Click here to view a more organized and detailed work of my extra-curricular activities (from age 5 to 22)

Academic:

• Finalist of the ACM Student Research Competition (SRC) at ASSETS08 Halifax, NC, Canada.

• Best of Papers Award at the IVA 06. [Pic 1]

• Best Engineering Design Award among all the ECE design teams of Penn State.  [Pic 1, Pic 2]

• Represented Penn State at the IEEE Undergraduate Design Contest at the Rochester Institute of Technology, NewYork  in May '04. [Pic1, Pic 2]

• Freelance Journalist of PennState Monthly Newspaper, Nittany News.

• President Honorary Merit Scholarship amounting $7000/year.

Organizational:

• VP of Communications of MIT Media Labs India Initiative.

• Secretary of Association for Computing Machinery, Penn State, York Chapter, Fall ‘01

• Junior Student Senator of Student Governing Body of Penn State Uni., Fall ‘01.

• Represented Penn State University in a UN model debate competition at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. [Pic 1]

• Founder President of Dhaka College Science Club, 97-98, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Creative Writing:  

• The Tale of a Selfish Person - http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2008/05/04/reflections.htm

• A Promise fulfilled - http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2008/05/03/remembrance.htm

• The Hassles of Having the Name Mohammed

Cultural: 

• Conducted (along with my wife) International Cooking Class featuring Bangladeshi Cuisine at the MIT west gate residential dormitory, 2008. [Pic 1, Pic 2, Pic 3, Pic 4]   

• Edited the journal that was published on the First Inter College General Knowledge Competition organized by the Dhaka College Science Club, in which the Home Minister and Foreign Minister of Peoples Republic of Bangladesh were present as chief and special guests respectively in '98.

• Secured 4th position in the 8th Inter College General Knowledge Competition in '96 organized by Notre Dame College Science Club, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Sports:

• Completed the Intro-to-Tennis class with the highest grade at Penn State University.

• Quarter-finalist of Green Delta Inter School Table Tennis Competition, 1993, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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