Another Kashmiri scientist has brought laurels to the valley as he has been inducted into the world’s oldest interdisciplinary scientist society, Sigma Xi.
The Kashmiri-origin Senior Corporate Scientist, University Professor, and Honorary Judge Dr. Syed Basharat Shah has been nominated and admitted as full-time member in Sigma Xi – The Scientist Research Honor Society, founded in 1886 at Cornell University, USA, Kashmir News Service reported.
Dr. Shah, who is from Bijbehara in Anantnag in south Kashmir, works as a senior corporate scientist for an Austrian global company and is an honorary judge in the German judicial system.
Shah has been awarded an honorary doctorate in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences by Ballsbridge International University, Dominica.
He has been awarded in recognition of his “outstanding academic achievements, teaching and research contributions” in the field of veterinary medicine and animal sciences.
Shah has several national and international awards and recognitions to his credit. He has presented his scientific work at several conferences held in different countries. He is a lifetime member of more than 28 international scientific and civic organizations.
Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS) Dr Shah said that “With the grace of Almighty and the prayers of my parents, I have been able to make a landmark journey of academics from my hometown Bijbehara to Germany, Canada, UK, almost all European countries and continents of the world,” Shah said.
“I am humbled and at the same time feel honored to have joined a cadre of distinguished and committed researchers around the world,” he said. “It provides a scientist an opportunity to share my research and thoughts with internationally acclaimed and dignified scientists including more than 200 Nobel Prize winners,” he added.
“Kashmiris are generally intelligent. My humble message to all my brothers and sisters in Kashmir, who are pursuing careers in any branch of science or for that matter any other branch of study, please set your goals and do not stop at graduation or post-graduation, go for Ph.D. and Post-Doctorate and avail every chance of visiting developed countries abroad for obtaining expertise and exposure. Do not be scared of finances, there are lots of scholarships, fellowships, ways and means of funding your studies”, Shah urged.
Shah believes that lack of guidance at a required stage pushes youth to leave their education mid-way which however influences their future badly. I will be always been at the service of my fellow Kashmiris,” he added.