Occupation Scientist, academic | Died 21 July 1989 | |
Born c. 1912 Gozadia village, Kishoreganj District, Bengal Presidency, British India Alma maters University of Dhaka, University of London | ||
M Osman Ghani (c. 1912 – July 21, 1989) was a Bangladeshi scientist, educationist, and academic. He served as the 11th Vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka.
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Education
Ghani was the first Indian Muslim to have obtained a master's in Biochemistry from the University of Dhaka in 1935. He later earned his Ph.D. degree in Agricultural Chemistry from the University of London in 1938.
Career
Ghani joined the University of Dhaka as a Lecturer of Soil Science in 1940. During 1945 – 1949 he was an Agricultural Chemist of the Government of Bengal and later Government of East Pakistan. He returned to the university in 1949 and became Professor and Head of the Department of Soil Science and also Head of the Department of Geology.
Ghani served as the first Vice-chancellor of the East Pakistan Agricultural University (later Bangladesh Agricultural University) during 1961–1963. He later served as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dhaka during 1963 – 1970.
Ghani was elected a fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences in 1954 and was elected the President of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences in 1976.
Ghani was also elected a Member of the Bangladesh Parliament as an independent candidate in 1979.