Soumitra Sekhar Dey

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Preceded byA.H.M Mustafizur Rahman
Education
  • MA (Bengali)
  • PhD (Bengali)
Soumitra Sekhar Dey
Soumitra Sekhar Dey in 2024
6th Vice-chancellor of Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University
In office
15 December 2021  14 August 2024
ChancellorPresident of Bangladesh
Preceded byA.H.M Mustafizur Rahman
Personal details
Born
Education
  • MA (Bengali)
  • PhD (Bengali)
Alma mater
Occupation
  • linguist
  • educationist
  • columinst
  • editor
  • professor

Soumitra Sekhar Dey (Bengali: সৌমিত্র শেখর দে) is a leading Bengali linguist, educationist, and writer from Bangladesh. He served as the 6th vice chancellor of Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University.[1][2]

Soumitra was born in Sherpur, Mymensingh Bangladesh. He earned BA & MA degrees in Bengali from the Jahangirnagar University. He also obtained a PhD in Bengali from the Rabindra Bharati University in 1997.[3][4]

Professional life

Shekhar with President Mohammad Shahabuddin.

He started his teaching career at Chittagong University in 1996. Then the next year he joined as a lecturer in Dhaka University. He worked as a Nazrul Research Center in there.[5]

He is a writer and education columnist.[6][7]

Publications

Awards and honours

References

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