A. M. Harun-ar-Rashid

Rashid was born in a village of Barisal district. His father Moksud Ali was the first person to have received postgraduate education in science.[1] Rashid earned his BSc and MSc in Physics from University of Dhaka in 1953 and 1954 respectively.[2] He then completed his PhD from University of Glasgow in Theoretical Physics in 1960.

Rashid joined the University of Dhaka as a lecturer of the Department of Physics. He became Professor in 1972. He is the founder and chairman of the Department of Theoretical Physics in the University of Dhaka in 1975.[2] He became Chairman of the department in 1979. In 1993, he was named Bose Professor of Physics. He served as a Professor of Theoretical Physics and director of Institute of Physics, University of Islamabad during 1967–1971.[2]

He served as the Director of Computer Center (now the Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka) in the University of Dhaka.

He was a Visiting Professor in Institute für Theoretische Kernphysik, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Imperial College London, University of Texas, Austin and University of California, Los Angeles.[1]

He was a Senior scientific officer and principle scientific officer, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission during 1962–1967. He served as the Vice president of Asiatic Society of Bangladesh during 1992–1993.

• Ekushey Padak (1991)
• Independence Day Award (1999)
• Raja Kalinarayan Scholarship awarded by the University of Dhaka[2]
• Best Science Writer Award by the Government of Bangladesh (2005)
• Star Lifetime Award on Physics (2016)[1]