President Physically-challanged Developement Foundation

Mizan was born in Sirajganj in 1987 and lived in Rajshahi in his adolescence. In 2009, he graduated from Jahangirnagar University (JU) in Savar with a B.A. in History. He continued his studentship at JU and received an M.A. in History (South Asia) on 2010. He is currently studying as a postgraduate in Business Administration in JU.


Mizan was introduced into the world of volunteering from his early life but more actively in 2007 when joining the JU Branch of the Leo Club, a society promoting community service. While he is a continuing member of the Club, he was inspired to expand his passion towards society welfare by the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) in Savar, located not very far from the university campus. Under the mentoring of CRP’s founder and coordinator Sister Valerie Taylor, who has recently been awarded with an honorary doctorate degree in Health Sciences from York St. John University, Mizan founded the Physically-challenged Development Foundation (PDF) in 2008.

While having served as a volunteer for numerous social causes, the empowerment of persons with disabilities takes antecedence in Mizan’s professional life and identifies the path of his career. While establishing PDF throughout different institutions in the country, Mizan has worked as a Volunteer of Advocacy and Networking in CRP for two years. In 2011, he was promoted to Advocacy and Networking Officer in this leading rehabilitation and training centre for disabled persons in Bangladesh. Within the past four years, Mizan has worked earnestly to transform PDF from a minuscule 4-students university society into a nationwide body of talented young civil workers.

Mizan has a feasibly ambitious vision of promoting international human rights and peace movement. Social works – with concentrated involvement of the youth for ensuring the peace and security of people and eradication of corruption – shall always be a major concern for him. He ultimately aspires to work for an equal world by creating awareness about the disabled people and their rights.