Muhammad Qudrat-A-Khuda (1 December 1900 – 3 November 1977)[1] was a Bangladeshi organic chemist, educationist and writer.

[5] Qudrat was born on 1 December 1900 to Syed Shah Sufi Khondokar Abdul Mukid and Syeda Fasia Khatun in Margram, Birbhum in the then Bengal Presidency, British India (in present-day West Bengal, India).

[6] He was a follower of a pir in Taltala, Calcutta who named his son, Qudrat-A-Khuda.

[7][9] He took admission to Presidency College, Calcutta where he was a student of Prafulla Chandra Ray who is considered the Father of Indian Chemistry.

[11] Failing to obtain a scholarship for higher studies from the University of Calcutta, he earned another one with the help of Sir Abdur Rahim.

[7] He was awarded with a Doctor of Science degree in 1929 for his work entitled "Stainless Configuration of Multiplanmet Ring" in the field of ring-chain tautomerism of carbohydrates.

After analysing, combining, adding, synthesizing Qudrat's experience in public education, and many other opinions, the commission submitted a 450-page report to the then president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 8 June 1973.