Mustafa Jabbar
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| Native name | মোস্তাফা জব্বার |
| Born |
12 August 1949 Ashuganj Upazila, Brahmanbaria District, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Education | MA (Journalism) |
| Alma mater |
Dhaka College University of Dhaka |
| Known for | Creator of Bijoy Keyboard |
Mustafa Jabbar (born 12 August 1949) is a Bangladeshi businessman and entrepreneur. He is best known for being the creator of software Bijoy. He published the Bijoy Bengali Keyboard, the first Bengali keyboard in 1988, which was most widely used Bengali input method around the world until the release of Unicode based Avro Keyboard. He is the only patent holder of any ICT related product (Bijoy Keyboard) till now. He has written the first book on this subject and is responsible for organising a movement on Digital Bangladesh. His works for the development of the digital education system is leading the country towards a new era. He is leading the ICT industry as the President of Bangladesh Computer Samity, the national ICT organisation of Bangladesh.
Jabbar ancestral home is in Krishnapur village, Khaliajuri Upazila in Netrokona district. He was born on Ashuganj Upazila in Brahmanbaria District to his parents Abdul Jabbar Talukdar, a farmer and jute business and Rabeya Khatun, a housewife. Jabbar passed his HSC examination from Dhaka College. In 1968, he enrolled in the Department of Bangla at the University of Dhaka and completed his BA in 1972 and MA in 1974.
Jabbar started his career as a journalist in 1972 for Ganakantha until it's shut down in 1975. Doing some businesses in Media, Travel & Tour Operation, Printing, Publishing and Computer Reselling, he is now engaged in Software Development, Providing IT Education, Developing IT Enabled Educational Curriculum, Developing Course Materials for ICT Education, Creating Software and providing ICT Services, Doing Researches on ICT, ICT Journalism and writing Books on ICT and other subjects. His first novel named Nokshotrer Onger was published in a book form in 2005. His second novel named Suborne Shekorh was published in the Fortnightly Tarokalok's Eid issue of 2006.
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