Meher Kabir | |
Native Name: | মেহের কবীর |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Birth Date: | 5 June 1919 |
Birth Place: | Dinajpur, Bengal Presidency, British India |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Occupation: | Educator |
Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Meher Kabir (5 June 1919 – 13 October 2018)[1] was a Bangladeshi academic and litterateur. She was awarded Begum Rokeya Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 2010.[2]
Kabir completed her matriculation in 1936.[2] She then studied in Bethune College for intermediate exam, Scottish Churches College for the bachelor's degree and University College of Science and Technology for her master's.[2] [3] She was a PhD student under the supervision of Prafulla Chandra Ray.[2]
In 1949, Kabir started her teaching career in chemistry at Comilla Victoria College.[3] She served as a provost of Rokeya Hall of the University of Dhaka from 1963 to 1965.[3]
Kabir served as the general secretary of Bangladesh Council for Child Welfare.[4]
Meher was married to National Professor Kabir Chowdhury since 1945.[3] [1]