Noted Scientist Professor Abdul Majid Siddiqui passed away
Noted Scientist and Former Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Professor Abdul Majid Siddiqui passed away for heavenly abode this morning at New Delhi. He was 79. He is survived by his wife Prof. Jamila Majid Siddiqui, two sons and a daughter. His son Dr. Shahid Jameel is an eminent scientist, New Delhi and Dr. Afashan Hashim is a business development, regulatory affairs and scientific consultant, USA. He will be buried at the University Graveyard today after the Asr prayer.
Born on January 1, 1933. He got his early education from Christian College, Lucknow and obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Chemistry from AMU in 1952 and 1954 respectively. Prof. Siddiqui obtained his Ph.D. in Biochemistry in 1962 from School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Prof. Majid Siddiqui held the positions of Consultant in Biochemistry, Khartoum, Sudan (1985-86), Dean Faculty of Life Sciences, AMU (1986-88), Head of the Department of Biochemistry, University of Basrah, Iraq (1977-81), Research Assistant, University of California, USA (1959-62).
Prof. Siddiqui was a brilliant student and was awarded Faculty of Science prize for securing highest marks in B.Sc. I year (1950), Gold Medal in 1952 for securing first position in B.Sc. (1952-53).
Recognition of his research work includes US Patent No. 3, 62, 94, 49 dated December 21, 1971 on ‘A Process of Combating hypercholesterolemia wherein 3-hydroxy-e-methylglutric acid’. He had also been the member of different academic and administrative bodies of the Aligarh Muslim University. He was the first provost of Mohammad Habib Hall.
Prof. Siddiqui was the son-in-law of Prof. Abdul Aleem, former, Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University.
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