Nationality Pakistani Name Pirzada Qasim | Role Scholar | |
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Institutions Nazeer Hussain UniversityKarachi UniversityZiauddin UniversityFederal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences & Technologylaboratories of Lord Walton of Detachant Alma mater University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom Known for Intellectual and work in Urdu Education | ||
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Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui (Urdu: پیرزادہ قاسم رضا صدیقی) (born 8 February 1943) is a noted Indo-Pakistani scholar, Urdu poet scientist and educationist. He is serving as Chancellor of the Nazeer Hussain University.
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Biography
Pirzada was born on 8 February 1943 to an educated, Urdu-speaking family in Delhi, India. After the partition of Pakistan and India in 1947, he continued his studies in Pakistan and received his intermediate from D J Science College in Karachi and BSc (H) from University of Karachi. He earned his PhD at Newcastle University, England. He started his career as a lecturer at the University of Karachi and became a professor. He has been associated with the University's Department of Physiology since 1960. He also served as Vice-Chancellor at the Federal Urdu University, University of Karachi and Ziauddin University. He is currently the Chancellor of Nazeer Hussain University. He has written several books in English and Urdu, including Urdu poetry.