Amir Muhammed (Born: 21 November 1931; Urdu:امیر محمد) is the Founding Rector and Chairman Board of Governors of National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences. Previously, he was President Pakistan Academy of Sciences. He was appointed Vice Chancellor of University of Agriculture (Faisalabad) in 1974 in the wake of food crisis in Pakistan. In 1978, he was appointed as Founder-Chairman of Pakistan Agricultural Research Council where he served till 1990.

Positions held

Founder/Chairman, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) (1978 – 1990) Federal Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture (Pakistan) (1978 – 1990) Advisor to the President of Pakistan (1977 – 1978) Vice-Chancellor, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (1974 – 1978) Director, Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Faisalabad (1969 – 1974) Senior Research Officer, Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR), Lahore (1959 – 1961)

Amir Muhammed

References

External links

Pakistan Journal of Botany

1931 births

Living people

Founders of Pakistani schools and colleges

Pakistani agriculturalists

People from Hoshiarpur district

Vice-Chancellors of the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad

Fellows of Pakistan Academy of Sciences

Presidents of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences

Amir Muhammed