Najam in ‘Nature’ on Titan submersible tragedy
Dr. Adil Najam, Dean Emeritus and Professor of International Relations and of Earth and Environment at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston Univeristy was quoted in a report published in the science journal Nature on two of the passengers who died in the Titan submersible tragedy.
The 23 June, 2023, Nature report titled, “Two Titan submersible passengers [48 years old Shahzada Dawood and his 19 year old son Suleman Dawood] were prominent science philanthropists in Pakistan,” reports on the fact that “Two of the passengers who died when the Titan submersible imploded on its way to explore the wreckage of the Titanic in the North Atlantic belonged to a family that are prominent philanthropic funders of science in Pakistan.”
Except from the report, quoting Prof. Najam:
“The tragic loss of father and son is, first and foremost, a human tragedy and a tragedy for the family,” says environmental scientist Adil Najam, who also studies philanthropic giving in Pakistan. “We have also lost someone with a real, personal and abiding interest in science. It is a tremendous loss of a champion for science.”
It goes on to add:
The Dawood family’s foundation established the Dawood University of Engineering and Technology in Karachi; the Karachi School of Business and Leadership; the MagnifiScience Centre, Pakistan’s first contemporary science museum also in Karachi. Dawood public school provides high quality science education for girls, Najam says.
The full article may be read here.
Adil Najam served as the Inaugural Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies from 2014-2022. He is also a former Vice-Chancellor of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and is the President elect (starting July 2023) of WWF International. His research focuses on issues of global public policy, especially those related to global climate change, South Asia, Muslim countries, environment and development, and human development. Read more about Najam on his Pardee School faculty profile.