Takeshi Suzuki (academic)

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Takeshi Suzuki (鈴木斌; 1932–2005) was a Japanese professor of Urdu.[1] He was known in Pakistan as Japan's "Baba-e-Urdu" (Father of Urdu) for his work in the promotion of the language.[2][3]

Suzuki studied at the University of Karachi from 1960 to 1962 on a Pakistani government scholarship.[2] He joined the faculty of the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies in 1963.[3] Among his students was Hiroji Kataoka, a self-described failing student who, inspired by Suzuki's teaching, himself would go on to become a professor of Urdu and make important contributions to Urdu studies in Japan.[3][4] In 1996, the Pakistani government conferred the civil decoration Sitara-i-Imtiaz upon him.[5]

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