Prominent Pakistani scientist Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary, Director of the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), and COMSTECH Coordinator General, has received a gold medal from International Turkic Academy (ITA) in Kazakhstan.

The Spokesman of the ICCBS – University of Karachi on Monday said that the President of the International Turkic Academy, Dr. Darkhan Kydyrali presented Al-Farabi International gold medal and Certificate of merit to Prof. Iqbal Choudhary on the occasion of international ‘Al-Farabi – Iqbal’ forum held in Almaty, Kazakhstan during May 26-27.

The award has been given to the famous Pakistan scientists in recognition of his exceptional contributions to the development of cooperation in the Turkic world.

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary is world renowned medicinal chemist. He has published 1,175 research papers in the fields of organic and bioorganic chemistry in international journals, 76 books and 40 chapters in books published by major US and European press. He has secured 40 US patents so far.

Dr. Choudhary’s work has been cited by the researchers from around the world by 30,000 times and his h-index is 70. By now 98 national and international scholars have completed their Ph.D. degrees under his supervision.

Dr. Choudhary is D.Sc., Ph.D., and C. Chem. He has been awarded by different governments of Pakistan with Hilal-e-Imtiaz, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, and Tamgha-e-Imtiaz. He is a laureate of Mustafa PBUH Prize, ECO Award, Khawarzimi Award, COMSTECH Award, TWAS Young Scientist Award, and Prof. Abdus Salam Prize.

Vice Chancellor University of Karachi Prof. Dr. Nasira Khatoon and Prof. Atta-ur Rahman, ICCBS Patron-in-chief and former Federal Minister for Science and Technology, congratulated to Prof. Choudhary for his achievement.
 

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