Munir Ahmad Khan

Background

Khan, Munir Ahmad was born on May 20, 1926 in Kasur, Punjab, Pakistan. Son of S. Maqbool Ahmad.

Education

B.Sc in Physics and Mathematics, Government College, Lahore,1946; Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Punjab University's Engineering College, Lahore, 1949; Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, North Carolina State University 1952; Postgraduate Research (Electric Power), Illionois Institute of Technology, 1953-56; Postgraduate specialization (Nuclear Engineering), International Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, 1957.

Career

Systems Planning Engineer Commonwealth Edison Company, Chicago, 1953-1956;

Reactor Design Engineer, Nuclear Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 1956;

Reactor Design Engineer, American Machine and Foundry Atomics, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1957-1958;

First Officer (P5 Grade), Nuclear Power and Reactors Division, IAEA, Vienna, 1958-1961;

Senior Officer (P5 Grade), Nuclear Power and Reactors Division, IAEA, Vienna, 1961-1968;

Senior Officer (P5 Grade) and Director, Nuclear Power and Reactors Division, IAEA, 1968-1972;

Scientific Secretary, United Nations International Geneva Conferences on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, 1964-1971;

Member Board of Governors, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, 1973-1990;

Chairman Board Governors, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, 1986-1987;

Chairman, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Islamabad, 1972-1991;

Minister of State and Chairman PAEC, Islamabad, 1990-1991.

Achievements

• Munir Ahmad Khan has been listed as a noteworthy Nuclear engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Secretary United Nations Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, 1964, 71. Member International Advisory Committee on Nuclear Energy, since 1980. Member American Nuclear Society, International Council USCEA, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Thera Khan; 3 children.

Father:

S. Maqbool Ahmad Khan

Spouse:

Thera Khan