Honorary & Full Members

Takaaki Kajita was born in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama, Japan. He studied at Saitama University and at the University of Tokyo where he received his doctorate in 1986. His doctoral advisor was the future Nobel Laureate Masatoshi Koshiba.

Takaaki Kajita is the Distinguished University Professor at the University of Tokyo, and also was the Director of the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR) of The University of Tokyo between 2008 and 2022. He was the President of the Science Council of Japan between 2020 and 2023.Kajita received his Ph.D. from The University of Tokyo, School of Science in 1986. He has been researching at Kamiokande and Super-Kamiokande detectors at the Kamioka Observatory in central Japan.

In 1998, at the Neutrino International Conference held in Takayama, Japan, he showed the analysis results which provided strong evidence for atmospheric neutrino oscillations. In 2015 he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for his role in discovering atmospheric neutrino oscillations. Currently, he is the PI of the KAGRA gravitational wave project.

Japan

Education: University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan: B.Sc. (Hons) (Chemistry), 1963, M.Sc. (Organic Chemistry), 1964; Cambridge University, UK: Ph.D. (Chemistry), 1968, Sc.D. 1987 (Cantab).

Previous Positions Held: Federal Minister of Science and Technology, Government of Pakistan (2000-2002); Federal Minister of Education (2002); Chairman of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) (Federal Minister) (2002-2008); Coordinator General of COMSTECH (OIC's Ministerial Committee); Chairman of the Prime Minister's Task Force on Science and Technology (2019); Co-Chairman of the Prime Minister's Task Force on Information Technology and Telecommunication (2018); President of Pakistan Academy of Sciences (2003-2006; 2011-2014); Vice President of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) (2010-2013); Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan and Federal Minister (Acting) for the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Pakistan (2003-2004).

Pakistan

Honored Scientist of Azerbaijan.

Public Positions:

President of the Azerbaijan Engineering Academy and Vice President of the International Academy of Engineering; President of the Innovation Association; Chairman of the Space Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

State Awards:

Laureate of the State Prize of Azerbaijan;

Orders: "Shohrat" (Glory);

"Sharaf" (Honor);

"Istiglal" (Independence).

International and Public Awards:

Medal "Inventor of the USSR"; Medal named after Academician Y. Mamedaliyev; Gold Medal of the International Biographical Centre (UK); Gold Star "Honor and Dignity" of the International Committee for Human Rights Protection; "Golden Badge" named after Nobel Laureate Pavlov of the International Academy of Sciences (Austria); Gold Medal of the World Intellectual Property Organization; Gold Medal of the Interstate Aviation Committee; Gold Medal of the International Academy of Engineering; Gold Medal "Science Without Borders" of the World Organization for Scientific Cooperation (Germany); Order "Engineering Glory" of the International Academy of Engineering; Gold Medal "Engineering Valor" of the Azerbaijan Engineering Academy.

Azerbaijan

State Awards: “Hero of Labor” of Kazakhstan, holder of numerous other Kazakhstan’s State distinctions, as well those of the Soviet Union: Order of the Badge of Honor (1980); Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1984); Order of the October Revolution (1986); Azerbaijan: Order of "Shukrat" (2006), Order of “Dostlug” (2011); Japan: Imperial Order of the Rising Sun with Golden Rays, 2017; France: Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres; France: Officier de la Legion d’Honneur (2022); Russia: Order of Friendship (2006); Ukraine: Order of Yaroslav the Wise, (2006). Kazakhstan: State Prize for Peace and Progress by Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2013); the highest achievements in the humanitarian sphere, 2021.

Kazakhstan

Public Positions: He served as Chairman of the International Committee on Global Geological Environment Change (GEOCHANGE, Munich, Germany), which unites scientists from over 90 countries. In 2010, under his leadership, the Committee presented a report on global changes in the geological environment to the UN Secretary-General, which was subsequently distributed to all heads of state. Since 2001, he has been President of the Azerbaijan Section of the International Academy of Sciences (Austria); Since 2009, he has been elected President of the World Organization for Scientific Cooperation (Germany). On November 23, 2025, he was elected President of the Asian Academy of Sciences (China).

State awards:

• "National High-Level Talent（B) of China" - "High-End Foreign Expert" (2021) - the highest state status of the People's Republic of China for foreign scientists;
• Recipient of a Personal National Grant from the Torch Program of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China (2025);
• Winner of the "West Lake Friendship Award" (2025) - the highest government award of Zhejiang Province of the People's Republic of China for foreign scientists;

• The diploma of Laureate of the contest "CIS: Director of the Year 1999" (Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS);

• Laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize of Azerbaijan in Science and Technology (1984) — the highest award for young scientists in Azerbaijan.

International and Public Awards: (1996) Certificate of the International Biographical Center (Cambridge, England); (2000) Winner of the "100 Leaders of Science and Industry of the CIS" Award (CIS, Moscow); (2002) Gold Pin of International Academy of Science H&E (Austria); (2003) Silver Medal "Author of Scientific Discovery" (Russia, Moscow); (2007) Medal of International Academy of Ecology and Environment (Russia, Moscow); (2008) Commemorative medal of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (Pakistan); (2009) Gold Medal "Science without Borders" by the World Organization for Scientific Cooperation（Germany); (2019) Gold Medal "Health and Ecology" by the International Academy of Science (Austria); (2023) Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Medal for his contribution to world science, Commemorative Medal dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Gori State University (Georgia, 2026).

China-Azerbaijan

China

Dean Post-Graduate Studies; Director, Office of Research Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC); HEC-Distinguished National Professor (Biotechnology); Fellow Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; Fellow Pakistan Academy of Sciences Fellow Third World Academy of Sciences Distinguished National Professor; State Awards: Hilal-e-Imtiaz, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Tagha-e-Imtiaz; Public Awards: Pakistan Academy of Sciences Gold Medal; International Awards: ISESCO prize in Biology. Previous Positions Held: Federal Minister (caretaker) National Food Security and Research.

Pakistan

Previous career: In 1985–1988, Professor R. Metreveli was Rector of the Alexander Pushkin Tbilisi State Pedagogical Institute. As a parliamentarian, he signed the Act of Restoration of Georgia's Independence (9 April 1991). From 1988 to 2013, he held the position of Academician-Secretary of the Department of Social Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of Georgia. In 1991–2005, he served as Rector of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. From 2013 to June 2023, he was Vice-President of the Academy of Sciences of Georgia.

State awards: Laureate of the Georgian State Prize in Science (1988); Medal of St. George; Order of Honor (2003); Grand Medal of Ekvtime Takaishvili (2003); Highest Award of the Georgian Patriarchate — the Golden Order of St. George (2011); Ilia Chavchavadze Prize (Medal) (2023). He is an Honorary Citizen of Tbilisi (1999), Kutaisi (1996), Borjomi (2000), and Ikalto (1991). Honored Scientist of the Abkhazian Autonomous Republic (1996).

Georgia

Key Scientific Achievements: Fundamental research in the theory of operator algebras, noncommutative integration and their applications in quantum probability theory. One of the founding scholars of a new scientific direction in the theory of non-associative algebras – the structural theory of Leibniz algebras. These scientific breakthroughs, which find application across diverse fields of human endeavor, open new possibilities in computer science, physics, chemistry, mechanics, and statistics, while providing deeper insights into the mechanisms of numerous natural processes and patterns.

Uzbekistan

Scientific career: Assistant at the Department of Economic Analysis and Auditing, Faculty of Accounting and Economics, Tajik National University (2004-2011). Deputy Dean for Scientific and Educational Work of the same faculty (2005-2009). Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs of the full-time department (2009-2013). Assistant, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, and Acting Head of the Department of Economic Analysis and Auditing at TNU (2011-2012). Head of the Department of Economic Analysis and Auditing at TNU (2013-2017).

Head of the Department of Accounting at TNU (2018). Director of the Institute for Advanced Training of Teachers at Higher Professional Education Institutions under TNU (2019).

Dean of the Faculty of Finance and Economics at TNU (from February 2019). By Decree of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, he was appointed Rector of Tajik National University (from January 27, 2020, until January 16, 2024). By Decree of the President of the Republic, he was appointed President of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan (from January 16, 2024).

Tajikistan

Scientific career: In 1990, he entered the full-time postgraduate department of Kiev State University and defended his PhD thesis in 1993. In 1995, he entered the doctoral program at Kiev State University, and defended his doctoral thesis in 1998. Since 1999, he has worked as a professor at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Participated and spoke at more than 100 international and local conferences. Since 2002, he has worked at the Ministry of Economic Development of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Ministry of Economy and Industry). In 2002-2007 he was the head of departments. He is the Chairman of the Public Council under the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan

Scientific career: From 1982 to 1997, he held positions as a Financial Officer, Accountant, and Economist in the Azerbaijan Fuel and Energy Complex. From 1997 to 2014, he held various appointed and elected positions in the fields of science and education. Institute of Economics of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan: Head of the "Structural Changes" Sector; Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC): Head of the "Socio-Economic Research Laboratory". Director of the "Center for Research and Consulting on the Development of Azerbaijani Regions"; Deputy Director of the "Master's Preparation Center". From 2010 to 2018, he served as Editor-in-Chief of the "Azerbaijan Tax Journal". Since 2019, he has been the Head of the "Center for Energy Economics" at the Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC). He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the ENECO (Energy Economics) journal. Since 2019, he has been the Vice-President of the Azerbaijan Branch of the International Academy of Sciences.

Azerbaijan

Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, Full Member (Academician) of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Russia; Honorary Professor of Zhusup Balasagyn Kyrgyz National University; Honorary Professor of Osh State University; Honorary title «Honored Economist of the Kyrgyz Republic; Professor of the Kyrgyz Economic University named after M. Ryskulbekov.

Previous positions:

Acting Minister of Finance, Minister of Economy and Finance, then Minister of Economy of Kyrgyzstan (2005-2007); Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Kyrgyz Republic (2007-2009); First Deputy Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic (2009-2010); Deputy and Chairman of the Committee on Budget and Finance of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan (2010-2011); Minister of Finance of Kyrgyzstan (2011-2012); From June 1 to October 12, 2021 – Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers – Minister of Economy and Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic; Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers – Head of the Presidential Administration of the Kyrgyz Republic 2021-2024).

Kyrgyzstan

Member of the Association of Political Scientists of Kyrgyzstan; Member of the Editorial Board of «Law and Legislation»; Member of the Editorial Board of «Law and Politics». State prizes: For a significant contribution to the implementation of universal and equal suffrage, as well as for ensuring transparent elections in the Kyrgyz Republic, awarded the Certificate of Honor of the Jogorku Kenesh (Parliament) of the Kyrgyz Republic; For the development of the electoral system of the Kyrgyz Republic and for the contribution of innovative technologies in organizing elections to the Jogorku Kenesh (Parliament) and local councils of the Kyrgyz Republic, awarded the Certificate of Honor of the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Kyrgyzstan

Previous Positions Held: President of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Bashkortostan (2011-2015). Rector of Ufa State Petroleum Technical University (2015-2019). State prizes: The Order of Friendship of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; The Order of Friendship of the Republic of Tajikistan; The Order of Friendship of the Republic of Bashkortostan; Medal of the Azerbaijan Republic „100 years of the Azerbaijan State University of Oil and Industry“; Laureate of award in the field of science and technology of Republic of Tatarstan; Laureate of award in the field of science and technology of Republic Bashkortostan; Public prizes: Medals: of Academician P. L. Kapitsa; of Academician A. Kh. Mirzajanzade; of Academician V. I. Vernadsky of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. Russia.

Republic of Bashkortostan (Russian Federation)

State prizes: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Notice Patent Prize 1998, Japan; "National High-Level Talent of China" - "High-End Foreign Expert" (2018) - the highest state status of the People's Republic of China for foreign scientists; Winner of the "West Lake Friendship Award" - the highest government award of Zhejiang Province Province of the People's Republic of China for foreign scientists. Honorary title, Governmentcertifiedqualification: Professional Engineer (Civil Engineering); Professional Engineer (Water Supply & Sewerage); Certified Environmental Measurer (Concentration, Noise and Vibration); Public prizes: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Notice; Patent Prize 1998; Electric Power Civil Engineering Association Takahashi; Prize 1992; Japan Society of Dams Engineers Award for excellence of pater 1999; Japan Society of Dams Engineers Innovative Technique; Award 2005 Ecology and Civil Engineering Society; Award for Excellence of Presentation 2006; Ecology and Civil Engineering Society Kyushu Award for Excellence of Presentation 2007.

Japan

Prof. Hayat is the first Pakistani Mathematician to be awarded the prestigious Alexander Von Humboldt fellowship. It is pertinent to mention here that he is the youngest fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences and the youngest Distinguished National Professor of Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan. He has received 15 international and 12 national awards and honors. These include Research Productivity Allowance every year, Silver Medal in B.Sc (1988), M. Raziuddin Siddiqui and Pakistan Academy of Sciences Gold Medals (1999, 2006), Abdus Salam Prize (1999), Young Scientist Prize by Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, Italy (2000), Alexander Von Humboldt Fellowship, Germany (2000), Associateship of Abdus Salam ICTP , Italy (2002), 17th Khwarizmi International Award (KIA), Iran (2004), 17th KIA ISESCO International Prize (2004), Tamgha-i-Imtiaz and Sitara-i-Imtiaz by President of Pakistan (2005,2010),), Who is Who in Science and Engineering and Who is Who in the world, USA (2008, 2009In 2011, Prof. Hayat was elected to fellowship of the Islamic World Academy of Sciences.

Pakistan

Laureate of the "Science Without Borders" Gold Medal from the World Organization for Scientific Cooperation (Germany, Munich) for contribution to the implementation of global innovative technologies in healthcare system.

T.Musayev received his education at the Azerbaijan Medical University (1987-94). In 2003-2004, he studied laparoscopic surgery at the University of Strasbourg. In 2013-15, he continued his Master's degree studies at the Riseba University of Applied Sciences and the Stradyn University of Riga. Previous positions: In 1987-1994 he studied at the Azerbaijan Medical University, then in 2003-2004 at the University of Strasbourg, and in 2013-2015 at the Stradyn University of Riga. From 2007 to 2015, he was the director of the N. Tusi Clinic. In 2015-2018, he worked as the director of another private hospital. In 2016-2019, he was the medical director of a hotel in Gabala. In 2019-2020, he was a senior consultant at the medical center. Since 2020, he has been the head of the Organizational Department of the Ministry of Health of Azerbaijan. On April 23, 2021, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan appointed Musayev First Deputy Minister of Health, and by another decree — Acting Minister of Health. On January 19, 2022, he was appointed Minister of Health.

Azerbaijan

Uzbekistan

In 2006, at the General Assembly of the International Academy of Sciences held in Innsbruck, Austria, Tamila Khalilova was awarded the Honorary President of the IAS, Nobel Laureate Yang Lii - Certificate of Merit of the Presidium of the IAS. Tamila Khalilova's biography is published in the book "XX Century: Famous Women of Azerbaijan" (Baku, 2006). In 2006, Tamila Khalilova was awarded the Gold Medal "Outstanding Woman of Azerbaijan of the XX century" by the International Organization "Outstanding Women of Azerbaijan of the 20th Century". In 2010, she was Co-chairman of the International Conference "ZEOMEDCOS" (Baku, Azerbaijan). In 2010 Tamila Khalilova was elected President of the International Organization "Zeolite: Health and Ecology", Germany, Munich. In 2010, an article dedicated to Tamila Khalilova was published in the international journal "Medi Land" No.05 (19) 2010, pp. 26-29.

China/Azerbaijan

Scientific career: From 1985 to 1993 was engaged in teaching activities – assistant, associate professor, head of the department, dean for work with foreign students. In 1989-1990, he taught at Phnom Penh Chamkardong University (Cambodia). Since 1993, he worked in the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan as a chief specialist, head of the sector, head of department, management, representative of the Ministry of Education and Science in the USA, director of the department, chairman of the committee, vice-minister of education and science. Headed the National Testing Center, Information and Analytical Center.

Kazakhstan

State prizes: Appreciation Letter from the President of the Russian Federation for Contribution to the Development of Russian Science, 2024; Meritorious Scientist of the Russian Federation, 2023; Meritorious Scientist of the Republic of Dagestan, 2007; Certificate of Appreciation of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, 2020.

Dagestan (Russian Federation)

State awards: Certificate of Honor (1960) — for active participation in the All-Union scientific and practical conference at Rostov University. Lenin Komsomol Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR in the field of science and technology (1974) — for a series of scientific papers on labor productivity problems Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1986). Order of Glory (June 22, 2010) — for services to the development of economic science in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Francysk Skaryna Medal (December 16, 2010, Belarus). Certificate of Honor from the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus (April 15, 2013). Certificate of Honor from the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus (June 22, 2015). Order of Honor (June 24, 2015) — for active participation in the socio-political life of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Order for Service to the Fatherland, 1st class (June 24, 2020) — for active participation in the socio-political life of the Republic of Azerbaijan and services to the development of economic science.

Azerbaijan.

Millionshchikov Grozny State Oil Technical University - Head of the Department of Ecology and Nature Management

Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Chechen Republic, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Honorary Worker of Higher Education Russian Federation, Honored Geologist of the Russian Federation, Honored Scientist of the Chechen Republic, member of the Council for Regional Science at the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Chairman of the Public Council of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Chechen Republic.

In 1995, he founded the Department of Ecology and served as its head until 1997. Since 1995, he has been a Professor at the Department of Prospecting and Exploration Geophysics. In 1996, he was elected Rector of the Grozny Petroleum Institute. However, after separatists came to power, he was forced to leave the republic and move to Moscow. In 1997, he began his doctoral studies at the Otto Schmidt Joint Institute of Physics of the Earth. On March 30, 2000, he became the Rector of the Grozny State Petroleum Institute. In 2001, his appointment in this position was confirmed by the Institute's Academic Council and by an order from the Russian Ministry of Education.

Since 2004, he has been a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Chechen Republic. That same year, at the Joint Institute of Physics of the Earth, he defended his doctoral dissertation and was awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.In 2006, he was re-elected as Rector of the Grozny State Petroleum Institute for a new term. He was also elected as an Academician of the International Academy of Sciences of Higher Education (MAN VSh).

Chechen Republic (Russian Federation)

Professor, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Engineering Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, President of the International Association of Earthquake-Resistant Construction Experts (IAEEE), Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Mechanical Engineering and Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Head of the Scientific School "Dynamics and Seismic Resistance of Structures", Academician of the International Academy of Sciences of Ecology and Life Safety (Russia), distinguished scientist Republic of Kyrgyzstan.

Awards: Gold Medal of the Mustafa Kemal Ataturk International Foundation for Science and Culture.

Kyrgyzstan