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Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
402 books1,607 followersমুহম্মদ জাফর ইকবাল (Bengali)
Muhammed Zafar Iqbal (Bengali: মুহম্মদ জাফর ইকবাল) is one of the most famous Bangladeshi author of Science-Fiction and Children's Literature ever to grace the Bengali literary community since the country's independence in 1971. He is a professor of Computer Science & Engineering at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST). Before that, Iqbal worked as a research scientist in Bell Communication Research for six years until 1994.
Birth and Family Background:
Iqbal was born on 23 December 1952 in Sylhet. His father, Foyzur Rahman Ahmed, was a police officer. In his childhood, he traveled various part of Bangladesh, because of his father's transferring job. Zafar Iqbal was encouraged by his father for writing at an early life. He wrote his first science fiction work at the age of seven. On 5 May 1971, during the liberation war of Bangladesh, the Pakistan's invading army captured his father and killed him brutally in the bank of a river.
Education:
Iqbal passed SSC exam from Bogra Zilla School in 1968 and HSC exam from Dhaka College in 1970. He earned his BSc in Physics from Dhaka University in 1976. In the same year Iqbal went to University of Washington to obtain his PhD and earned the degree in 1982.
Personal Life:
Iqbal married Dr. Yasmeen Haque in 1978. Yasmeen is the Dean of the Life Science Department, Head of the Physics Department, Provost of the Shohid Janoni Jahanara Imam Hall and a researcher at SUST. They have two children - son Nabil and daughter Yeshim. Yeshim translated the book Amar Bondhu Rashed (Rashed, My Friend) written by her father. Iqbal's elder brother, Humayun Ahmed, was the most popular author and film-maker of Bangladesh since its independence. Humayun died after a nine-month struggle against colorectal cancer on the 19 July 2012. His younger brother, Ahsan Habib, is the editor of the satirical magazine, Unmad and one of the most reknowned cartoonist of Bangladesh.
Academic Career:
After obtaining PhD degree, Iqbal worked as a post-doctoral researcher at California Institute of Technology (CalTech) from 1983 to 1988. He then joined Bell Communications Research (Bellcore), a separate corporation from the Bell Labs (now Telcordia Technologies), as a Research Scientist. He left the institute in 1994 and joined the faculty of the Department of CSE of SUST.
Literary career:
Iqbal started writing stories from a very early age. Iqbal wrote his first short story at the age of seven. While studying in the Dhaka University Iqbal's story Copotronic Bhalobasa was published in a local magazine. But, a number of readers at that time felt that the story was based on a foreign story. To answer this allegation, he later rewrote the story and published the story in collection of stories named Copotronic Sukh Dukkho. Since then he is the most popular writer both in Bengali Science-Fiction and in Juvenile Leterature of the country.
Other Activities and Awards:
Zafar Iqbal won the Bangla Academy Award, the highest award in literature in Bangladesh, in 2004. Iqbal also played a leading role in founding Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad. In 2011 he won Rotary SEED Award for his contribution in field of education.
Muhammed Zafar Iqbal (Bengali: মুহম্মদ জাফর ইকবাল) is one of the most famous Bangladeshi author of Science-Fiction and Children's Literature ever to grace the Bengali literary community since the country's independence in 1971. He is a professor of Computer Science & Engineering at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST). Before that, Iqbal worked as a research scientist in Bell Communication Research for six years until 1994.
Birth and Family Background:
Iqbal was born on 23 December 1952 in Sylhet. His father, Foyzur Rahman Ahmed, was a police officer. In his childhood, he traveled various part of Bangladesh, because of his father's transferring job. Zafar Iqbal was encouraged by his father for writing at an early life. He wrote his first science fiction work at the age of seven. On 5 May 1971, during the liberation war of Bangladesh, the Pakistan's invading army captured his father and killed him brutally in the bank of a river.
Education:
Iqbal passed SSC exam from Bogra Zilla School in 1968 and HSC exam from Dhaka College in 1970. He earned his BSc in Physics from Dhaka University in 1976. In the same year Iqbal went to University of Washington to obtain his PhD and earned the degree in 1982.
Personal Life:
Iqbal married Dr. Yasmeen Haque in 1978. Yasmeen is the Dean of the Life Science Department, Head of the Physics Department, Provost of the Shohid Janoni Jahanara Imam Hall and a researcher at SUST. They have two children - son Nabil and daughter Yeshim. Yeshim translated the book Amar Bondhu Rashed (Rashed, My Friend) written by her father. Iqbal's elder brother, Humayun Ahmed, was the most popular author and film-maker of Bangladesh since its independence. Humayun died after a nine-month struggle against colorectal cancer on the 19 July 2012. His younger brother, Ahsan Habib, is the editor of the satirical magazine, Unmad and one of the most reknowned cartoonist of Bangladesh.
Academic Career:
After obtaining PhD degree, Iqbal worked as a post-doctoral researcher at California Institute of Technology (CalTech) from 1983 to 1988. He then joined Bell Communications Research (Bellcore), a separate corporation from the Bell Labs (now Telcordia Technologies), as a Research Scientist. He left the institute in 1994 and joined the faculty of the Department of CSE of SUST.
Literary career:
Iqbal started writing stories from a very early age. Iqbal wrote his first short story at the age of seven. While studying in the Dhaka University Iqbal's story Copotronic Bhalobasa was published in a local magazine. But, a number of readers at that time felt that the story was based on a foreign story. To answer this allegation, he later rewrote the story and published the story in collection of stories named Copotronic Sukh Dukkho. Since then he is the most popular writer both in Bengali Science-Fiction and in Juvenile Leterature of the country.
Other Activities and Awards:
Zafar Iqbal won the Bangla Academy Award, the highest award in literature in Bangladesh, in 2004. Iqbal also played a leading role in founding Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad. In 2011 he won Rotary SEED Award for his contribution in field of education.
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বাংলাতে বিজ্ঞানচর্চার অগ্রমুখী হিসেবে সবসময় ড. মোহাম্মদ জাফর ইকবালের নাম দেখা যায়। তার ২০১৪ সালের বাংলা একাডেমি পুরষ্কারপ্রাপ্ত সুখপাঠ 'আরও একটুখানি বিজ্ঞান' পপ সায়েন্সের এক দারুণ বই। বিশেষ করে ছোটোদের জন্য বইটা উপযুক্ত, বিজ্ঞানমণা যে কারও দৃষ্টি কারবে। বিজ্ঞানের রসকসহীন কঠিন বিষয়গুলোকে মজার মজার গল্প দ্বারা বেশ সহজভাবে উপস্থাপন করার চেষ্টা করা হয়েছে।
বইটিতে লেখক ধারাবাহিকভাবে বিজ্ঞানের বিভিন্ন শাখার বিষয়গুলো নিয়ে আলোচনা করেছেন। প্রযুক্তি, রসায়ন, উদ্ভিদবিজ্ঞান, প্রাণীজগত, পদার্থবিজ্ঞান, মনোবিজ্ঞান, পরিবেশ, সৌরজগত, জোর্তিবিদ্যার অনেকগগলো বিষয় এনেছেন। তবে শুরুর বিজ্ঞান- অপবিজ্ঞান অধ্যায়টা আমার নজর করেছে। বিজ্ঞানের জার্নাল, পিয়ার রিভিউ সিস্টেমের একটা আঁচ পাবেন, যা অপবিজ্ঞানের মাঝে মূল বিজ্ঞানের পার্থক্যটুকু ধরতে সহায়তা করবে।
বইটিতে লেখক ধারাবাহিকভাবে বিজ্ঞানের বিভিন্ন শাখার বিষয়গুলো নিয়ে আলোচনা করেছেন। প্রযুক্তি, রসায়ন, উদ্ভিদবিজ্ঞান, প্রাণীজগত, পদার্থবিজ্ঞান, মনোবিজ্ঞান, পরিবেশ, সৌরজগত, জোর্তিবিদ্যার অনেকগগলো বিষয় এনেছেন। তবে শুরুর বিজ্ঞান- অপবিজ্ঞান অধ্যায়টা আমার নজর করেছে। বিজ্ঞানের জার্নাল, পিয়ার রিভিউ সিস্টেমের একটা আঁচ পাবেন, যা অপবিজ্ঞানের মাঝে মূল বিজ্ঞানের পার্থক্যটুকু ধরতে সহায়তা করবে।
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