Native name কামাল আহমেদ Genre Rabindra Sangeet | Genres Rabindra Sangeet | |
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Occupation(s) Singer, Govt. Official, Media Personality Instruments vocal, harmonium, esraj, violin, guitar Website kamalahmedmediapersonalityandsinger.wordpress.com Similar Suchitra Mitra, Debabrata Biswas, Rezwana Choudhury Bannya | ||
Kamal Ahmed is a media personality and singer from Bangladesh. He is better known as a devoted & noted Tagore Singer in addition to his responsibilities of a capable executive in Bangladesh Betar & Bangladesh Television. He is an enlisted “Special Grade” singer of Bangladesh Betar & Bangladesh Television. Currently, Kamal Ahmed is working as a Director of External Service, Shahbag having the specialization in Media Communication, Mass Communication Research, Networking and Program Development for Electronic & Mass Media. Prior to beginning his career in Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS), he opted for Information Cadre as his first choice and joined Bangladesh Betar in 1991, the electronic media of Bangladesh Government. Till date, he had worked 23 years in Bangladesh Betar and 3 years in Bangladesh Television. There are fifteen Albums of this singer, comprising selected Tegore Songs, Modern Songs., Golden Modern Songs from the Past & the Songs of three Poets.
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Early life
Ever since his childhood, Kamal Ahmed was a meritorious student with keen interest in music. Learning music for him was not that easy as there was dearth of qualified music teachers in his locality and his father was averse to in part music lessons to him. But he had an itch for music that enthused him to learn songs by listening to music programmes broadcast from Radio. As a music loving teenager he became involved with a group of cultural activists in the community and participated in music competitions to earn appreciations from the people, which led him to learn music seriously despite parental disliking.
Education
However, after passing H S C Examinations from Pabna Edward college in 1982, Kamal Ahmed got an opportunity to study Soil Science in Dhaka University. That was the turning point for him to be associated with “Chhayanat”, an iconic cultural organization committed to build up music talents, especially Tagore Singers. There he came closure to veteran Tagore Singers like Wahidul Haque, Sanjida Khatun, Ikhtiar Omar, Serajus Salekin and others. He received lessons on classical music as well from Ustad Phool Mohammad. In his student life in Dhaka University, he was one of the members of Board of Directors of DUCSU Cultural Team. He represented the cultural troops of DUCSU to perform Tagore songs in Kolkata University and Kalyani University in India in the 1980s. Kamal Ahmed elected "Cultural Secretary" of Hall Union & won as "Champion " of cultural week of Shahidullah Hall, Dhaka University
Career
He is the former adviser of “Rabindra Sangeet Shammilon Parishad”. Now he is Secretary General of “9th BCS Forum”. .
Prior to begin his career in Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS), he opted for Information Cadre as his first choice and joined Bangladesh Betar in 1991 to groom himself as a competent officer in the electronic media of Bangladesh Government. Till date, he had worked 23 years in Bangladesh Betar and 3 years in Bangladesh Television. Having a Master’s degree from Dhaka University and a wide range of professional trainings on Mass Communication, Mass Communication Research, Networking and Programme Development for electronic mass media, he has been delivering his responsibilities with a positive team spirit and with a mission to build up and implement plans of the government for socio-economic upliftment in a fast growing country. Kamal Ahmed is an iconic music enthusiast. Music is his passion. A good many of his music albums are based on Tagore songs. Besides performing regularly on Bangladesh Betar and Bangladesh Television, and different other satellite T V channels in the country, he performed Tagore Songs in India . and Sri Lanka. He traveled widely in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia on professional assignments.
Awards
1. Kamal won Bangobandhu Research Foundation Podok' in 2015.
2. SAARC Cultural Society Award