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Assumed office19 May 2019Preceded byPersonal detailsBorn( 1949-08-12) 12 August 1949 (age 70),NationalityBangladeshiEducation(journalism)Known forCreation of Bijoy KeyboardMustafa Jabbar (: মোস্তাফা জব্বার, pronounced; born 12 August 1949) is a Bangladeshi businessman, technology entrepreneur and the current in the. He also served as the president of. He is best known for the creation of, which was developed in 1988, and it was most widely used Bengali input method until the release of based. He served as the president of, the national ICT organisation of Bangladesh for four consecutive periods. He is a champion of (বাংলা ভাষা প্রচলন আইন, ১৯৮৭; Bengali Language Implementation Act, 1987), and has been praised for promoting the in the digital media.
Contents.Early life and education Jabbar's ancestral home is in Krishnapur village, in. He was born on in to Abdul Jabbar Talukdar and Rabeya Khatun. Jabbar passed his HSC examination from. In 1968, he enrolled in the Department of Bangla at the and completed his BA in 1972 and MA in journalism in 1974. Career Jabbar started his career as a journalist in 1972 for Daily Ganakantha until it's shut down in 1975.
In 1973, he was elected as the publicity secretary of the Dhaka Union of Journalists. He got involved in the businesses of travel agency, printing and publication. He had served as the general secretary of the Association of Travel Agents of Bangladesh (ATAB). Jabbar is a founder member of the and its four-time president.
He also anchored television shows on IT. Jabbar founded Ananda Computers, best known for developing the Bangla keyboard Bijoy.
He heads the — the trade body of IT entrepreneurs in Bangladesh. Jabbar started a venture involving computers and IT in 1987 and launched the Bijoy Bangla Keyboard and Software on 16 December 1988. His first novel named Nokshotrer Onger was published in 2005. His second novel named Suborne Shekorh was published in the fortnightly Tarokalok's Eid issue of 2006. He has developed Bijoy Library, a library management Software which is being used by libraries of Bangladesh including.
He has developed a software named Bijoy Shishu Shiksha for pre-school kids. He developed Prathomik Computer Shiksha, based on textbooks published. He established schools in Bangladesh including computer-based Ananda Multimedia School and Bijoy Digital School. He is involved in writing textbooks on computer in Bangla and English. Jabbar sat on several government committees on ICT affairs, including the prime minister–formed Taskforce. He is also a member of the Bangladesh Copyright Board.
He was appointed as the Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the on 3 January 2018. Activism Jabbar was a member of (Bangladesh Liberation Force) in 1971 and participated in the. He was involved in the movement of freedom of the press and was actively associated with the Dhaka Union of Journalists. He was elected as the Organising Secretary of Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ). Reception Mustafa Jabbar has been praised for popularizing the use of the in computer and other digital media. A champion of Bangla Bhasha Procholon Ain, 1987, Jabbar opines that until and unless Bengali is well-established as a language of verdict in the of Bangladesh and as the language of research in Bangladeshi universities, cannot be called finished.
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