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Pervez Hoodbhoy

Pervez Hoodbhoy
Hoodbhoy in October 2015
Born (1950-07-11) 11 July 1950 (age 73)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Alma materKarachi Grammar School (1955–1968)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(B.S Mathematics)
(B.S Electrical Engineering)
(M.S Solid State Physics)
(PhD Nuclear Physics)
Known forparton physics, hard processes, field theory and particle phenomenology
AwardsUNESCO Kalinga Prize (2003)
Fulbright Award (1998)
Faiz Ahmed Faiz Award (1990)
Abdus Salam Award (1984)
Baker Prize for Electronics (1968)
Associate of ICTP
"Book of the Year Award" by National Book council of Pakistan in 1993
ROCASA (2007) for enhancing the public understanding of Science by Academy of Sciences of the developing World, Trieste, Italy
Joseph A. Burton Forum Award (2010) by American Physical Society
Listed number 85 in Foreign Policy Magazine's list of Top 100 Global Thinkers[1]
Scientific career
FieldsNuclear physics
Quantum Chromodynamics
InstitutionsQuaid-e-Azam University
FC College University
Virtual University of Pakistan

Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy (Urdu: پرویز امِیرعلی ہودبھائی; Urdu pronunciation: [pərʋeːz əmiːɾəliː ɦuːd̪bʱaːiː]; born 11 July 1950) is a Pakistani nuclear physicist, author, media commentator, and social activist. He is generally considered one of the most vocal, progressive and liberal members of the Pakistani intelligentsia.[2] Hoodbhoy is known for his opposition to nuclear weapons and vocal defence of secularism, freedom of speech, scientific temper and education in Pakistan.[3][4] Some senior journalists, political and army figures have leveled accusations[5] of treason and unbelief against him but he has rebutted them.[6] Instead he regards himself as a global citizen.[7] His physics-math course lectures, as well as on popular science topics, are widely watched and available online.[8][9]

Hoodbhoy taught physics at Quaid-e-Azam University (formerly Islamabad University) from 1973 to 2020 but in between also taught sociology in addition to physics and math[10] in Lahore as well as LUMS.[11] He was visiting professor at several US universities and laboratories and is currently (2021–2025) adjunct professor physics at the University of New Brunswick.

Since 1989 Hoodbhoy has headed Mashal Books in Lahore, a publishing house that claims to be a leading "translation effort to produce books in Urdu that promote modern thought, human rights, and emancipation of women". He initiated and co‐directed (1988–1990) the World Laboratory Project on Cosmology and High Energy Physics in Pakistan. Hoodbhoy is a sponsor of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists[12] a member of the Permanent Monitoring Panel on Planetary Emergencies of the World Federation of Scientists,[13] and a member of the Asia Pacific Leaders Network.[14] In 2021 he took the lead role in establishing The Black Hole, a community space in Islamabad for nurturing science, art, and culture. Hoodbhoy has written for Project Syndicate,[15] DAWN,[16] The New York Times,[17] Washington Post,[18] Prospect magazine,[19] and The Express Tribune.[20] 

Awards for Hoodbhoy include the Abdus Salam Prize[21] for Mathematics (1984); the Kalinga Prize for the popularization of science (2003); the TWAS-ROCASA prize;[22] the Jean Meyer Award for global citizenship;[23] the Joseph A. Burton Forum Award (2010) from the American Physical Society.[24] In 2011, he was included in the list of 100 most influential global thinkers by Foreign Policy.[25] From 2013 to 2017 he was a member of the UN Secretary General's advisory board on Disarmament.[26] In 2019 he received the honorary doctorate of law from the University of British Columbia.[27]

On 14 April 2001, the Pakistan government announced that Hoodbhoy had been selected for receiving the Sitara-i-Imtiaz from then-president, General Pervez Musharraf. However Hoodbhoy turned down the award on grounds that bureaucrats and non-scientists were not capable judging scientific work or deciding on scientific awards.[28]

  1. ^ [1], Curriculum vitae of Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy
  2. ^ "Ram Mandir – an ill portent".
  3. ^ Notezai, Muhammad Akbar. "Interview: Pervez Hoodbhoy". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Calling Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy 'jahil' can only happen in Pakistan". The Express Tribune. 30 October 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  5. ^ Story of Pervez Hoodbhoy - Episode 1 - Lt Gen (R) Amjad Shoaib, retrieved 6 December 2023
  6. ^ No, Gen. Shoaib, I'm Not A Traitor – Part One, retrieved 6 December 2023
  7. ^ "In Islamic Pakistan, physicist and global citizen Pervez Hoodbhoy takes advantage of a January media spotlight". pubs.aip.org. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Physics/Math Tutorials by Pervez Hoodbhoy – The Black Hole". Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Physics Math Tutorials".
  10. ^ "Physics". web.archive.org. 13 February 2015. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  11. ^ "LUMS SSE | VPDT". shoaworks.com. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  12. ^ "BoS - Pervez Hoodbhoy". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  13. ^ "International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies, 46th session [electronic resource] : the role of science in the third millennium..., "E. Majorana" Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy, 19-24 August 2013 in SearchWorks catalog". searchworks.stanford.edu. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  14. ^ "Member (Pervez HOODBHOY) | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network". apln.network. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  15. ^ "Pervez Hoodbhoy". Project Syndicate. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  16. ^ "News stories for Pervez Hoodbhoy - DAWN.COM". Dawn. Pakistan. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  17. ^ Hoodbhoy, Pervez (21 April 2015). "Opinion | Pakistan, the Saudis' Indispensable Nuclear Partner". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  18. ^ Hoodbhoy, Pervez Amir Ali (30 December 2001). "How Islam Lost Its Way: Yesterday's Achievements Were Golden". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  19. ^ "Pervez Hoodbhoy - Prospect Magazine". prospectmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  20. ^ "Pervez Hoodbhoy, Author at The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  21. ^ "Abdus Salam Award". scientificlib.com. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  22. ^ Sciences (TWAS), The World Academy of (17 December 2023). "TWAS Regional Awards". TWAS. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  23. ^ "Mayer Award Recipients | Tufts Global Leadership". tuftsgloballeadership.org. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  24. ^ "Prize Recipient". aps.org. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  25. ^ Staff, F. P. (18 December 2023). "The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  26. ^ "Secretary-General Appoints Replacements for Outgoing Members of Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters | UN Press". press.un.org. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  27. ^ "Pervez Hoodbhoy's Citation | Graduation at UBC". graduation.ubc.ca. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  28. ^ "Deterrence will not always work". Frontline. 7 June 2002. Retrieved 6 December 2023.

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