BIOGRAPHY Pro. Atta Ur Rehman ( NI, HI, SI, TI, UNESCO) General Information Atta-ur-Rahman عطاالرحمان born 22 September 1942), PhD, FRS, FPAS, is a Pakistani scientist specialising in organic chemistry who served as the Chairman of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan between October 2002 till September 2008 and the Minister for Science and Technology between March 2000 and September 2002. He currently serves as the Chair of the UN Committee on Science and Technology. Professor Emeritus/Patron-in-Chief International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry and Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research) University of Karachi, Karachi President Network of Academies of Science in Countries of the Organization of Islamic Conference (NASIC)