Muhammad Osimi, a distinguished academician had already gained a rich experience of running such a
prestigious organization. He had held the important positions of Chancellor of Po...view moreMuhammad Osimi, a distinguished academician had already gained a rich experience of running such a
prestigious organization. He had held the important positions of Chancellor of Polytechnic University (now
re-named Osimi Tajik Technical University), Minister for Education (Teaching and Training), Secretary
of Central Committee of Communist Party and Deputy Chief of the Council of Ministers of Tajikistan.
His long stint as President of the Academy of Sciences, Tajikistan had earned him a fund of administrative
skills, which stood him in good stead in running the affairs of Payvand. Even before the establishment of this
organization, he had been fully conscious of the need for establishing a creative relationship between the Tajik
scholars, writers, thinkers and cultural personalities and their counterparts in foreign countries, he, in fact,
considered it his biggest and the most important duty. The aims and aspirations of the Payvand organization
demanded that Osimi give a wider and more vibrant dimension to his managerial potential.
Osimi was cultured and knowledgeable and gifted with the higher quality of virtue. He could cultivate
close friendship with people bestowed with excellence and cultural richness.
Osimi had developed close collaborative relations with his compatriots and co-linguists. He ardently
desired that Farsi speaking peoples develop close mutual contacts so that exchange of their scholarly works
would become a reality. He traveled to many parts of the world for participating in conferences and seminars.
In the process he added new names to his long list of friends and well-wishers.
Keeping in mind his mission and his versatility, the election of Osimi to the office of the President of
Payvand was actually an apt and befitting act to confer an icon on the organization, the icon of friendship
and connectivity. This was why within a short period of time under his chairmanship, the Payvand
graduated to an institution of profound influence and credibility. Soon it attracted renowned personalities
of erudition, culture and of Farsi scholarship to its assemblies.view less