Executive Committee
Executive Committee of the Bangla Academy will be comprised of the members mentioned as bellow, for example:
- Director General ex officio, who will also be the President of the Committee,
- An official not less than rank and file of a Joint Secretary being appointed by the Ministry of Culture,
- An official not less than rank and file of a Joint Secretary being appointed by the Ministry of Finance,
- Four Professors in total being appointed by the Government from the respective Faculties of Bengali, Linguistic, English and Science of any Public University,
- One reputed scientist and one notable information technologist being nominated by the Government,
- One noted writer and an eminent sociologist being recommended by the Executive Committee,
- Three Fellows elected by the Fellows in general,
- Four elected members elected by the General Committee,
- Secretary, who will also be the Member Secretary.
Activities of the Executive Committee
Activities of the Executive Committee, generally, are as follows, for example:
- To provide the Academy necessary instructions and advice during the implementing period of this Enactment,
- Undertaking necessary decisions and determining the policies, if required, to achieve the aims and objectives of the Academy,
- Taking the training measures regarding literature, culture, research and other matters relating to technologies,
- Approval of the annual report and
- Observing any other duties or responsibilities conferred by the Government or the General Committee.
Executive Committee of the Bangla Academy
Mr. Shamsuzzaman Khan |
Director General, Bangla Academy |
President |
Professor Dr. Anupam Sen |
Vice Chancellor, Premier University, Chittagong |
Member appointed by the Executive Committee |
Ms. Selina Hossain |
Renowned Authoress |
Member appointed by the Executive Committee |
Dr. Begum Akter Kamal |
Professor and Chairperson, Department of Bangla, Dhaka University, Dhaka |
Member nominated by the Government |
Professor Syed Manzurul Islam |
Department of English, Dhaka University, Dhaka |
Member nominated by the Government |
Mr. Subrata Barua |
Expert on Science and Technology |
Member nominated by the Government |
Professor Jeenat Imtiaz Ali |
Director General, International Mother Language Institute, Dhaka |
Member nominated by the Government |
A.T.M. Zakaria Swapan |
Priyo.com, Dhanmondi, Dhaka |
Member nominated by the Government |
Mr. Mohammad Aminul Islam |
Additional Secretary (Development), Ministry of Culture, Secretariat of Government of Bangladesh, Dhaka |
Member nominated by the Government as representative of the Ministry of Culture |
Sheikh Mohammad Salim Ullah |
Department of Finance, Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka |
Member nominated by the Government as representative of the Ministry of Finance |
Mr. Mohammad Anwar Hossain |
Secretary, Bangla Academy |
Member Secretary |