Mehdi Hasan Khan
Mehdi Hasan Khan is a Bangladeshi physician and software developer.[1][2] He is known for inventing free and open-source Bengali keyboard Avro in 2003. In 2025, Mehdi Hasan received the Ekushey Padak for his contributions to science and technology.[3]
| Mehdi Hasan Khan | |
|---|---|
| Khan at TEDx Dhaka | |
| Birthday | 16 July 1986 |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Occupation | *Physician |
| Alma Mater | * Notre Dame College |
| Awards | Ekushey Padak (2025) |
| Website | mehdikhan |
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][4]
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][5] Initially, it was developed in Visual Basic, which was later rewritten in Delphi. After discussion,[6] 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.Template:Efn
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.[7] 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.
Awards
- Ekushey Padak (2025)[8]
- BASIS Award (2011)[9]
References
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Citations
- ↑ Exploring the base of Bangla in computers Accessed: 2018-11-06.
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- ↑ The Avro story: Dream nears completion as Ekushey Padak beckons Accessed: 2025-02-06.
- ↑ Mehdi Hasan Khan: Creator of the Avro Software The Daily Star. Accessed: 2019-06-10.
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- ↑ {{{title}}} Accessed: 2021-02-18.
- ↑ About Accessed: 2021-04-21.
- ↑ Govt announces Ekushey Padak recipients Accessed: 6 February 2025.
- ↑ তারুণ্যেই সফলতা Accessed: 6 February 2025.