National Professor ( bn, জাতীয় অধ্যাপক) is a prestigious teaching award given by the
Government of Bangladesh
The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার — ) is the central executive government of Bangladesh. The government was constituted by the Con ...
for outstanding contribution on the field of education. It is awarded by the president of Bangladesh according to ''Bangladesh National Professor Resolution (appointment, conditions and facilities) 1981''. The awarded persons receive various facilities from the government.
* They will receive a fixed amount of salary through the
University Grants Commission.
* They will be able to do any educational/research work in with any research organisation/institute in their choice.
* They will receive all the facilities from the respected organisations/institutes.
* They will be able to join any foreign university as visiting professor.
* They will not be able to take any salary from any other organisations/institutes except the government.
* They will not be treated as government officers.
List of National Professors
*1975
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Zainul Abedin
Zainul Abedin (29 December 1914 – 28 May 1976) was a Bangladeshi painter born in Mymensingh, East Bengal, British India (now Bangladesh). He became well known in 1944 through his series of paintings depicting some of the great famines in ...
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Abdur Razzaq
Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; ar, عبد ال, ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word '' Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and the definite prefix '' al / el'' (, mea ...
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Qazi Motahar Hossain
Qazi Motahar Hossain (30 July 1897 – 9 October 1981) was a Bangladeshi writer, scientist, statistician, chess player, and journalist.
Hossain was a pioneer educationalist of Bangladesh. He did original research in statistics and pioneered i ...
*1984
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Muhammad Ibrahim
Muhammad Ibrahim ( bn, মোহাম্মদ ইব্রাহিম; – 6 September 1989) was a Bangladeshi physician. He established Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders (BIRDE ...
*1987
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Nurul Islam
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Abul Fazl Atwar Husain
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Syed Ali Ahsan
Syed Ali Ahsan ( bn, সৈয়দ আলী আহসান; 26 March 1922 – 25 June 2002) was a Bangladeshi poet, writer and university academic. He was awarded Ekushey Padak (1982) and Independence Day Award (1987) by the Government of Bang ...
*1993
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Dewan Mohammad Azraf
Dewan Mohammad Azraf ( bn, দেওয়ান মোহাম্মদ আজরফ; 1908–1999) was a Bengali philosopher, teacher, author, politician, journalist and activist. In 1993, he was honoured as a National Professor in Bangladesh. H ...
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Shamsul Hoque
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M Innas Ali
*1994
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MR Khan
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Sufia Ahmed
*1998
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Kabir Chowdhury
Kabir Chowdhury (9 February 1923 – 13 December 2011) was a Bangladeshi academic, essayist, materialist, translator, cultural worker and civil society activist.
Early life and education
Chowdhury was born in Brahmanbaria of the then Tipperah d ...
*2006
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Abdul Malik
Abdul Malik ( ar, عبد الملك) is an Arabic (Muslim or Christian) male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' Abd'', ''al-'' and ''Malik''. The name means "servant of the King", in the Christian instan ...
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AKM Nurul Islam[
**]AKM Aminul Haque
AKM Aminul Haque is a Bangladeshi marine biologist who served as the vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Agricultural University for two terms during 1980–1988. In 2006, he was appointed as a National Professor by the Government of Bangladesh for f ...
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**]Talukder Moniruzzaman
Talukder Moniruzzaman (1 July 1938 – 29 December 2019) was a Bangladeshi political scientist. He was inducted as a National Professor by the Government of Bangladesh in 2006.
Biography
Moniruzzaman was born on 1 July 1938 at Tarakandi in Siraj ...
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*2011
**]Sardar Fazlul Karim
Sardar Fazlul Karim ( bn, সরদার ফজলুল করিম; 1 May 1925 – 15 June 2014) was a scholar, academic, philosopher and essayist in Bangladesh.
Early life and family
Sardar Fazlul Karim was born on 1 May 1925, to a lower mi ...
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**]Rangalal Sen
Rangalal Sen (24 September 193310 February 2014) was a Bangladesh academician and writer. In 2011, he was inducted as the National Professor of Bangladesh.
Early life
Sen was born into a Sylhetis, Sylheti Bengali Hindu, Hindu family in the villag ...
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**]Mustafa Nurul Islam
Mustafa Nur-Ul Islam (1 May 1927 – 9 May 2018) was a Bangladeshi academic. In 2011, he was appointed a National Professor of Bangladesh. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1981 and Independence Day Award in 2010 by the Government of Bangladesh.
H ...
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**]Shahla Khatun
Professor Shahla Khatun FCPS FRCOG ( bn, শাহলা খাতুন) is a Bangladeshi physician and National Professor.
Early life and family
Khatun was born into a Bengali Muslim political family in Sylhet. Her father, Abu Ahmad Abdul H ...
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*2018
** Rafiqul Islam]Anisuzzaman
Anisuzzaman (18 February 1937 – 14 May 2020) was a Bangladeshi academic of Bengali literature.
He was an activist who took part in the Language Movement (1952), participated in Mass Uprising (1969), and took part in the Bangladesh Liberation ...
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**]Jamilur Reza Choudhury
Dr. Jamilur Reza Choudhury (15 November 1942 – 28 April 2020) was a Bangladeshi civil engineer, professor, researcher, and education advocate. He was an Adviser (Minister) to Caretaker government of Bangladesh, Caretaker Government of Banglad ...
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*2021
**Prof A K Azad Khan
**Alamgir Mohammad Sirajuddin
** ]Mahmud Hassan
Mahmud Hasan is a Bangladeshi physician. He was awarded Ekushey Padak by the government of Bangladesh in the category of social welfare in 2017.
He was the president of Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons
Bangladesh College of Physic ...
References
Education in Bangladesh
Civil awards and decorations of Bangladesh
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