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Mehdi Hasan Khan

Summary

Mehdi Hasan Khan (Bengali: মেহেদী হাসান খান) is a Bangladeshi physician and software developer.[1][2] He is known for inventing free and open source Bengali keyboard Avro in 2003.[1][3][4][5][6][7]

Mehdi Hasan Khan
মেহেদী হাসান খান
Born (1986-07-23) July 23, 1986 (age 37)
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma mater
Occupations
Known forInventing Avro Keyboard
SpouseSumaiya Najmun
ChildrenArko Hasan Khan
Websitemehdikhan.dev

Early life edit

Khan was born in Dhaka on July 23, 1986.[2] After completing his secondary from Ideal School and College and higher secondary from Notre Dame College, Khan obtained his MBBS degree from Mymensingh Medical College in 2010.[2][8]

Avro edit

Khan started developing Avro for Windows in 2003 when he was a first year student of Mymensingh Medical College. It was first published on web for free download on March 26, 2003, under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.[2][9] Initially, it was developed in Visual Basic, which was later rewritten in Delphi. After discussion,[10] OmicronLab published the source code of windows version under MPL 1.1 license with the Avro Keyboard 5.0.5 public beta 1. Avro was further developed by M. M. Rifat-Un-Nabi, Tanbin Islam Siyam, Ryan Kamal, Shabab Mustafa and Nipon Haque from OmicronLab.[2][11][12][13]

Later life edit

After developing avro keyboard as a side project, he fully involved his career as a backend software developer. Dr. Hasan have also worked in mPower Social Enterprises, Eniacs, Okdoit, HungryNaki, Backpack Technologies and ShopUp.[14] During 2020 he shifted to Berlin as a Senior Backend Engineer of MoBerries. He is currently working as a Software Development Engineer at Contentful based in Berlin.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Hammadi, Saad Bin Fazle. "Exploring the base of Bangla in computers". The Daily Star.
  2. ^ a b c d e ইন্টারনেটে বাংলার মুক্ত আকাশ. Prothom Alo (in Bengali).
  3. ^ Ahamed, Syeed (2010-04-28). "An amazing journey from Shahid Lipi to Avro". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  4. ^ "Dr. Mehdi Hasan In India!". Niponwave. 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  5. ^ Diya, Sabhanaz Rashid. "The Fight Over Fonts". Star Weekend Magazine. The Daily Star. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  6. ^ Chowdhury, Syed Tashfin. "Updated Avro Keyboard, Bangaliana Dictionary". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  7. ^ জনপ্রিয় বাংলা টাইপ সফটওয়্যার 'অভ্র' আবিষ্কার করেও প্রচারের আড়ালে রয়ে গেলেন এই তরুণ ডাক্তার. TheWall (in Bengali). Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  8. ^ Karim, Naimul. "Mehdi Hasan Khan: Creator of the Avro Software". 21 Anniversary Supplement. The Daily Star. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  9. ^ Ahmed, Kazi Fahim (2006-03-10). ইউনিকোড ভিত্তিক অভ্র কি-বোর্ড. Daily Prothom Alo (in Bengali).
  10. ^ ওপেন সোর্সে অভ্র : মতামত প্রয়োজন. sachalayatan.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  11. ^ নতুন বছরেই আসছে অভ্র কিবোর্ড ৫ এর ফুল ভার্শন. OmicronLab (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  12. ^ জনস্বার্থে যা করার দরকার তাই করবো: মোস্তাফা জব্বার. Channel i (in Bengali). 2019-06-10. Archived from the original on 2019-06-10. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  13. ^ Hossain, Naser Imran. "The Great Technological Escape". RisingStars. The Daily Star. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  14. ^ "About". mehdikhan.dev. 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2021-04-21.