Abul Kalam Samsul Huda

Background

Huda, Abul Kalam Samsul was born on February 2, 1950 in Sakooda, W Bengal, India. Son of Mohammed Hossain Jan and Salima Begum. arrived in Australia, 1990.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with honors, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India, 1971; Master of Science in Agriculture, Pantnagar (India) U., 1974; Doctor of Philosophy in Agromony, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1978.

Career

Senior research assistant, Pantnagar U., 1974; teaching assistant, Missouri U., Columbia, 1977; agroclimatologist, International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics, Hyderabad, India, 1978-1990; research scientist, South Australian department Primary Industries, Minnipa, 1991-1992; lecturer, U. Western Sydney Hawkesbury, Richmond, Australia, 1992-1994; senior lecturer, U. Western Sydney Hawkesbury, Richmond, Australia, since 1995. Junior research fellow Indian Council Agricultural Research, New Delhi, 1972-1974. Consultant Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., Temple, 1981-1982.

Resource person United Nations Environmental Program/Institute Agricultural Research/International Livestock Center in Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1989. Visiting scientist Queensland Department Primary Industries, Brisbane, Australia, 1990-1991. Visiting professor University of California, Davis, 1996.

Achievements

• Abul Kalam Samsul Huda has been listed as a noteworthy Agroclimatologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vice president Cultural Associations India, Columbia, 1976-1978. Member Australian Farmers' Association, South Australia, 1991-1992. Patron Human Appeal International, Sydney, since 1992.

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Agronomy, Australian Institute Agricultural Sciences.

Interests

• Avocations: regular prayers, reading, contemplating and remembering of the Creator and His Creation, community service.

Connections

Married Jahanara Begum, May 13, 1979. Children: Mamoon, Nooriya.

Father:

Mohammed Hossain Jan

Mother:

Salima Begum

Spouse:

Jahanara Begum

child:

Nooriya Huda

child:

Mamoon Huda