24 Facts About Nashid Kamal

Nashid Kamal was born on 19 March 1958 and is a Bangladeshi vocalist, writer and professor of demography.

Nashid Kamal is the eldest granddaughter of Bengali folk singer Abbasuddin Ahmed.

Nashid Kamal's father was a judge and served as the Chief Justice of Bangladesh.

Nashid Kamal was the Chairman of the Department of Social Welfare at Dhaka University before she took her retirement.

Nashid Kamal has two sisters, Naeela Sattar and Nazeefa K Monem.

Nashid Kamal's uncle, Mustafa Zaman Abbasi, is a Bangladeshi musicologist and aunt, Ferdausi Rahman, is a legendary singer.

At the age of two, Nashid Kamal moved with her parents to Bangladesh, her mother country, to live permanently.

Nashid Kamal was awarded with the Best Speaker prize in 1976, when she participated in the first ever TV Debate Competition in Bangladesh called Torko Jukti Torko.

Nashid Kamal married Dr Anis Waiz in 1993, who served the Bangladesh Army and retired as a Major General.

Nashid Kamal has two daughters, Armeen Musa and Aashna Musa from her first husband Hossain Md.

Nashid Kamal attended the Holy Cross Girls' High School, and stood 7th in the merit list for girls in the Secondary School Certificate examination in 1973.

Nashid Kamal studied statistics for her BSc degree at the University of Dhaka, and passed with a first-class-first in 1980.

Subsequently, Nashid Kamal went on to Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario in Canada to do her MSc in mathematics, and achieved the degree in 1982.

Nashid Kamal joined the Institute of Statistical Research and Training at Dhaka University in 1986.

Nashid Kamal is currently working as an adjunct professor at the IEDCR, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh.

Nashid Kamal has been a visiting scholar in the Department of Anthropology, Penn State University, Department of Sociology, Southern Illinois University and Department of Statistical Sciences, University College London.

Nashid Kamal has sixteen published books, 13 as a writer and three others as an editor.

Nashid Kamal has written fictions, poems, autobiographies, articles and essays.

Jui Phuler Verandah and Rideau Nodir Dharey are Nashid Kamal's famed autobiographies that feature her life events in home and abroad.

Nashid Kamal is widely known for her reputation as a fine singer of Nazrul Shongeet and Bengali Folk songs.

Nashid Kamal has eleven recorded musical albums to her credit, composed of Nazrul Geeti, Ghazals and Folk songs.

Nashid Kamal has been a regular performer in various Radio and Television stations in Bangladesh and India since she started singing as a child artist.

Nashid Kamal has performed in many stage shows in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Japan, Turkey, Romania, the US, the UK and Canada.

Nashid Kamal has performed in the 'Bongomela' in the US and Nazrul Shommelon in the US.