Dr. M. M. Amjad Hussain

Biography

 Dr. M. M. Amjad Hussain started his career as Doctor in the then Pakistan Army Medical Corp. in the year 1950. He left the army in 1953 and started business in Chittagong, the port city of Bangladesh. In the year 1958 he started the first Export oriented industry "Pakistan Kapok Mills Limited", in Chittagong and started exporting Kapok fibers to USA. In the year 1962 he started Textile Industry named "Alhaj Textile Mills Limited" (At that time this was the largest Textile Industry in Bangladesh). In the year 1967 he had set up a Jute Mill named, "Alhaj Jute Mills Limited". Dr. M. M. Amjad Hussain was founder and Managing Director of both the Textile and Jute Mills. After emergence of Bangladesh, all the Textile & Jute industries were nationalized by the Government of Bangladesh in the year 1974. From 1974 – 1982, he was involved in trading. After denationalization in the year 1982, he became the Managing Director of Alhaj Textile Mills Limited and Alhaj Jute Mills Limited till November 1991. It is also worth mentioning that Dr. M M Amjad Hussain was also former chairman of Bangladesh Textile Mills Association. In 1980, he started Pharmaceutical industry "Drug International Limited". The industry became one of the leading pharmaceutical industries of the country. The pharmaceutical industry expanded its activities by setting up another unit under the same name "Drug International Limited, Basic Chemical Division"to produce bulk drugs in the year 1997 which was one of the largest bulk drug manufacturer of the country.The company inducted another unit named Sterile Unit and started commercial operation in the year 2000. In the year 1998, ATI Limited has been established as a software development house, which is now one of the biggest software firms in the country. ATI Limited also has an education & training division for development of human in the field of computer science with collaboration of Genetic Computer School, Singapore. In the year 2000, another industry in the name of ATI Ceramics Ltd. was established in the District of Gazipur, to produce ceramic and Granito tiles. This is the only Granito tiles manufacturer in the country till now. He has also established a Girls High School in his mother’s name called "Meherunnesa Girls High School", in the village Enayetpur, Sirajganj, in the year 1956 which is the only Girls' High School in the vicinity.   The Drug International Limited (Herbal Division)  was founded with a clear vision to bring Herbal to society in a contemporary form and to unravel the mystery behind the 5,000 year old system of medicine. This included referring to ancient Herbal texts, selecting indigenous herbs and subjecting the formulations to modern pharmacological, toxicological and safety tests to create new drugs and therapies. Since its inception, the company has focused on developing safe, natural and innovative remedies that will help people lead richer, healthier lives. DRUG INTERNATIONAL LTD. (HERBAL DIVISION) is now registered with USFDA.

Research Interest

Medicine and surgery.