Asghar Qadir

Asghar Qadir, HI, SI, FPAS ( born 23 July 1946) is a Pakistani mathematician and cosmologist specialised in mathematical physics and physical cosmology. He has made important and significant contributions to the fields of differential equations, theoretical cosmology and mathematical physics. Qadir is noted for his work in mathematics and mathematical physics, in particular his contributions to general relativity and cosmology.

He has mentored several graduate students throughout his career and also held important administrative positions, including being the Chairman of the Mathematics Department at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, and later the Dean of Faculty of Natural Sciences at the same university. Qadir founded the Center for Advanced Mathematics & Physics at the National University of Science and Technology, in 2004, served as its founding Director General until 2011 and as Professor Emeritus until 2019. As of 2023, he is working as a visiting professor at Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences, Government College University, Lahore. He is considered one of the top mathematicians in Pakistan.

He has published numerous papers in the fields of Mathematical physics, Cosmology and Mathematics. He has written and edited a number of books, mainly focusing on mathematical sciences and mathematical physics. Qadir is author of the book "''Relativity: An Introduction to the Special Theory''" which has been translated in several different languages and is widely read by science students in colleges throughout Asia. He has published more than 250 research papers. He is the author of 12 books, 22 research level articles, 7 teaching journal papers, 32 popular articles, and 48 research preprints. He has attended more than 100 International and National Conferences and Seminars in the fields of Mathematics, Physics, Economics and the History and Philosophy of Science. Provided by Wikipedia