M. A. Zaher (BSc Pass 1954)
Former Director General, Geological Survey of Bangladesh and discoverer of a new mineral named Zaherite in 1977
Mohammed Abduz Zaher (c. 1932 – 27 August 2017) was the director-general of the Geological Survey of Bangladesh. Zaher described a new mineral in his M.S. Thesis of Michigan Technological University in 1969 that he investigated from , . The mineral was named after him as by International Mineralogical Association in 1977.
He provided technical and strategic support to the freedom fighters during the Liberation War of Bangladesh.