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Professor Dr. Ali Asgar Professor Dr. Ali Asgar is one of the most influential physicists in Bangladesh. He is a popular science lecturer among the young people. He obtained B.Sc (Hons) and M.Sc. from Dhaka University in 1960 and got Ph.D in solid state Physics from Southampton University, England, 1970. Received postdoc Commonwealth Staff Fellowship in England in 1982 and worked in Southampton University (1982-83). He also worked as Research Fellow in ICTP, Italy and IPPS, Upsala University, Sweden.

Dr. Asgar developed a modern magnetism laboratory in the Physics department, BUET and formed the Dhaka Material Science Group for developing experimental facilities, training expertise in the field and forming a network with local, regional and international cooperation. Most importantly, the laboratory facilities have been developed to prepare magnetic alloys, ferrites, magnetic thin films, amorphous magnetic materials and nano-structured materials in collaboration with the University of Hanoi, Vietnam, through the support of IPPS. Experimental facilities have been developed jointly with AEC for the study of primary and secondary intrinsic magnetic properties and structure dependent properties for the basic understanding of co-operative magnetism and the technical magnetization process in different magnetic media and to develop hard, semi-hard and soft magnetic materials for technological applications.

During the late 90s, he became renowned for his appearances on TV shows and performed over hundred television and radio programme on science lately. He has published over eighty technical papers in national and international journals such as Proc. Royal Society, Physical Review, Physical Review Letters, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Physics, Thermochemical Acta Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Indian Journal of Physics, Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, Nuclear Science and Applications, and Bangladesh Journal of Physics.

He has published more than twenty books on science, education and development and written over five hundred articles for science popularization and public understanding of science. He also designed and proposed national science week programme for innovative science education which will enhance the enthusiasm for science among young peoples.Dr. Asgar initiated the country-wide science club activity as the chairman of the children organization Khelaghar. He is currently a visiting professor in the Electronics & Communications Engineering department at East West University, Dhaka.