Historical Variations in the Specialized Subjects of the Elected Fellows of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences

The pakistan academy of sciences (pas) was inaugurated on 16th february 1953 by the then prime minister of pakistan,khawaja nazim-ud-din. the academy is a non-governmental and non-political supreme body of distinguished scientists,to which the government has entrusted the consultative and advisory status. the affairs of the academy are regulated by its charter and the bye- laws approved by its fellows who are elected through the prescribed procedure. since its establishment,the academy has elected 162 scientists belonging to all branches of science as its fellows during a period of 58 years (i.e.,1953-2010) at an average of 2.8 fellows per year. however,no fellows were elected for 10 years (i.e.,1955,1960,1962,1963,1965,1969,1975,1981,1985 and 1987) and,therefore,the average induction-rate works out to be about 3.5 fellows per year during a period of 48 years. a comparison of the number of fellows elected per decade during 50 years (i.e.,1961-2010) in physical and bio-sciences is provided and depicted graphically,showing the variation trend regarding the specialized fields of the elected fellows for the studied five decades. © pakistan academy of sciences.