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I (Akmal Husain) was borne in an ordinary village (ISMAILPUR, near the town Gursahaiganj in undivided Farrukhabad District of Uttar pradesh, India now it falls under historically famed Kannauj District) on Monday the 27th February, 1956. My parents (Father Jb Mohammad Hanif - now aged 85 yrs, Mother Late Janabah Ayesha Begum who died on 27th October 1988) though belonging to a very ordinary status had brought us to such enlightened staus by virtue of their deep concern and all kinds of sacrifice for moral/religious and modern education. On the meagre income, my parents had always remained foresighted, generous and encouraging for quality modern education despite family hardships, resource limitations and lack of good institutions in the surrounding. After passing primary education from village school in 1965, I had joined the nearby (2km) Junior High school at Gusahaiganj and passed the 8th std exam in 1968.

There was a great problem for pursuing secondary/college education as there was hardly any Science group college in the area. Hence, I had to cycle all the way 12 km (one way) for BSS Intermediate College Sikandarpur from my Village despite odds like weather conditions, tiredness and loss of time in journey etc. Thus commutting for regular four years (from 1968-1972), I had passed out High School & Intermediate Examinations in 1970, 1972 respectively with first class and distinction marks in Chemistry (incidently, I was the only first divisioner in Intermediate Examination in 1972 batch from my College). Thus it paved the way for Chemistry being chosen my career for higher education pursuits.

After passing out intermediate examination in 1972, higher education was pursued at the internationally acclaimed Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh (UP) while admitting in B Sc (Hons) Chemistry in Sept 1972. In continuation to this, B Sc (Hons), M Sc & Phil Degrees in Chemistry were obtained in 1974, 76 & 77 respectively. Thereafter, I left the university in April 1979 in lure of career prospects (for teaching at Nehru P G College, Chhibramau in Farrukhabad District under Kanpur University). This was performed till May 1985 (with a break from June 1980 to October 1985). The award of Ph D degree was hampered due to thrust for civil services examination attempts from 1981-1984 (with partial success in three layered tests) and job priorities. However, now after a long stint, the same is in pipeline for getting awarded fromMJPR University, Bareilly (UP) as the required formalities are completed and the sufficient work is already done.

Second phase of my career started in May 1986 with the award of a fellowship at prestigious Industrial Toxicology Research Centre - Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Lucknow on ministry of Environment & Forests’s sponsored project entitled “Safety Evaluation of Photo-toxicity of Environmental Pollutants (Textile Dyestuffs)”. The experience thus gained in this field had been turning point in shaping future career as Environmental Scientist. During this period, a large number of national seminars (including an International conference) were attended and thus fine tuned the skill for overall environmental concern. With this kind of exposure and training, I got involved in delivering popular environmental science lectures in various institutes and training centers including the Academic Staff Colleges of several universities. This training on various environmental aspects had been for over full five years till I joined the ministry of Environment & Forests (Govt. of India) Department: Zoological Survey of India as Scientist (class I, Gazetted) in Sept 1991 at the nationally famed Marine Aquarium & Research Centre (Digha in West Bengal) where I served till Nov 2008 (for over 17 years) thereafter being transferred to its Chennai office (Marine Biology Regional Centre) where I am serving presently in a scale equivalent to the Deputy Secretary, Government of India.

During the past over three decades of experience in social, academic & scientific field, twenty national and international symposia / conferences had been attended / participated. Sixty general articles, thirty popular scientific articles, twenty research paper abstracts & twelve research papers had been written / published in the reputed national and international journals. Besides, a vast experience on office administration, office security and routine government procedures has been earned during the service period with special aptitude and devotion to the cause of poor and downtrodden people.

Akmal Husain : Sr. Scientist, Zoological Survey of India,

130 Santhome High Road

Chennai 600 028

Cell: 9003173400,

email: akmalhusain56@gmail.com, akmalhusain13@yahoo.com