Introduction
Mr. AHM Bazlur Rahman has been serving as Chief Executive Officer of Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio & Communication (BNNRC) since 2000. He has been struggling for the last 20 years for leveraging community media and the right to communicate in order to create successful policy advocacy in Bangladesh in line with community media development from 2000. In recognition of his outstanding and committed extraordinary services for promoting Community Media and ICT, he has awarded the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) prize in 2016, 2017, 2019 & 2020.
He is serving as a member of Community Radio Monitoring Committee of Ministry of Information, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. He is also a member of Multi-Stakeholder Steering Group (MSG) of Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) and co-founder of Bangladesh Internet Governance Forum. He was the strategic council member of UN Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID) from the Asia and Pacific. He is serving as the three member of the jury panel for the Free Press Unlimited Newcomer of the Year in Journalism – Hans Verploeg Awards from 2016, The Netherlands.
He has been actively promoting shaping the future of Media, Entertainment and Culture in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in line with using AI, Block chain, Internet of things and Big data.
He has the unique quality of experience and contribution in an inclusive manner in multi-stakeholders of politics, development partners, the private sector, NGO & civil society, public sector, UN, policy makers, academia and media. He is known as transformational expert, visionary, and change agent. He can be reached at bnnrcbd@gmail.com | ceo@bnnrc.net
Expert
1. Policy Research Fellow - Media, Entertainment and Culture in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in line with using AI, Block chain, Internet of things and Big data.
2. Community Media/ Community Radio
3. Communication Rights
Fields of expertise: Communication and information/ICTs, Culture, Inclusive social development / inclusive societies / social inclusion, Sustainable Development Goals