banglanews24.com :The sixth death anniversary of renowned nuclear scientist and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s husband Dr MA Wazed Miah will be observed today (Saturday).Dr Wazed Smriti Sangsad (DWSS), Dr Wazed Foundation, Begum Rokeya University, Awami League (AL) and its front organizations and family of Dr Wazed have chalked out elaborate programs to observe the sixth death anniversary befittingly.Born on February 16 in 1942, in a respectable Muslim family of Fatepur village under Pirganj upazila of Rangpur district, Dr Wajed was the youngest among four sons and three daughters of Abdul Quader Mia.He studied up to class four at the primary school at his village and then up to class six at a high school under the Pirganj thana.He obtained his matriculation with distinction from Rangpur Government District School in Rangpur district in 1956 in first division and was admitted to Rajshahi Science College from where he passed the Higher Secondary Certificate examination securing second position in merit list.Wajed Mia was admitted to Physics Department of Dhaka University in 1958 and obtained first class first in B. Sc (Hons) in 1961 and first class first in M.Sc in 1962 from same university.He joined the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission on April 9 in 1963. He obtained his ‘Diploma from Imperial College of London in 1963- 64.Dr M A Wazed Miah returned home in September 1967 after obtaining his PhD degree in Physics from Durham University of the United Kingdom and joined as scientific officer at Atomic Energy Research Centre in Dhaka. Later, he was engaged in post-doctoral research from November 1969 to 1970 in London.His academic excellence and knack for academic pursuit made him a nuclear scientist eventually installing to the top position of the country’s Atomic Energy Commission after long career as a researcher and fellow at different scientific institutes and organizations in different countries including Germany and India.
