Sultana Zaman (psychologist)
Sultana Zaman (9 June 1932 – 22 March 2020) was a Bangladeshi psychologist, academic, and philanthropist.[2] She was the founder of Bangladesh Protibandhi Foundation (BPF), an organization for the mentally disabled people.[2] She was awarded Begum Rokeya Padak in 2008 by the Government of Bangladesh.[3] Education and careerZaman started her college education late in life, specializing in psychology and started working with the intellectually disabled in 1973.[2] She completed her B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Dhaka. She earned her Ph.D. from Emory University in 1975.[2] She as a faculty member in the psychology department of the University of Dhaka for 33 years and as a professor from 1975 to 2000. She was a visiting professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Manchester for four months from April 1992.[2] She was made Professor of Emeritus in September 2008 at the University of Dhaka.[2] Working with the disabledIn 1972, Zaman established a school, Deepshikha Vidyalaya for disadvantaged children and women.[3] She founded an organization for the mentally disabled people, Bangladesh Protibandhi Foundation, and a school Kalyani in 1984.[3][2] She helped establish the Department of Special Education at the Institute of Education and Research (IER) and the University of Dhaka in 1993 — the first of its kind at the university level in Bangladesh and the first of its kind to offer B.S.Ed. and M.S.Ed. degrees in special education.[2] Awards
Personal lifeZaman was married to Bir Uttom Lieutenant colonel Kazi Nuruzzaman, the sector commander at the sector 7 of Bangladesh Liberation War.[3] Her brother Jamal Nazrul Islam was a physicist.[2] DeathZaman died on 22 March 2020.[5] References
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