About
Syed Mujahid Kamran was the longest serving Vice Chancellor of the Punjab University (Jan 2008-Dec 2016), where he taught physics since 1972. He was a Fullbright Fellow at University of Georgia, USA, during 1988-89 and professor of physics at King Saud University, Riyadh, from 2001 to 2004.
Kamran has won numerous awards, including the Abdus Salam Prize (1985), the President's Pride of Performance Award (1999), International Einstein Award for Scientific Achievement (2010), Sitara-e-Imtiaz (2015), for his outstanding contributions to research, teaching, and popularization of science. His book Jadeed Tabiyat Kay Bani won the National Book Council award in 2000.