Nazir Ahmed (physicist)

Nazir Ahmed
Ahmed (right) with Queen Elizabeth II
Born(1898-05-01)1 May 1898
Lahore, Punjab, British India
(now in Punjab, Pakistan)
Died30 September 1973(1973-09-30) (aged 75)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Alma materMuhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, British India
University of Cambridge, UK
Known forNuclear power generation programme
AwardsGold Medal from Pakistan Academy of Sciences
Scientific career
FieldsExperimental Physics
InstitutionsPakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC),
Technological Laboratory, India
Federal Bureau of Statistics
Doctoral advisorErnest Rutherford

Nazir Ahmed (or Nazir Ahmad) OBE (1 May 1898 – 30 September 1973) was an experimental physicist and the first chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) from 1956 to 1960.

Ahmed was the first vice president of Pakistan central Cotton Committee from 1948 to 1956.

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