Mahmudul Hasan Sohag
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Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
Mahmudul Hasan Sohag | |
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মাহমুদুল হাসান সোহাগ | |
 Sohag in 2019 | |
| Born | 7 June 1981 Sarishabari, Jamalpur, Bangladesh |
| Other names | Sohag Bhai |
| Alma mater | Dhaka College Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) |
| Occupations | Entrepreneur, businessman |
| Known for | Rokomari.com Udvash.com |
Mahmudul Hasan Sohag (Bengali: মাহমুদুল হাসান সোহাগ; born 7 June 1981), better known as Sohag Bhai, is a Bangladeshi entrepreneur.[1] He is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Rokomari.com, which initially started as an online bookstore.[2][3][4] He also founded Udvash Coaching Center and OnnoRokom Web Service Limited.[4] He developed the first Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in Bangladesh.[citation needed] He was also the Academic Councilor of Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad. He is the chairman of OnnoRokom Group.[5]
Sohag was born on 7 June 1981, in a village of Sarishabari Upazila of Jamalpur District. His father is Abul Hossain who is a school teacher and mother is Monowara Begum. Hossain was an officer of the postal department. Sohag is the youngest child of parents, two daughters and one son.[6]
Education
Sohag completed his primary education at Naseeruddin Kindergarten, a local children's school. Then he passed SSC from Riazuddin Talukder High School in 1998. After that he got admission in higher secondary in Dhaka College. Later he got admission to the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.[7] Before passing he worked for some time as a research assistant in BUET's Institute of Information and Communication Technology.[citation needed]