Mehdi Hasan Khan
Mehdi Hasan Khan | |
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মেহেদী হাসান খান | |
Born | July 23, 1986 |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
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Occupations | |
Known for | Inventing Avro Keyboard |
Spouse | Sumaiya Najmun |
Children | Arko Hasan Khan |
Website | mehdikhan |
Mehdi Hasan Khan (Template:Lang-bn) 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]
Early life
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
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
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
- ^ a b Hammadi, Saad Bin Fazle. "Exploring the base of Bangla in computers". The Daily Star.
- ^ a b c d e ইন্টারনেটে বাংলার মুক্ত আকাশ. Prothom Alo (in Bengali).
- ^ Ahamed, Syeed (2010-04-28). "An amazing journey from Shahid Lipi to Avro". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
- ^ "Dr. Mehdi Hasan In India!". Niponwave. 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
- ^ Diya, Sabhanaz Rashid. "The Fight Over Fonts". Star Weekend Magazine. The Daily Star. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
- ^ Chowdhury, Syed Tashfin. "Updated Avro Keyboard, Bangaliana Dictionary". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
- ^ জনপ্রিয় বাংলা টাইপ সফটওয়্যার 'অভ্র' আবিষ্কার করেও প্রচারের আড়ালে রয়ে গেলেন এই তরুণ ডাক্তার. TheWall (in Bengali). Retrieved 2019-06-10.
- ^ Karim, Naimul. "Mehdi Hasan Khan: Creator of the Avro Software". 21 Anniversary Supplement. The Daily Star. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
- ^ Ahmed, Kazi Fahim (2006-03-10). ইউনিকোড ভিত্তিক অভ্র কি-বোর্ড. Daily Prothom Alo (in Bengali).
- ^ ওপেন সোর্সে অভ্র : মতামত প্রয়োজন. sachalayatan.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ^ নতুন বছরেই আসছে অভ্র কিবোর্ড ৫ এর ফুল ভার্শন. OmicronLab (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hossain, Naser Imran. "The Great Technological Escape". RisingStars. The Daily Star. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
- ^ "About". mehdikhan.dev. 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2021-04-21.