Nurul Azim

Nurul Azim (born 31 March 1951) is a Bangladeshi psychologist, professor of psychiatry and retired army officer.

Azim was born in Dewanganj Upazila in Jamalpur in 1951. He is a Dhaka Collegiate (1967–69). He obtained his MBBS with Honors from Dhaka Medical College in 1975. Then he underwent two years Specialization Course (Grading in Psychiatry) at Armed Forces Medical Institute from 1976-78. He completed FCPS (Psychiatry) in 1984 from Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons in January 1986. In between (1984–85) he completed WHO Fellowship of one-year duration from Asian Countries. In 1987 he obtained Classification in Psychiatry, the highest attainable level as a Specialist in Army. He received PsyD in 1997 & PhD (in Clinical Psychology) in 1999 online from MU (USA). He also received MD (USA) in 1999 and FACP (USA) in 1999. He was awarded FRCP by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 2002.

In 1975, Azim started his career in Bangladesh Health Services after passing MBBS form Dhaka Medical College. He was commissioned in the Army Medical Corps of Bangladesh as a Lieutenant in 1976. He was the most senior psychiatrist in the Armed Forces of Bangladesh between 1990-2002 and retired prematurely as a Colonel on health grounds in October, 2002. During 1993-2002, he taught as Professor in a number of institutions, among which are Armed Forces Institutions including AFMI, AMI, FSI & AFMC; Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons, Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research/Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, NIMH, BCGP, Multiple Private Medical Colleges. He had the opportunity of successfully treating Charles Bonnet Syndrome of Iajuddin Ahmed, the former President of Bangladesh during 1/11 period.