Parvez Butt
| Parvez Butt | |
|---|---|
| Born |
4 October 1942 Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Citizenship | Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Fields | Nuclear engineering |
| Institutions |
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Electric Canada (GE Canada) Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) Planning Commission of Pakistan (PCP) |
| Alma mater |
University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore (UET) University of Toronto (UT) |
| Known for | Pakistan's nuclear program |
| Influenced | Abdus Salam |
| Notable awards | Hilal-e-Imtiaz and Sitara-e-Imtiaz and NISHAN-I-IMTIAZ |
Pervez Butt (or Pervaz Butt) (born 4 October 1942) is a Pakistani nuclear engineer and the former chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) from 2001 to 2006. A nuclear engineer by profession, Parvez Butt played an important role in the development of the Pakistan's nuclear power and weapons program. As chairman of PAEC, Parvez Butt helped establishing the particle accelerators, nuclear power plants, and started the research program to the field of Nuclear medicines. Parvez Butt is currently serving as an assistant professor of nuclear engineering at the Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and also serving as a "Science and Technology" member at the Planning Commission of Pakistan.
Born in Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan. At age 16, Butt was admitted to University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, with a full engineering scholarship. In 1962, Butt graduated and received his BS in Mechanical engineering from University of Engineering and Technology. After his graduation, Butt was employed in Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), and joined PAEC-Lahore Center, where he did his post-graduate research at Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission. Butt was awarded the PAEC scholarship in 1964 by the PAEC chairman Dr. I. H. Usmani, and fled to Canada on the advice of Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad. He was enrolled in Engineering School of the University of Toronto, where he completed and received his MS in nuclear engineering from the University of Toronto in 1965.
Pervez Butt joined the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission in 1963 as "Principal Engineer" (PE), and following his master's degree, he was upgraded to become a Chief Engineer (CE) in 1966. Butt was part of the Pakistani delegation that led to a successful agreement with General Electric to supply country's first CANDU type-nuclear reactor, under the name of Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP). Butt was involved in the project's design, installation, operation and maintenance since very beginning of the project. From 1965 to 1970, he worked in the design office of Canadian General Electric, Peterborough, Ontario. Canada. In 1971, after the 1971 war, Butt came back to Pakistan and re-joined PAEC. The PAEC, under Munir Ahmed Khan, began to developed nuclear weapons by the prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Parvez Butt was made part of the nuclear weapons design and manufacture program with the full backing of Munir Ahmad Khan. He was also a part of the PAEC team that was mandated to buy and purchase equipment and machinery from abroad. In 1974, Butt was transferred to the Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH), where he was made director-general of "Nuclear Engineering Division" (NED). NED, along with NPD (Nuclear Physics Division), developed the first nuclear device, codename "HMX-3". In 1974, Parvez Butt was part of the PAEC team that had indigenously designed built the PARR-II Reactor. While the project was led by Munir Ahmad Khan and Hafeez Qureshi, Butt took part in designing of the reactor. In 1975, Munir Ahmad Khan assigned another project to Parvez Butt. In 1975, Parvez Butt was the head of the team that was responsible for producing the first UF6. Pervez Butt also played an important role in designing neutron particle accelerator at PARR-II. He had worked closely with well-known Pakistani nuclear scientist Dr. Samar Mubarakmand in establishing a neutron particle accelerator. He worked closely with his mentor and former PAEC chairman, Munir Ahmad Khan in building nuclear power plants.
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