Sharifa Khatun | |
Native Name: | শরিফা খাতুন |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Occupation: | university academic, activist |
Spouse: | Justice Kazi Ebadul Haque |
Children: | Justice Kazi Zinat Hoque |
Sharifa Khatun is a Bangladeshi academic.[1] She served as the director of Institute of Education and Research at the University of Dhaka during May 1993 to May 1996.[2] She was a language movement activist in 1952. In 2017, she was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh for her contribution to the language movement.[3] She also serves as an editor of Banglapedia, the national encyclopedia of Bangladesh.[4]