Muhammad Ibrahim

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Mohammad Ibrahim
Native name মোহাম্মদ ইব্রাহিম
Born 1911
Murshidabad, British India (now India)
Died September 6, 1989(1989-09-06) (aged 78)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality Bangladeshi
Occupation physician
Awards Independence Day Award

Mohammad Ibrahim (1911 – 6 September 1989) was a Bangladeshi physician from. He established Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders (BIRDEM), the diabetes health-care and research institute complex in 1980.[1]

Career

In 1956 Ibrahim founded the Diabetic Association in Dhaka. He founded branches in Karachi and Lahore in West Pakistan in 1964. He was also the founder of Bangladesh Institute of Research and Training for Applied Nutrition (BIRTAN) and Rehabilitation and Vocational Training Centre in Jurain, Dhaka. Ibrahim also took part in drafting the government's first population control policy and setting up National Population Council.

Awards

The Government of Bangladesh awarded Ibrahim National Professor and the Independence Day Award in 1978.

References

  1. ↑ Rahman, Siddique Mahmudur (2012). "Ibrahim, Mohammad". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
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