Video is dedicated to the 80 anniversary of Ismail Serageldin, Co-chair Nizami Ganjavi International Center.
Hailed as a pioneer in the movement to re-establish the importance of science in the Arab and Muslim world, Ismail Serageldin, the founding director of the New Library of Alexandria, has been awarded the Public Welfare Medal, the National Academy of Sciences’ most prestigious award. Established in 1914, the medal is presented annually to honor extraordinary use of science for the public good.
Serageldin, an Egyptian national, has advocated for greater equality in science and society at large, a mission shared by the National Academy of Sciences. “We honor Dr. Serageldin for his leadership in a number of venues, most recently as the founding director of the New Library of Alexandria,” said John Brauman, home secretary of the National Academy of Sciences and chair of the selection committee for the award. “He has been a champion for the use of science in sustainable development and for liberating minds from the tyranny of intolerance, bigotry, and fear.”
Serageldin is a knight of France’s Legion of Honor, member of the Egyptian Senate, chairman of the Executive Council of the World Digital Library (WDL), professor of the International Chair Savoirs contre pauvreté (Knowledge Against Poverty) at Collège de France, Paris, and the recipient of 30 honorary doctorates from universities around the world. He received a Ph.D. in urban and regional planning from Harvard University and began a career in academia. In 1972 he joined the World Bank as an economist; quickly rising through the ranks he worked there in a number of capacities, including vice president for environmentally and socially sustainable development from 1992 to 1998, and for Special Programs from 1998 to 2000.
Throughout his illustrious career, Serageldin has earned a reputation for applying science to nearly every type of global problem. He is perhaps most highly regarded for his attempts to combat hunger in developing countries through the promotion of sustainable agriculture. As chairman of the World Bank’s Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research from 1994 to 2000, Serageldin worked to protect the food supply of a global population that is poised to expand by an estimated 2.5 billion people during the next four decades.
Негізгі бет Ismail Serageldin 80 anniversary
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