Shahjahan Mahmood

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Shahjahan Mahmood is a Bangladeshi technocrat and chairman of the Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited. [1] [2] He is the former chairman of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission. [3] [4]

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Early life

Mahmood completed his undergraduate studies in engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. [5] He completed his master's degree in operation research and PhD in systems engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [5]

Career

Mahmood was a systems engineer at Marine Corps Base Quantico and later at Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center from 2004 to 2012. [5] [6]

On 24 September 2015, Mahmood was appointed chairman of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission replacing Sunil Kanti Bose. [7] Initially Iqbal Mahmood was appointed chairman of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission but that decision was cancelled within a week and was replaced by Shahjahan Mahmood. [8] He briefly blocked Facebook, Viber, and WhatsApp in Bangladesh. [9]

In March 2017, Mahmood announced he was ready to shut down Facebook in Bangladesh if instructed by the government. [10] He recommended that the government terminate Golam Razzaque, director of Bangabandhu-1 satellite, which the government did. [11] He left the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission in 2018 and was replaced by Md Jahirul Haque. [12]

As chairman of the Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited, Mahmood oversaw the launch of Bangabandhu-1, the first satellite of Bangladesh. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "In Conversation with BTRC Chairman Dr. Shahjahan Mahmood". Colors Magazine. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Second satellite to be a hybrid, cost less: Shahjahan Mahmood". UNB. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "BTRC to wipe out illegal VoIP business, cyber crimes: Chairman". The Independent. Archived from the original on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "BTRC to drive for removing illegal mobile handsets". Samakal. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
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  6. ↑ "Dr. Shahjahan Mahmood, Chairman, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC)". ICE Business Times. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Shahjahan Mahmood new BTRC chairman". The Independent. Archived from the original on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "Former senior secretary Iqbal Mahmood appointed as ACC chairman". bdnews24.com. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Bar on Facebook, Viber to go after 'normalcy'". The Daily Star. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "'Facebook to be shut after getting govt's direction'". Risingbd.com. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "Bangabandhu satellite's project director sacked". The Daily Star. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  12. ↑ "Jahirul made BTRC chairman". Daily Sun. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "Bangabandhu Satellite to begin transmission today". BBarta24. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
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