JAMAL NAZRUL ISLAM

FORMER  PROFESSOR OF CHITTAGONG UNIVERSITY 

FORMER PROFESSOR OF CHITTAGONG UNIVERSITY

Dr Jamal Nazrul Islam was born in 24 FEBRUARY 1939 in JENAIDAH, EAST BENGAL.

His father KHAN  BAHADUR SIRAJUL ISLAM was a sub judge in BRITISH INDIA.

STUDY

He studied in CHITTAGONG COLLEGIATE SCHOOL & COLLEGE until class 9. Then he wen to LAWRENCE COLLEGE,MURREE in West Pakistan to pass senior Cambridge and Higher senior Cambridge. He received his BSc degree from St. Xavier's college at THE UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA.  In 1959, he got his Honors in Functional Mathematics and Theoretical Physics from Cambridge University. He completed his Masters in 1960. A student of the Trinity College, he finished the Mathematical Tripos. He obtained his PhD in applied mathematics an theoretical physics from trinity college,Cambridge in 1968, followed by a DSc in 1982.

ACADEMIC CAREER
Jamal Nazrul Islam worked in the institute of theoretical Astronomy from 1967 until 1971. Later he worked as a researcher in California Institute of Technology and University of Washington. During 1973-1974 he served as the faculty of Applied Mathematics of King's College London. In 1978 he then joined the faculty of City University London until he returned to Chittagong in 1984. Until his death he served as Professor Emeritus at the UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG.

RESEARCH ACTIVITY

Jamal Nazrul Islam's research areas include

1.  Applied MATHEMATICS
2. Theoretical Physics
3. Mathematical Physics
4. Theory of Gravitation
5. General Relativity
6. Mathematical Cosmology
7. Quantum Field Theory

AWARD

• Ekushey Padak(2001)
• Gold award from Bangladesh Academy of Science(1985)(Senior Group)
• Medal Lecture award from Accademia Nazionale Delle Scienze(1998)

   . Razzak-Shamsun Lifetime Achievement award,Physics(2011)          (DHAKA UNIVERSITY) 

PUBLICATIONS 
The Ultimate Fate of the Universe, 1983,Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,England

Classical General Relativity:Proceedings of the Conference on Classical (Non-Quantum) General Relativity, 1983, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,England

Rotating Fields in General Relativity,1985, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,England

An Introduction to Mathematical Cosmology,1992,

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England. ISBN 0-521-49973-9 

DEATH

Jamal Nazrul Islam Died in 16 March,2013 in Chittagong. 

RESTING PLACE

Garubullah Shah Mazhar Graveyard,GEC, Chittagong,Bangladesh..


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