Ahmad Jabir Ahmadov Ismail oghlu

Biography

Ahmadov Ahmad-Jabir Ismail oghlu was born on February 6, 1942, in the city of Shaki, Azerbaijan Republic. Having left secondary school № 2 (1958) he was admitted to the Baku school of Trade – Cookery apprenticeship, where he got the qualification of confectioner of the seventh grade. From November 1961 till August 1964 he served military service in the Soviet Army.

Before entering into University (1964) he had worked as a confectioner in Shaki regional food service-shop (from March 1960 till November 1961) and as a cooker in a military sanatorium. In 1968 he graduated with honors from the Azerbaijan Institute of National Economy majoring in the Commodity Research of Foodstuff. From December 1968 till December 1971 he pursued post-graduate studies dedicated to the field of study with his professional experience. In 1973 he defended his Ph.D. thesis “Study of commodity research of characteristics of saffron, growing in the Azerbaijan SSR” and received his Ph.D. in Technical Sciences.

Since 1978 he has been working as an associated professor of the department “Commodity research of Foodstuffs”. During his work at higher schools he held the positions of deputy dean at “Science of Commodity” faculty (1977–1983), was elected and worked as a dean of “Science of Commodity” faculty (1984–1987), four times as a head of the department of “Commodity research of foodstuffs” (1983–1984,1989–2001, 2006–2011 years). In June 2001 by the decision of the Academic Board of the "Azerbaijan State Economic University" he was awarded the academic degree of the professor of the department “Commodity research of Foodstuffs”.

Ahmadov Ahmad-Jabir made the Hajj – the pilgrimage to the holy places of Mecca on the 21 December 2006. Ahmadov Ahmad-Jabir has two sons and five grandchildren.

Activities

He has more than 315 research works, including 37 books and monographs, 10 textbooks, 13 manuals and more than 40 teaching methodical works in foodstuffs for students majoring in the “Commodity research of foodstuffs”. As a theorist and practitioner in the branch of technology of foodstuffs production, he has written a number of books in technology of confectionery and bakery products, books and albums dedicated to the Azeri cookery, books on tinned foodstuffs, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, spices as well as on edible fats and dairy products. All textbooks, manuals and monographs had been written and published in Azeri for the first time. He published 72 articles in 10 chapters of the Azerbaijan Soviet Encyclopedia on separate groups of foodstuffs.

He was awarded the honorary title "Honored Teacher" by decree of the late President of Azerbaijan Republic Heydar Aliyev in June 2002. From 2001 he is a member of "Union of Journalists of Azerbaijan". At present he is the head of the department of “Commodity Research of Foodstuffs” of Azerbaijan State Economic University

He’s been working as advisor in “Azersun Holding" company since 2003. A. Ahmadov was awarded with the Media Award "Golden Pen" on the 5 June 2010.

The book album "Azerbaijan Cookery" was distributed in more than 15 foreign countries and was published in Turkey. The book "Encyclopedia of Azerbaijan cuisine," which consists of 46 printed pages was submitted for publication in the first quarter of 2012. Currently, he’s working on a monograph of "Food and nutrition on the principles of Islam."

Textbooks

1. «Tamlı malların əmtəəşünaslığı» (1993)
2. «Ərzaq malları əmtəəşünaslığı» (1996)
3. «Yeyinti yağları, süd və süd məhsullarının ekspertizası» (2002)
4. «Bitki mənşəli məhsulların ekspertizası» (2005)
5. «Heyvanat mənşəli məhsulların ekspertizası» (2005)
6. «Ərzaq malları əmtəəşünaslığı» (2nd edition, 2006)
7. «Meyvə – tərəvəzin əmtəəşünaslığı» (2009)
8. «Qənnadı malların əmtəəşünaslığı» (2010)
9. «Tamlı malların əmtəəşünaslığı» (2nd edition, 2010)
10. «Ərzaq malları əmtəəşünaslığı» (3rd edition, 2012)

Monographs

1. «Ədviyyələr, qatmalar» (1998)
2. «Azərbaycan üzümündən qidalı məhsullar» (2009)
3. «Ədviyyələr və tamlı qatmalar» (2009)
4. «Azərbaycan çayı» (2010)
5. «Azərbaycan çörəyi» (2010)
6. «“Qurani-Kərim”-də qida məhsulları və islamda qidalanma» (2013)
7. «Yeyilən bitkilərin müalicəvi xassələri» (2014)
8. «Milli Azərbaycan şərbətləri və sərinləşdirici içkilər» (2014)

Non-fiction books

1. «Azərbaycan kulinariyası» (Azeri, Russian, English languages) (1987, 1990, 1997)
2. «Min bir şirniyyat» (1993)
3. «Dadlı və ləzzətli xörəklərin sirri» (1995)
4. «Evdə konservləşdirmə» (1996, 2010)
5. «Azərbaycan kulinariyasının inciləri» (1997)
6. «Müasir Azərbaycan mətbəxinin xörəkləri (2006)
7. «Блюда современной азербайджанской кухни (russian language) (2006)
8. «Азербайджанская кухня» (Russian language) (2008)
9. «Min iki şirniyyat (2010)
10. «Tortların hazırlanması (2010)
11. «Novruz süfrəsi (2011)
12. «Azərbaycan mətbəx ensiklopediyası» (2011)

Publicist books

1. «Həcc ziyarətində» (2007)
2. «Hacı İsmayıl – 100» (2007)
3. «50 il əmək cəbhəsində» (2008)
4. «Yaddaşlarda iz qalanda…» (2012)

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