Syed Jamil Ahmed

Syed Jamil Ahmed
Ahmed in 2009
Director General of Shilpakala Academy
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 September 2024
Preceded byLiaquat Ali Lucky
Personal details
Born (1955-04-07) 7 April 1955 (age 69)
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma mater

Syed Jamil Ahmed (born 7 April 1955) [1] is a Bangladeshi scholar, theatre director, and founding chair of the Department of Theatre and Music at the University of Dhaka.[2][3] He has been serving as the Director General of Shilpakala Academy since 9 September 2024.[4] His most notable theatre productions include Kamala Ranir Sagar Dighi (1997), Ek Hazar Aur Ek Thi Rate (1998), Behular Bhasan (2004), Pahiye (2006) and Shong Bhong Chong (2009).[2] He won Nandikar National Theatre Award of Calcutta and the B.V. Karanth Award of India's National School of Drama (NSD).[2]

  1. ^ "Syed Jamil Ahmed appointed new Shilpakala DG". The Business Standard. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "The World of Syed Jamil Ahmed". The Daily Star. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  3. ^ Geoffrey Samuel, "Review of Reading Against the Orientalist Grain: Performance and Politics Entwined with a Buddhist Stain." Religions of South Asia 6.1 (2012), p. 138. Retrieved from 15 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Syed Jamil Ahmed becomes first secretary-ranked DG of Shilpakala Academy". The Daily Star. 25 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.