Sultana Zaman (9 June 1932 – 22 March 2020) was a Bangladeshi psychologist, academic, and philanthropist. She was the founder of Bangladesh Protibandhi Foundation (BPF), an organization for the mentally disabled people. She was awarded

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in 2008 by the

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Education and career

Zaman started her college education late in life, specializing in psychology and started working with the intellectually disabled in 1973. She completed her B.A. and M.A. degrees from the

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. She earned her Ph.D. from

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in 1975. She as a faculty member in the psychology department of the University of Dhaka for 33 years and as a professor from 1975 to 2000. She was a visiting professor in the Department of Special Education at the

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for four months from April 1992. She was made Professor of Emeritus in September 2008 at the University of Dhaka.

Working with the disabled

In 1972, Zaman established a school, ''Deepshikha Vidyalaya'' for disadvantaged children and women. She founded an organization for the mentally disabled people, Bangladesh Protibandhi Foundation, and a school Kalyani in 1984. She helped establish the Department of Special Education at the Institute of Education and Research (IER) and the University of Dhaka in 1993 — the first of its kind at the university level in Bangladesh and the first of its kind to offer B.S.Ed. and M.S.Ed. degrees in special education.

Awards

* Henry H. Kessler Award (1996) * Rotary International Award "Women for Women," * Anannya * Bangladesh Scouts * Autism Welfare Foundation (2000) * IER Award (2003) * Agradoot Award (2008) *

(2008)

Personal life

Zaman was married to

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, the sector commander at the sector 7 of

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. Her brother

Jamal Nazrul Islam Jamal Nazrul Islam (24 February 1939 – 16 March 2013) was a Bangladeshi mathematical physicist and cosmologist. He was a professor at University of Chittagong, served as a member of the advisory board at Shahjalal University of Science and Te ...

was a physicist.

Death

Zaman died on 22 March 2020.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zaman, Sultana 1932 births 2020 deaths University of Dhaka alumni Academic staff of the University of Dhaka Emory University alumni Bangladeshi psychologists Bangladeshi women psychologists Bangladeshi philanthropists Recipients of Begum Rokeya Padak