Rubana Huq

Rubana Huq
Rubana Huq
Native name	রুবানা হক
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Spouse(s)	Annisul Huq

Rubana Huq is a Bangladeshi businesswoman and poet.^[1] She is a managing director of Mohammadi Group.^[2] The Group began with exporting readymade garments and then diversified into software, digital distribution, real estate, power generation and the group’s latest are has been the launch of a television channel called Nagorik. Huq was featured in BBC 100 Women in 2013 and 2014.^[3]

Career

Huq served as the CEO of TV Southasia from 2006 to 2010.^[4]

Huq won the SAARC Literary Award for her poems in 2006.^[4] She wrote a book of poems Time of My Life.

Huq is a member of board of trustees in Asian University for Women.^[5]

On 13 August 2018, Huq was awarded PhD from Jadavpur University.^[6]

Personal life

Huq was married to Annisul Huq, the late mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation. Together they have three children.

References

↑ Moshiri, Nazanine (3 October 2012). "From Milan Fashion Week to Dhaka". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
↑ "Rubana Huq gives a talk at AIUB". Daily Sun (Bangladesh). Dhaka. 11 August 2016. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
↑ Samira Sadeque, Syeda (8 March 2014). "Rubana Huq: Emblem of empathy". Dhaka Tribune. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
1 2 "Rubana Huq / Price and Progress: Beyond Rana Plaza in Bangladesh". Department of South & Southeast Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley. Regents of the University of California. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
↑ "AUW Board of Trustees". Asian University for Women. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
↑ "Talk Show on 'Women Entrepreneurs of Bangladesh: Status, Problems & Prospects'". American International University-Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

External links

Rubana Huq on Twitter
Fashion Bosses: Rubana Huq and Kim Winser in The Conversation, BBC World Service
Profile in British Bangladesh Chamber of Women Entrepreneurs
Interview on CNBC in 17 October 2016
Interview in on the spot Bangladesh
Huq's writings in Daily Star: https://www.thedailystar.net/author/rubana-huq

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[1] Moshiri, Nazanine (3 October 2012). "From Milan Fashion Week to Dhaka". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

[2] "Rubana Huq gives a talk at AIUB". Daily Sun (Bangladesh). Dhaka. 11 August 2016. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

[dhakatribune-3] Samira Sadeque, Syeda (8 March 2014). "Rubana Huq: Emblem of empathy". Dhaka Tribune. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

[berkeley-4] 1 2 "Rubana Huq / Price and Progress: Beyond Rana Plaza in Bangladesh". Department of South & Southeast Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley. Regents of the University of California. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

[5] "AUW Board of Trustees". Asian University for Women. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

[6] "Talk Show on 'Women Entrepreneurs of Bangladesh: Status, Problems & Prospects'". American International University-Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.