DATE OF BIRTH :  01 AUGUST 1935

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• 10th :  Sultania High Madrasah, Pandua, Hooghly, 1952
• I.A. :  Dacca University, 1955
• B.A. :  Department of Islamic Studies, Dacca University, 1958
• M.A. :  Department of Arabic, Dacca University, 1961
• PhD :  Department of Bengali, University of Calcutta, 1968
     Supervisor: Prof. Sukumar Sen
• DLitt :  Department of Bengali, University of Calcutta, 1975
     Advisor: Prof. Suniti Kumar Chatterjee, National Professor of India

AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS:

• RAMTANU LAHIRI SCHOLAR (R.L.S) :  University Of Calcutta, 1964-67
• SIR GEORGE CASEY FELLOW (F.A.S) :  The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, 1968-69
• SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW (S.R.F) :  University Grants Commission, New Delhi, 1969-72

LANGUAGES:

• English (native fluency), Bengali (mother tongue), Arabic

PROFESSION :

PROFESSOR AND HEAD (Retd.):  DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC HISTORY AND CULTURE,
   UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA

PUBLICATIONS:

• TRANSLATOR & COMMENTATOR :  The Holy Quran
• BIOGRAPHER :  Prophet Muhammad (PBH)
• AUTHOR :  Political History of Islam, Vols. I-X
     Cultural History of Islam, Vols. I-XX

SEMINARS & CONFERENCES:

• Paper presented on Islam and its Contribution to National Harmony, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Kolkata, 1992
• Paper presented at the International Seminar on Religions in the Light of Communal Harmony, Dakshineshwar Kalibari, 1995
• Paper presented in a National Seminar on Religions of the People of India, Department of Philosophy, Jadavpur University, November 1998
• Paper presented in a USEFI sponsored National Seminar on Islam’s Contribution to Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Calcutta, 5-6 February 2007
• Maharaja Jnanendra Mohan Pal Endowment Lecture, Department of Philosophy, University of Calcutta, 2007
• Brahmananda Keshab Chandra Sen Endowment Lecture, Department of Philosophy, University of Calcutta, 2008

MEMBERSHIP OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS:

• Samsad (Court), Vishwa Bharati University, Shantiniketan
• National Library, Kolkata
• Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, Kolkata
• Iran Society, Kolkata

MEMBERSHIP OF SOCIAL ORGANISATIONS:

• LIFE MEMBER :  Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark, Calcutta
  :  The Asiatic Society, Kolkata
  :  Sat Sanga, Deoghar

MEMBERSHIP OF BOARDS:

• State Planning Commission, Government of West Bengal
• Board of Madrasah Education, Government of West Bengal
• Board of Wakfs, Government of West Bengal

PORTFOLIOS:

• CHAIRMAN   :   Madrasah Service Commission, Government of West Bengal
  :   West Bengal Wakf Unnayan Parishad
  :   Ketugram Thana Jana Seva Samity
• PRESIDENT :   NANRITAM (A Social Organization related to the Ramakrishna Mission
      Institute of Culture, Golpark, Calcutta)