Bikiran Prasad Barua
Bikiran Prasad Barua is a Bangladeshi physicist and educationist. He is the former chairman of the physics department of the University of Chittagong. In recognition of his contribution in education, the government of Bangladesh awarded him the country's second highest civilian award Ekushey Padak in 2020. Barua was born in Chittagong. He is the President of the Bangabandhu Education and Research Council in the Greater Chittagong area. He published 17 research papers on physics.