Mokarram Hussain Khundker

Mukarram Hussain Khundkar ( – 30 November 1972) was a Bangladeshi scientist and educationist. He served as a professor at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Dhaka. He was one of the founding fellows of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences.

Biography Khundkar passed the matriculation examination from Barisal Zilla School and intermediate from Jagannath College. He earned his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Durham.

Khundkar became a reader in the chemistry department of the University of Dhaka in 1949.

Legacy University of Dhaka holds a memorial lecture every year named Khundkar Memorial Lecture in his memory. A science building of the university is named as Mukarram Hussain Biggyan Bhaban. One of the main buildings of the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) is named as Khundkar Smriti Bhaban. The university also hosts a research chair in memory of him.