14 Notable alumni of
Jahangirnagar University
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Jahangirnagar University is 2399th in the world, 593rd in Asia, and 5th in Bangladesh by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from Jahangirnagar University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Mushfiqur Rahim
- Occupations
- cricketer
- Biography
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Mushfiqur Rahim is a Bangladeshi cricketer and the former captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team. He is a right-handed middle-order batter and wicket-keeper in the national team.
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Mashrafe Bin Mortaza
- Enrolled in Jahangirnagar University
- Studied in 2003-2007
- Occupations
- politiciancricketer
- Biography
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Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, popularly known as the Narail Express, is a Bangladeshi politician and cricketer who captained in all three formats of the game for the Bangladesh national cricket team and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Narail-2 constituency during 2019–2024. He is widely regarded as the most successful captain for the Bangladesh cricket team.
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Humayun Faridi
- Occupations
- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Humayun Kamrul Islam, better known as Humayun Faridi was a Bangladeshi actor. He worked in television dramas, movies and theatre plays. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor for his lead role in the film Matritto (2004). He was awarded Ekushey Padak posthumously in 2018 by the Government of Bangladesh.
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Shajal Noor
- Occupations
- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Abdun Noor Shajal is a Bangladeshi actor and model. Shajal began his career through modelling before he started acting on television. He appeared in several films. He has acted in several notable plays. Also among his notable works in the film are Jinn, Haar Jeet, Run Out.
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Sumaiya Shimu
- Occupations
- modeltelevision actorsocial activistactor
- Biography
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Sumaiya Rahaman Shimul is a Bangladeshi model, television actress and social activist. She has been acting on television dramas since 1999. She is the founder and chairman of a non-profit organization named 'Better Future for Women'.
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Mohammad Javed Patwary
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Bangladesh - Biography
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Mohammad Javed Patwary is a Bangladeshi retired police officer and a former Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police. Earlier, he served as Additional Inspector General of Police Special Branch. After his retirement in 2020, he was appointed as the ambassador to Saudi Arabia by the Government of Bangladesh.
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Sadat Hossain
- Occupations
- writernovelistscreenwriter
- Biography
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Sadat Hossain is a Bangladeshi author, poet, screenwriter, film-maker and novelist. He described himself as a storyteller.
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Anu Muhammad
- Occupations
- politicianeconomistprofessorwriteranthropologist
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Anu Muhammad Anisur Rahman, better known as Anu Muhammad, is an academic, economist, public intellectual, writer, editor, and political activist from Bangladesh. He was a professor of economics at Jahangirnagar University (1982-2022), he also taught anthropology (1991-2005) at the same university. He was a visiting scholar in Columbia University, US (1993) and Manitoba University, Canada (2001), taught at University of Winnipeg (2001).
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Dipankar Dipon
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directorproducer
- Biography
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Dipankar Sengupta Dipon is a Bangladeshi film director and screenwriter who works in Dhallywood. His first feature film was cop thriller Dhaka Attack (2017), which won four National Film Award in 2017 including Best Film, Best Actor, Best Sound, and Best Make-up. His film Operation Sundarbans got 3 national film awards in 2022 in Comedy, Best Make-up Man category and Male Singer category. Since 1998, he made one feature film, One web content, 30 TV movies and telefilms, 25 TV serials, 40 short TV video fictions, 48 live-action films for sesame street Bangladesh, 2 short films, and 12 documentaries.
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Kafil Ahmed
- Occupations
- singerpainterauthor
- Biography
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Kafil Ahmed is a contemporary Bangladeshi poet and singer-songwriter. He is particularly known for his work in the songs for all beings, a new type of Bangla soul music.
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Hafiza Khatun
- Occupations
- university teachergeographerscholar
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Hafiza Khatun is a Bangladeshi academic and a former vice-chancellor of the Pabna University of Science and Technology. She is a professor and former chairperson of the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Dhaka. She is a member of the University Grants Commission.
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Arindam Banik
- Occupations
- academicwriter
- Biography
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Arindam Banik currently holds the position of Associated Cement Companies Chair Professor in International Business and Finance at IMI. He is the Editor of the journal Global Business Review (SAGE Publications). He has a Ph.D in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. He is the Former Director of International Management Institute (IMI) Kolkata.
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A A Mamun
- Enrolled in Jahangirnagar University
- 1983-1986 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- 1986-1987 graduated with Master of Science
- Occupations
- physicistresearcher
- Biography
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Abdullah Al Mamun is a Bangladeshi physicist who is a professor of physics at Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Saymon Zakaria
- Occupations
- editorwriterresearcheractor
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Saymon Zakaria is a Bangladeshi folk researcher and Deputy Director of the Department of Research in the Bangla Academy. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2020 for his contribution in Bangladeshi folklore.
