# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/akhtar-hameed-khan
# Generated: 2026-08-15T13:57:55.452Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/akhtar-hameed-khan"
name: "Akhtar Hameed Khan"
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description: "Akhter Hameed Khan was a Pakistani-Bangladeshi development practitioner and social scientist. He promoted participatory rural development in West Pakistan, East Pakistan and other developing countries, and widely advocated community participation in development. His particular contribution was the establishment of a comprehensive project for rural development, the Comilla Model (1959). It earned him the Ramon Magsaysay Award from the Philippines and an honorary Doctorate of law from Michigan State University."
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birthDate: "1914-07-15"
deathDate: "1999-10-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump