DR. RAHMAT ELLAHI WINS INTERNATIONAL OBADA-PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING SCHOLARLY WORK

Dr. Rahmat Ellahi brought fame to the International Islamic University (IIU) as he has been awarded with the prestigious International Obada-Prize for the year 2023 for his outstanding scholarly work.

Obada-Prize is an international award, endowed by the Natural Sciences Publishing supported by the African Academy of Sciences. This prize recognizes and encourages innovative and interdisciplinary research that cuts across traditional boundaries and paradigms. Dr. Rahmat Ellahi is presently working as Director Directorate of Quality Assurance and Development at IIUI. He obtained his PhD degree from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan whereas he did his Post Doctorate from the University of California Riverside USA.

He has already been awarded several National and International awards such as Fulbright Award by USA, Highly Cited Researcher as one of the top 1% scientists by Clarivate World’s Influential Researchers, Best University Teacher Award by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, Productive Scientist of Pakistan Award in Category “A” by PCST Ministry of Science and Technology Pakistan, PAS Gold Medal in Mathematical Sciences by Pakistan Academy of Sciences, outstanding Paper award by Emerald Literati and Best Book Award etc. He has over 300 publications with 91 h-index and 25000 citations. He is an author of 06 books and has supervised 38 PhD/MS research students. He is Editor in Chief of one impact factor Journal, editor of 5 international Impact Factor journals and Editor of 02 Scopus journals. He is topmost among Pakistani Scientists in the list of top 2% World’s Scientists as per an independent study conducted by Stanford University USA. His innovative ideas with impact include mathematical modeling with differential equations.

Rector IIUI, Dr. Samina Malik, and President IIUI, H.E. Dr Hathal Homoud Alotaibi extended heartiest congratulations to Prof. Rahmat Ellahi on achieving this prestigious award.