Awards

Academic Distinctions

  1. Roll-of-Honours, Government Superior Science College, Lahore 1970
  2. Roll-of-Honours, Government Superior Science College, Lahore 1971
  3. I stood first in F.Sc. in aggregate, second in Chemistry, second in Physics, second in Urdu at Government College of Science, Wahdat Road Lahore.
  4. ‘Research Productivity Award’, June2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Pakistan.

Select Awards and Grants for the Khwarizmi Science Society

  1. From Conflict-Independence to Dialogue-Integration: Discovering and Designing Resources for Rethinking the Religion-Science Relationship in Pakistan; awarded USD 210,000 from the John Templeton Foundation, United States.
  2. National Science Movement 2016 funded by Alif Ailaan, Pakistan. Amount of funding received was Rs. 2.4 million.
  3. The Lahore Science Mela received a funding of Rs. 4 million from the Ali Institute of Education.
  4. Emerging Nations Science Foundation’s donation of USD 3500 for the celebrations in connection with the laser’s 50’th birthday (2010).
  5. Pakistan Science Foundation’s grant of Rs. 50,000 for the celebrations in connection with the laser’s 50’th birthday (2010).
  6. Recognition certificate from the International Astronomical Union for highlighting astronomy in Pakistan in the International Year of Astronomy (2009).
  7. Grant of USD 1000 from Developing Astronomy Globally, a cornerstone project of the International Astronomical Union (2010).
  8. Won an international competition organized by the International Astronomical Union receiving 100Galileoscopes.
  9. Grant of GBP 300 from the Canon Foundation, UK (2009) for the purchase of astronomical camera.
  10. Emerging Nations Science Foundation’s donation of USD 3500 for the celebrations in connection with the International Year of astronomy 2009 (received in 2008).