Dr Naiyyum Choudhury (Bengali: ডঃ নঈম চৌধুরী) is a biochemist from Bangladesh. He pioneered the development and adoption of the National Biotechnology policy of Bangladesh. He served as the Chairman of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, and also served many important positions in Bangladesh. He was also the IAEA Regional Cooperation Agreement (RCA) Chair person. He is also a fellow of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (BAS), and is serving as the Secretary of BAS. He is also the contact person for Inter Academic Panel (IAP) of Bangladesh.
Academic Qualifications
Dr Choudhury holds a PhD in Biotechnology (1982) from University of New South Wales. He had his MSc in Biochemistry (Thesis group) from Dhaka University in 1967, and had 1st Class (3rd in order of merit). He received the European Economic Community Fellowship, 1988–1989, for Post-doctoral research at the University of Karlsruhe, West Germany.
Liberation War of Bangladesh
Dr Choudhury obtained the commonwealth scholarship to attend the McGill University for his PhD degree. But as the liberation war broke out in Bangladesh in 1971, Dr Choudhury actively protested the massacre of the Pakistani Army on the Bangladeshi people. He was the founder secretary of Bangladesh Association of Quebec, Canada, formed on March 7, 1971. On his active supervision, a shipping of Sabre Jet spare parts for Chittagong, East Pakistan, was cancelled. Dr. Choudhury could not finish his Ph. D. and returned home to Bangladesh.