Affiliation:
Lotus Holistic Healthcare Institute, Abu Dhabi,UAE Biography: Professor Dr. Mohammad Kamil, M.Sc.; M.Phil.; Ph.D.; D.Sc.; Chartered
Chemist(U.K.) and Fellow Royal Society of Chemistry (London), worked in various
capacities, as in charge of the Drug Standardization lab. CCRUM, Ministry of Health -India, Professor at Hamdard University, India; Professor & Head, Department of
Pharmacognostic Science, Zayed Complex for Herbal Research & Traditional.
Medicine(ZCHRTM), Ministry of Health, UAE (1996-2010); Head TCAM Research at
ZCHRTM, Department of Health(DOH)Abu Dhabi (2010-2020). Focal Point of WHO
Collaborative Sheikh Zayed Research Centre, Abu Dhabi, for 8 consecutive years;
a recipient of the First Sheikh Zayed International TCAM Award in Herbal
Research (2020), presently working as Director General, Lotus Holistic Healthcare
Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE since 2021; Secretary General & Head, Scientific
Committee for Sheikh Zayed International TCAM Awards .
Dr. Kamil is actively engaged in research on Traditional Complementary and
Integrative Medicine, Medicinal Plants, and Natural Products since 1971. Research
work conducted and guided research in the fields: viz, Chemistry of Natural
Products, Quality control studies, and standardization of herbal plants and products.
Substantially contributed to Drug Research and standardized chemically about 400
phyto-pharmaceutical and 600 single herbal medicines.
He is a recipient of many prestigious honours & awards viz Young Scientist’s Award,
India(1998); Common Wealth Award-London(1992); Convention Award of
Chemical Society-India(1993); Hakim Ajmal Khan Shield (CCRUM-Govt. of India at
Grant Medical College, Bombay 1992); Academic Grant from Association of
Common Wealth Universities –London(1992); Academic Exchange Fellowship
from Association of Common Wealth Universities –London(1993); Acted as an
expert on the panel of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), India,2000. ; Man
of the year 2002, ABI, USA; Hakim Ajmal Khan Global Award in Unani Medicine,
India(2014); Honorary Trustee, International Unani Forum (Oct’2022 -March
2025). More than 780 research papers in reputed journals & and presentations at
international conferences are to his credit. Focal Point and Expert of the WHO –
2007-2014, 2018-2022. Associated with the World Health Organization (WHO) in
the revision of the Benchmark for International Standards of Unani Medicine
Terminology and Training of Unani Medicine, as its drafting expert and their
subsequent reviews. He has been assigned to support the WHO in translating a
document from Arabic to English under an Agreement for the Performance of
Work (APW). He had been invited as an advisor for the WHO-10-year Traditional
Medicine strategy (1925-34) at a meeting held in October 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia. Honorary Trustee of International Unani Forum, India, October 2022 till
date. Honorary member of the International Association for Unani Medicine
(IAUM)by the Faculty of Eastern
Medicine, Karachi, since 1922.Member of
Editorial Board of “Hamdard Medicus” Karachi, since 2024. Conferred upon Aqs
e-Mohar –Nabwi, Hamdard University Karachi,19th Dec 2022.Reviewer on the
Hamdard Pharmacopoeia of Unani Medicine,Pakistan. Dr. Kamil produced 34 Ph.D.
and M.Phil. students besides a large number of M.Sc. Project theses and 50 Interns.
chaired a large no. of scientific sessions, delivered talks as plenary, & invited
speakers at various International Conferences.More than 780 published research
papers and international conferences are at his credit,having widely cited more
than 8000 places. Receipient of Golden Visa, in Talented Person Category in Abu
Dhabi , for 10 years .