Tanbin Islam Siyam
| Tanbin Islam Siyam | |
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| Siyam in 2024 | |
| Birthday | 16 July 1990 |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Occupation | Computer Engineer |
| Alma Mater | Mirpur Bangla School and College BCIC College, Mirpur Khulna University of Engineering & Technology |
| Spouse | Khadija Akter Masuma |
| Notable Works | Siyam Rupali and Kalpurush fonts |
| Awards | Ekushey Padak (2025) |
Tanbin Islam Siyam is a Bangladeshi computer programmer and Wikimedian. Since 2024, he has been serving as an executive committee member of Wikimedia Bangladesh. In 2025, he was nominated for the Ekushey Padak alongside Mehdi Hasan Khan, Rifat Nabi, and Shabab Mustafa for their contributions to the Avro Keyboard.
Early Life
Siyam studied at Khulna University of Engineering & Technology.[1]
Career
Siyam primarily works as a back-end engineer on the Symphony platform.[2] In 2018, he developed new fonts for textbooks at the primary and secondary levels for the Government of Bangladesh.[3]
Volunteering
OmicronLab
After the first version of Avro Keyboard was released in 2003, he joined OmicronLab as a volunteer to help develop Avro Keyboard.[4] In 2007, he released a Unicode version of the Rupali font developed by Solaiman Karim, naming it Siyam Rupali. Later, in 2010, he created and released the Kalpurush font.[5]
Wikimedia Bangladesh
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In 2024, he was elected as an executive committee member of Wikimedia Bangladesh.[6]
Honors
In 2025, he was nominated for the Ekushey Padak along with Mehdi Hasan Khan, Rifat Nabi, and Shabab Mustafa for their contributions to Avro Keyboard.[7]
Works
An Exploitation of Visual Cryptography to Ensure Enhanced Security in Several Applications. International Journal of Computer Applications, Vol. 65(No. 6) , pp. 42–46 (2013).
References
- ↑ Digital World in the Digital Space of Bangla
- ↑ Potasiyam Accessed: 9 February 2025.
- ↑ Six Ninth-Tenth Grade Books Have Been Redesigned
- ↑ The Free Sky of Bangla on the Internet
- ↑ Various Bengali Fonts on the Internet
- ↑ Nine Executive Committee Members of Wikimedia Bangladesh Elected by Secret Ballot
- ↑ Not Just Mehdi Hasan, the Entire Avro Team Receives the Ekushey Padak