BAEC gets Dr Debashish, Dr Shamshad as members
City Desk :
The Ministry of Science and Technology, through an official order dated 17 June 2025, has appointed Dr. Debashish Paul as the Member (Physical Sciences) of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) on a current charge basis. Prior to this appointment, he served as the Director General of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment.
Dr. Paul obtained his B.Sc. (Honours) in Physics from the University of Chittagong in 1986, securing First Class First position. He completed his M.Sc. in Physics in 1988 from the same university with First Class and Third position. Later, he earned his Ph.D. degree in 1999 from Jadavpur University, India.
He joined the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission as a Scientific Officer on 23 January 1993. Through successive promotions, he was elevated to the position of Chief Scientific Officer on 13 March 2012.
Since joining the Commission, Dr. Paul has been actively involved in diverse areas such as research, regulatory functions, food and environmental radioactivity monitoring, radiation protection, radioactive waste management, academic activities and administration. He served as the Head of the Health Physics and Radioactive Waste Management Unit and also held the position of Director of the Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology.
Dr. Paul has participated in numerous fellowships, training programs, conferences and meetings organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and other international organizations. His professional travels have taken him to Canada, Australia, Austria, China, Japan, Mongolia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, South Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, Hungary, Russia, and several other countries.
He has supervised M.Sc. thesis research students from several universities across Bangladesh, including the University of Chittagong, Jahangirnagar University, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, and others.
Dr. Paul has authored and published over 60 research papers in national and international journals, IAEA technical documents, and international conferences.
Dr. Shamshad Begum Quraishi, a distinguished nuclear scientist of the Commission, has been appointed as the Member (Planning) of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) in the current capacity through a notification dated 17 June 2025 issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Prior to her appointment as a member, she was serving as the Director of the Atomic Energy Centre, Dhaka. She joined at the Atomic Energy Centre, Dhaka as a Scientific Officer on April 10, 1993. Later, she conducted important activities as the Head of the Chemistry Department, Director of the Scientific Information Department and Planning and Development Department of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission.
She obtained her B.Sc (Hons) in Chemistry from Rajshahi University in 1990 and M.Sc in Analytical Chemistry in 1992. She obtained her PhD (Monbusho Scholar) from Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT), Japan in 1999. She also completed her post-doc in Analytical Chemistry from Japan and Korea in 2003 and 2007 respectively.
As a scientist, she has published more than 120 research papers on topics such as Food Contamination, Risk Assessment, Environmental Pollution, Human Health, etc. in international journals, presented more than 100 research papers at various international and domestic meetings and conferences, and has contributed to the development of specialized human resources by supervising the research work of more than 100 MD, FCPS, M.Sc, Ph.D students.
Dr. Shamshad Begum is the first and only person in the country completed a course on ISO/IEC 17025:2005 (requirement for testing and calibration laboratory accreditation) in 2008 and obtained a certificate from the European Organization of Quality, EU.
As a scientist, she has invented an easier method for diagnosing Wilson’s disease, which makes it possible to test (identify) the disease at a low cost, in a short time and accurately within the country at the Analytical Chemistry Laboratory of the Atomic Energy Center, Dhaka.