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k m baharul islam ডঃ কে এম বাহারুল ইসলাম has worked in the area of educational institutional development , teaching & research , ict policies and e-government in asia and africa .
he is the honorary executive director of the foundation , india .
he became chairman and ceo of the south asia development gateway -- the south asia regional chapter of the development gateway .
he studied for his first ba and ma at the aligarh muslim university -lrb- india -rrb- .
he completed his 2nd and 3rd post-graduate bachelor degrees in education -lrb- bed -rrb- and law -lrb- llb -rrb- from assam university .
he did his phd on new technologies for education from tezpur university , india , llm -lrb- it & telecom law -rrb- at the strathclyde university -lrb- uk -rrb- and finished his post-doctoral studies on internet-based instructions at asian institute of technology -lrb- bangkok , thailand -rrb- .
he started his career as a university faculty member in computational linguistics .
he initiated and headed the center for educational technology at the national institute of technology , silchar , india where he taught for eight years .
he was part of the faculty during the initial years of development of kigali institute of science , technology & management -lrb- kist -rrb- , rwanda in 2000 -- 2001 .
in 2002 -- 2003 , baharul islam was seconded to the addis ababa universityas an associate professor .
he received a certificate of recognition from the world bank development marketplace competition in 2003 and in 2007 for his project proposals on the education of disabled children in ethiopia and mobile eye care clinic in northeast india respectively .
baharul islam worked earlier as an ict policy & egovernment consultant at the united nations economic commission for africa -lrb- uneca -rrb- and united nations economic and social commission for asia and the pacific bangkok .
he has been involved in various un projects in asia and africa in countries including cambodia , rwanda , ethiopia , the gambia , ghana , uganda , kenya , sudan , egypt , tanzania and sierra leone .
his publications include e - government strategy for the gambia -lrb- published by uneca -rrb- and a national ict policy called nici policy and plans for the gambia commissioned by uneca .
he wrote a chapter in the digital encyclopaedia on ict & economic development .
baharul islam worked as a reader in the -lsb- http://www.ncert.nic.in national council of educational research and training -lrb- ncert -rrb- in india .
he is a licensed lawyer by the bar council of india at the high court in guwahati -lrb- india -rrb- .
