The news that Dr. Mehdi Hasan Khan has received “Ekushey Padak-2025” in Science and Technology is finally about to happy. Dr. Mehdi Hasan Khan, the inventor of Avro Keyboard, along with 14 other notable people and one organization. He is receiving the esteemed honor in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the ease of typing in Bangla. He created Avro Keyboard, a free and open-source program for writing in Bangla that supports ANSI and Unicode, in 2003. His invention transformed computerized Bangla typing, which benefited both people and organizations. Avro’s open-source nature and adaptable layout characteristics helped it become well-known very fast. Mehdi Hasan Khan won the 2011 BASIS Award for excellence in the IT industry in recognition of his contributions. The Ekushey Padak 2025 is appreciation of his years of dedication.
While studying at Mymensingh Medical College, he created Avro and made it freely available to everyone. However, from his close friends, it is known that during the entire time he was developing Avro, he was almost sleepless and often couldn’t even answer calls from his close circle. And then he made the language accessible to everyone. He could have built a multi-million-dollar business if he wanted to, but selfless investment of intellect and effort mattered more to him. That’s why he gave his best to make our writing experience easier and more beautiful without expecting anything in return.
