A K M Abdul Awal Mazumder

A K M Abdul Awal Mazumder [1] (Bengali: এ কে এম আবদুল আউয়াল মজুমদার)[2][3] is a teacher, veteran civil servant, prolific writer[4] and spokesman [5] of good governance. He is widely known as a man of highest integrity. He is a Hubert Humphrey Fellow [6] and an honorary citizen of Dallas of Texas of the United States. He had been an intern of the United Nations headquarter during his Humphrey year. He was CEO of four large organizations [7] and had been secretary for long seven years. He had been Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate. He also worked in different dignified positions in the field level and as well as in the policy level of the Government of Bangladesh.

A K M Abdul Awal Mazumder

Early life

He was born on 1 March 1957 [8] at the village of Basonda in Nangalkot Upazila of Comilla district of present-day Bangladesh. His father's name was Moulobi Sayedur Rahman, mother's name was Saira Begum. His father passed Dawara in 1924 from Deoband Islamic Madrasa (now university) in India. His father was the first educated person of the village of Basonda. Mazumder's mother was a self-educated person. Mazumder is the youngest among 11 brothers and sisters. He was born at 7:00 pm and his immediate elder brother Ruhul Amin died at 12:00 pm on the same day. At that time Ruhul Amin was only four years old.

Education

His study had begun at home. His father was his first teacher. He was admitted to the Montali Primary School in 1963. He passed SSC from Batisa High School of Chouddagram thana of Comilla district in 1973 and HSC from Comilla Victoria Government College in 1975. He completed BSS Honors in political science from the University of Dhaka in 1979 (held in 1980) and MSS on the same subject in 1980 (held in 1982). In order of merit, he obtained the 4th place in BSS Honors. He stood 1st class second in MSS. He successfully completed a graduate diploma from Johns Hopkins University, in the United States under the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program in 1993-94.

Family life

He got married to Dr. Nilufar Yasmin on April 24 in 1987. Dr. Yasmin is currently a consultant of gynecology at Maternity and Child Health Training Institute in Azimpur, Dhaka. The couple has two daughters - Mayeesha Nawar and Monisha Sadia Nawar. Both the daughters are the medical science student.

Participation in the liberation war

Mazumder took part in the liberation war of Bangladesh at the age of 14 in 1971.[9] He was a regular member of the Bangladesh Liberation Front (Force) or Mujib Bahini. He got arms training at Rajnagar BLF camp under Belonia subdivision of Tripura state of India.[10]

Career

He has a very colorful professional career. He started his professional life in 1983 as a lecturer in political science at the University of Rajshahi. He left the university job on October 27 of the same year and joined in the Bangladesh Civil Service as a member of a regular batch. His cadre was Administration. His initial rank was “Assistant Commissioner and Magistrate”. He was gradually promoted to the highest rank (Secretary to the Government) of the civil service. [11] He had been the secretary to the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh for almost 07 years. During 33 years of professional career he held various important positions, such as, Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate of Faridpur District, Director General / CEO of Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB), Chairman / CEO, Land Reforms Board (LRB), Director General/CEO of National Academy of Planning and Development (NAPD)[12] and Rector / CEO, Bangladesh Public Administration Training Center (BPATC).[13] He was the secretary in the Ministry of Science and ICT and in the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education (MOPME).

Foreign training and travel

He visited 38 countries, including America, Russia, England, Australia, China,[14] Germany, Spain, Tunisia, Morocco, Mali, Egypt, and Japan. He underwent higher training courses at Cambridge University and London University in the United Kingdom and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Indiana University in the United States. He was the leader of the Bangladesh state delegations to the general assembly meeting of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) held in Tunis, Tunisia in 2008 and to the general assembly meeting of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) held in Vienna,[15] Austria in 2009.

Recognition and honor

He is a Hubert Humphrey Fellow [6] and honorary citizen of Dallas of Texas state of the United States.

Writing and research

AKM Abdul Awal Majumder [16] is a prolific writer and researcher. He wrote 11 books on history, politics, good governance, moral education and biography. His best sellers [17] are, shishuder chatro APJ Abdul Kalam and Bangladesh Civil Servicer Itihas.

List of published books

1. The history of Bangladesh Civil Service (বাংলাদেশের সিভিল সার্ভিসের ইতিহাস)[18] 2. The roots, saplings and lands (শেকড় লতাপাতা ও ঠিকানা)[19][20] 3. The Judiciary of Bangladesh and trial of lower courts (বাংলাদেশের বিচার ব্যবস্থা এবং নিম্ন আদালতের বিচার)[21] 4. Corruption, good policy and good governance (দুর্নীতি, সুনীতি, সুশাসন) [22] 5. The History and Politics of America ( আমেরিকার ইতিহাস ও রাজনীতি) [23] 6. Life Sketch of APJ Abdul Kalam (শিশুদের ছাত্র এপিজে আব্দুল কালাম) [24] 7. Rights and Recognition of girl children and women (অপুত্রক মুন্সী তোফায়েল আলী মজুমদারের পুত্রগণ) [25] 8. Life Sketch of Jimmy Carter (শান্তি ও মানবতার দূত জিমি কার্টার) [26] 9. Some history and some memories (কিছু স্মৃতি কিছু ইতিহাস) [27] 10. Good governance (সুশাসন) [28] 11. You can also be the best (আপনিও হতে পারেন সেরার সেরা) [29]

References

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  3. bn.wikipedia.org:এ কে এম আবদুল আউয়াল মজুমদার
  4. Prolific Writer of Various Books available at rokomari.com
  5. The National KAIZEN Convention
  6. 1 2 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow
  7. List of Principal and DG of NAPD
  8. Birth Date of A K M Abdul Awal Mazumder
  9. আমাদের চৌদ্দগ্রাম(মাসিক), কাকরাইল, ঢাকা, সংখ্যাঃ ডিসেম্বর ২০১৪
  10. দৈনিক সংবাদ, আগরতলা, ত্রিপুরা, সংখ্যাঃ ১৬ ডিসেম্বর ২০১৪
  11. www.unesco.org-UNESCO » Education » Education for All » Advocacy » Global Action Week » BANGLADESH
  12. NAPD:List of DG
  13. Rector of BPATC
  14. China List of Participant: ADB-OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific
  15. IAEA
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  20. Shamsher Gazi
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  23. www.rokomari.com : আমেরিকার ইতিহাস ও রাজনীতি
  24. www.rokomari.com : শিশুদের ছাত্র এপিজে আবদুল কালাম
  25. www.rokomari.com : অপুত্রক মুন্সি তোফায়েল আলী মজুমদারের পুত্রগণ
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  27. www.rokomari.com : কিছু স্মৃতি কিছু ইতিহাস
  28. www.rokomari.com : সুশাসন
  29. www.rokomari.com : আপনিও হতে পারেন সেরার
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