistan Physical Society from Dec 20-22, 2000 .

27. Participant 2nd Workshop on Particle Physics organized by the National Center for Physics in collaboration with CERN at the Quaid e Azam University , Islamabad from 13-18 November 2000.

26. Participant 25 th Nathia Gali International Summer College on Physics And Contemporary Needs held at PC Bhurban ( May 24-31, 2000 ). These Colleges are organized by the PAEC.

25. Participant 1 st Workshop on Particle Physics organized by the National Center for Physics in collaboration with CERN at Quaid e Azam University , Islamabad , September 1999

24. Participant 24 th Nathia Gali International Summer College on Physics And Contemporary Needs held at PC Bhurban (June 1999)

23. Participant and member Organizing Committee 1996 BCSPIN Kathmandu Summer School on High Energy Physics and Cosmology, Kathmandu, Nepal June 1996 (BCSPIN SCHOOLS are organized by the International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy; BCSPIN is an acronym for Bangla Desh, China, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India and Nepal)

22. Participant and member Organizing Committee 1994 BCSPIN Kathmandu Summer School on High Energy Physics and Cosmology, Kathmandu, Nepal May 22 - June 8, 1994

21. Visiting Scientist Instt du Phys. Nucleaire, Orsay , France (June 1992)

20. Participant Summer Workshop on High Energy Physics and Cosmology as well as visiting Senior Associate, ICTP, Trieste, Italy (July 1992)

19. Participant "Regional Conference on Mathematical Physics" (Dec 1991) Edirne , Turkey

18. Participant "Symposium on Lepton Photon Physics and High Energy Physics conference LP - HEP 91 (July 25 - August 1, 1991), at CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research), Geneva, Switzerland

17. Visiting Senior Associate and participant Summer Workshop on High Energy Physics and Cosmology (June 19 - July 24, 1991), ICTP, Trieste , Italy

16. Participant "Cargese 90 Workshop on Z Physics" (August 1990) Cargese , France

15. Visiting Associate and participant "Summer Workshop on High Energy Physics and Cosmology" (summer 1990) ICTP, Trieste , Italy

14. Participant "3rd Blois Conference on Elastic and Diffractive Scattering at the Interface of Soft and Hard Scattering" (May 2-6, 1990) Evanston University , Illinois , USA

13. Participant "2nd Blois Workshop on Elastic and Diffractive Scattering" ( October 15 - 18, 1987 ) at Rockefeller University , New York , USA

12. Invited Speaker at "Regional Conference on Mathematical Physics" ( September 21 - 27, 1987 ) at Cukurova University , Adana , Turkey

11. Participant "Cargese 87 Workshop on Particle Physics" ( August 3 - 21, 1987 ) at Cargese Institute, France

10. Participant "HEP 87 - High Energy Physics Conference of the European Physical Society" (June 24 - July 1, 1987) at Uppsala , Sweden

9. Visiting Associate and Participant "Summer Workshop on High Energy Physics and Cosmology" (July - August, 1987) at ICTP, Trieste , Italy

8. Participant "XXIIIrd International Conference on High Energy Physics" (16 - 23 July, 1986) at University of California , Berkeley , USA

7. Invited Speaker at "Regional Conference on Mathematical Physics" ( January 8 - 10, 1986 ) at Chittagong University , Bangla Desh

6. Visiting a ssociate and participant "Summer workshop on High Energy Physics and Cosmology" (August 12 - 30 September, 1986) at ICTP, Trieste , Italy

5. Participant "Workshop on Elastic and Diffractive Scattering" (June 3 - 6, 1985) held at Chateau de Blois, Blois , France

4. Visiting a ssociate and participant "Summer w orkshop on High Energy Physics" ( j uly - August 1985) at ICTP, Trieste , Italy

3. Participant "Workshop on n on p erturbative QCD" (summer 1982) at ICTP, Trieste , Italy

2. Participant " n athiagali International Summer College " (summer 1982) at Nathiagali Pakistan

1. Participant "1976 Summer School for Young High Energy Physicists" (summer 1976) at Southampton University , England

COUNTRIES VISITED:


UK , Italy , France , USA , Sweden , Germany , Bangladesh , Nepal , Turkey , Saudi Arabia , Morocco

MISCELLANEOUS:


Member Selection Committee King Faisal International Prize for Physics (2000); several recipients of this highly acclaimed prize went on to become Nobel laureates subsequently

Chief Editor , Journal of Scientific Research, University of the Punjab (March 2005- present)

Member National Advisory Scientific Program Committee NCP ( National Center for Physics, QAU, Islamabad ; NCP is controlled by SPD)

Member Punjab University Selection Board

Member Punjab University Senate

Founder President " Association of Ex Students of Physics Department at P.U." (AESOP) since 1998

Local Coordinator for World Laboratory Project for Pakistan 1992-97;(Present Project Director Prof. J. Ellis; previous Project Director Prof. A. Salam). This project is sponsored by the ICSC - International Centre for Scientific Culture with Headquarters at Laussane, Moscow and Beijing with Prof. A. Zichichi as its President)

Principal Investigator of the research project "Aspects of Hadronic Scattering" funded by the UGC - project completed

Principal Investigator of the research project "The Deep Structure of the Nucleon" funded by the Punjab University - project completed

Principal Investigator of the research project "The Chou Yang Model and Hadron - Hadron, Hadron - Nucleus and Nucleus - Nucleus Scattering" 1987 - 89; project funded by the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission

Expert for evaluation of project proposals submitted to the UGC and the Pakistan Science Foundation

Convener Board of Studies in Physics -n 1995-2001, Jan 2007 - present (the responsibilities of the Board include revision of curricula and syllabi) of the University of the Punjab

Elected member Punjab University Syndicate (1981-82)

Member Advanced Studies and Research Board as nominee of the Syndicate (1996-98). The Board is responsible for all matters related to Ph.D. theses.

Life Member Pakistan Institute of Physics

Elected Secretary of the Punjab University a cademic Staff Association 1983-84, 82-83, 73-74 and 72-73

Member Punjab University Hockey team (1969-71) and Captain of the team (1970-71)

Member Gordon college Hockey team and College color holder 1967-69

Awarded Diploma of Merit for active participation in the House of Commons Debating Club , Gordon College (1965-69)  

CONTRIBUTION TO HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT


After becoming Chairman Physics Department in May 1995 I initiated a program of grooming talented students (through extra lectures and coaching) so that they could compete and win foreign scholarships . Owing to my efforts PU Physics students have won about 40 fellowships (worth 3 million US $ approx.) since 1999. This program was initiated well before GOP/HEC launched its current manpower training programs. Not a single penny of the GOP/HEC has been spent in this regard as these scholarships are funded by Western institutions. I was able to transform the culture of PU Physics Department during my tenure. I never allowed political student groups, including the most powerful one, to operate in my Department. Good students, and not the stereotyped politically motivated "student leaders", became role models in the Physics Department during my tenure. Prof. T. Bolton of Kansas State University referred to me as " a gold mine of graduate students " .

 
  1. Muneer Ahmad (DAAD Germany 1996-2000 PhD completed successfully )
  2. M. Arif (DAAD Germany 1998- 3 months)
  3. Mansoora Shamim (Abdus Salam ICTP, Italy 1999 -2000, 1 year Diploma, completed successfully )
  4. Shahida Dar (Abdus Salam ICTP, Italy, 1999-2000 - 1 year Diploma, completed successfully )
  5. Amna Saman Saeed (ICTP, Italy 1999 -2000) not availed
  6. Jameela Bashir Butt (ICTP, Italy 2000 -2001 1 year Diploma completed )
  7. Aneeqa Bashir (ICTP, Italy 2000-2001) not availed
  8. Samya Bano Zain (SUNY Albany, USA 2000 - completed Ph D May 2006 )
  9. Shahida Dar ( successfully completed PhD in 2008 from Delaware University )
  10. Mansoora Shamim ( successfully completed PhD from Kansas State University , May 2007 )
  11. Fakhar Inam (Abdus Salam ICTP, Italy , 2001-2002 1 year Diploma Scholarship, successfully completed )
  12. Sobia Shafiq (Cambridge UK 2001 - 3 year PhD scholarship )
  13. Jameela Bashir Butt (Univ of Syracuse, USA, 2001- ( Ph D completed May 2006 )
  14. S. Hussnain Ali (Thailand 2001- Masters in Remote sensing) not availed
  15. Azam Saeed (UK 2001, Wales Masters in Material Sciences, successfully completed; currently teaching at a UK university)
  16. Mahsana Ahsan ( successfully completed PhD from Kansas State University , May 2007 )
  17. Babar Ahmed Qureshi ( Ph D completed 2007 , University of Syracuse )
  18. Shabana Nisar ( Ph D completed 2007 , University of Syracuse )
  19. Nasira Sultana (Abdus Salam ICTP, Italy , 2002-2003, 1 year Diploma Scholarship, successfully completed )
  20. Adil Mehmood Pfaffenwaldring, Stuttgart University , Germany ( Ph D scholarship 2004 - present)
  21. Yasmeen Kausar University of Aveiro Portugal , PhD (currently writing thesis)
  22. Iram Munawar (2 offers) University of Newfoundland , Canada ( PhD ), University of Aviero , Portugal ( PhD ) (currently at University of Newfoundland , Canada (PhD), Fall 2002)
  23. Hina Malik University of Aviero , Portugal (PhD) Fall 2002
  24. Muhamamd Nadeem University of Wales , UK competed Masters, currently working in UK
  25. Salman Qureshi , Univ of Stuttgart , Germany
  26. Mudassar Iqbal (Abdus Salam ICTP (2002-2004, 2 year M.Sc. in Computer Simulation and Modeling; successfully completed)
  27. Sobia Shafiq Delaware Univ , USA 2003 - 6 year PhD scholarship
  28. Neelam Khan 2 offers ( Kansas State University , Delaware Univ , USA 2003 - 6 year PhD scholarship, currently at KSU)
  29. Nasira Sultana Syracuse University , USA - 6 year Ph.D scholarship 2003
  30. Fatima Anis  Kansas State University USA , 2003, 6 year PhD scholarship (currently at KSU)
  31. Teeba Rashid  Kansas State University USA , 2003, 6 year PhD scholarship ( not availed );
  32. Hafsa Khurshid Delaware Univ , USA 2003 - 6 year PhD scholarship, currently at Delaware
  33. Fakhar Inam, University of Ohio , 6 year PhD scholarship (Fall 2003 onwards), currently at Ohio University
  34. Fauzia Jabeen, (Abdus Salam ICTP, Italy , 2003-2004, 1 year Diploma Scholarship, successfully completed )
  35. Amna Saman Saeed (Kansas Sate University, beginning Fall 2004, 6 year PhD scholarship - passport with US embassy since April 2004, on her request her passport was returned in 2006; scholarship unavailed )
  36. M. Shahbaz (Kansas Sate University, beginning Fall 2004, 6 year Ph D scholarship - passport with US embassy since April 2004 and returned with a direction for a new I 20in 2006; scholarship could not be availed )
  37. Nosheen Iqbal ( Kansas Sate University , beginning Fall 2004, 6 year PhD scholarship - visa refused - hence could not be availed)
  38. Fauzia Jabeen PhD scholarship University of Trieste , Italy starting 2004
  39. Ramoona Shehzadi ( Bonn University , Germany , Sep 2005 onwards PhD scholarship )
  40. M . Shafeeq ( University of Ottawa , Canada 2007-onwards PhD scholarship )
  41. Muhammad Imran ( ITC, Enschede Netherlands September 2007-onwards PhD scholarship )
  42. Tayyaba Zafar ( Neils Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen , Denmark January 12 2008 -onwards PhD scholarship )
  43. Saima Farooq ( Kansas State University , summer 2008 onwards, 6 year PhD scholarship)
   44.  Yusra Yousaf Manchester University , 2009 onwards, 3 year PhD scholarship)

 

DISTINCTIONS AND HONORS:


The International Einstein Award for Scientific Achievement
Awarded by International Biographical Centre Cambridge UK (January 20, 2010)

Syed Alamdar Hussain Gillani Gold Medal (In recognition of longstanding remarkable contribution in the academic, teaching and research field.)
Awarded by Tehreek Istehkam Pakistan Council (June 13, 2010)

Quaid-e-Azam Gold Medal (In recognition of longstanding remarkable contribution in the academic, teaching and research field.)
Awarded by Tehreek Istehkam Pakistan Council (March 31, 2010)

President's Pride of Performance Award for contribution to physics research, teaching, and popularization of science (March 23, 1999)

Abdus Salam Prize for "contributions to hadronic scattering while working in Pakistan" 1985- (reward primarily in recognition of Phys. Rep. 108C (1984) 125; the Abdus s alam prize was initiated by Prof. Salam from a part of his Nobel prize money and consists of a cash prize of 1000 US$ and a certificate)

National Book Council Award (first prize) for published work in the subject of Physics in one year ( 1986 ) (cash award of Rs25000/- approximately 1000 US$ at the then exchange rates and a certificate)

National Book Foundation Award on the book "Jadeed Tabiat kay Bani" - award announced in 2000 (cash prize + certificate)

Fulbright Fellow and visiting Associate Professor, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA - 1988-89

Appointed Senior Associate of ICTP (International Centre for Theoretical Physics) Trieste , Italy for a 6 year period beginning January 1, 1991 ; former Associate of ICTP (1985-1990) and Junior Associate 1984

Bolan Award for contributions towards science and popular science (1992) (the awards are instituted by the Bolan Society which normally presents these in the field of social work and theatrical arts (particularly cinema), but occasionally people from other walks of life also receive these awards)

Elected Active Member of the New York Academy of Sciences in recognition of "work in, and support for, science and technology" (1994)

Awarded Advance increments in salary for research output by the Punjab University on the recommendations of British and a merican experts

Won Merit Scholarships as a student 1965-67, 1967-69, 1969-71

SOME RECENT TALKS:


Einstein and Germany :
Talk given at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University , Ohio , USA February 27, 2007

Science and the Future of Mankind :
Talk on Nov 20, 2006 at the Convention of Scientists at the UNESCO Day for Science for Peace and Development held at Holiday Inn Islamabad under the auspices of the Pakistan Science Foundation and UNESCO

Abdus Salam 1926-1996 :
Talk on Nov 21, 2006 at Salam session of the 5th International Workshop on Particle Physics, National Center for Physics, Quaid e Azam University, Islamabad (Nov 21, 2006 is the 10th death anniversary of Professor Salam)

REFERENCES


  1. Prof. (Retd) Dr. M. Saleem , ex Dean Science Faculty, Punjab University, and ex-Director Center for High Energy Physics, Punjab University, Lahore
    email: dmsdmsaleem@yahoo.com

     
  2. Professor T. Bolton , Physics Department , Kansas State University, Manhattan , Kansas
    email: bolton@phys.ksu.edu

  3. Prof. Larry Weaver, Physics Department , Kansas State University, Manhattan , Kansas
    email: weaver@phys.ksu.edu