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