Rafiqul Islam (educationist)
Rafiqul Islam is a Bangladeshi educationist, scholar, writer and cultural activist. He was inducted as a National Professor by the Government of Bangladesh in 2018. He is a professor emeritus and adviser to the Centre for Bangla Studies of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh. He is the current chairman of Nazrul Institute. He was awarded Ekushey Padak and Independence Day Award by the Government of Bangladesh.Education and career
Islam completed his master's in Bengali language and literature from University of Dhaka in 1956. He then joined the same university as a research scholar and lecturer. He received a Fulbright Scholarship to study linguistics in the United States in 1959. He attended Yale University. He obtained master's degree from Cornell University in general linguistics and cultural anthropology in 1960. He joined the department of Bengali in the University of Dhaka as an assistant professor in 1961. He eventually served as a professor of the university. Later, he served as the vice-chancellor of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh.
Islam has written 30 books on the language, literature, history and culture of Bangladesh.
