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After leaving Petaro, Shahid Ilyas Dhami moved to Dhaka
from where he completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in
Biochemistry in 1970, as an inter-wing scholar
from West Pakistan. He then moved to the USA, and
joined the USA Marines. He fought in the Vietnam
War as well.
After the war, he was back in the academic
circles, and completed his Diplomate of Industrial
Toxicology from Wayne State University, Detroit,
MI in 1977. He then moved to Canada and in 1982 he
completed his Diplomate of Occupational Health and
Safety from McMaster University, Canada.
Subsequently, he completed his Ph.D. in
Biochemical Toxicology from University of Surrey
in the UK in 1985 (as a Commonwealth Scholar from
Canada).
Alongside pursuing his educational ambitions, he
was also employed in various academic institutions
throughout. He was a Research Associate at the
Banting Institute, University of Toronto from 1970
to 1986. During the latter years at this Institute
(1980-86), he became the Institute Director of
Research and Administration.
He then moved to California and was Professor /
Director of Basic Sciences at San Jose State
University from 1986-1996. Concurrently, he was
the President, Board of Directors of Nuclear
Sciences Institute at San Jose State University.
In 1996, he was given the rank of Professor
Emeritus at the same university.
In 1999, Dr. Dhami moved to Islamabad, Pakistan
and was appointed Science Advisor at the Pakistan
Academy of Sciences. During this period, he also
taught Biochemistry at the Shifa College of
Medicine, Islamabad.
He finally moved to Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2002 and
was appointed the Vice Chancellor of the State
University of Bangladesh.
Dr. Dhami has been the recipient of several
awards. He was the Inter-Wing Scholar from West
Pakistan to East Pakistan in 1964-1970. He was the
Commonwealth Scholar from Canada in 1982-85. He
was given the Scientific Researcher of the Year
Award from ICA, USA in 1990. He was given the
Presidential Award for Research at Palmer-West
College, San Jose, California in 1988 and the
Presidential Award for Teaching from the same
college in 1990. He also obtained the Stuart Alan
Hoffman prize for excellence in Pathological
Chemistry in Canada in 1980.
Dr. Dhami has been honoured many times by being
given very important positions as well. He has
been the
Vice President of Human Rights Commission of
Canada (appointed by Prime Minister Trudeau),
Chairman, Board of Directors, SeaMart Inc., San
Jose, California,
Vice Chair, Asian Pacific American
Faculty and Staff Association, San Jose State
University,
Secretary and Founding Member,
American-Ukraine Scientific Association, Inc.,
President, Nuclear Science Board, San Jose State
University, California,
Chair, Advisory Board, Neighborhood
Health Administrative Services, Inc., California,
President and Founding Member of the Board of
Directors, Pan Asian Community Housing
Development, Inc., San Jose, California,
Director, Advisory Board, California Healthcare
Corporation, Inc., Palo Alto, California,
adn Chairman of Citizens
Watch Committee for Industrial Emissions and
Chemical Waste, Junction Triangle Area, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada.
He is fluent in
English, Urdu, Punjabi, and Bengali languages and
has a working knowledge of French.
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