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CAL JAHAN (SHUMON)
Senior Assistant Director

Work Profile:

  • Conduct research on functional literacy;
  • Provide feedback to knowledge management team especially in designing different applications;
  • Work with Pallitathya field management team in developing communication strategy and implementation;
  • Work with D.Net audio-visual team in developing audio-visual content;
  • Coordinate the Teletathya (Help-Line) team; and
  • Performing any other task assigned by the management relevant to D.Net’s core activities.

Shumon

Education:

BA- University at Albany, New York                                              
HSD- John F. Kennedy, New York
Intensive Film Production, New York University

Professional Experience:

Shumon has a background in internet technologies and worked in a wide range of industries. He has worked for financial institutions such as UBS as a help desk administrator and Goldman Sachs as a project manager. He tried the booming dot-com industry as a web producer and quality assurance department head at Dreamlife.com until it busted. He has also worked at Columbia University to try the Academic environment which he finds much to his liking. In Dhaka, in addition to working with D.Net, he teaches basic computing at Adhunika, a foundation dedicated to improving the lives of women.

Training Received:

TV Studio and Film Production, Lehman College
Leadership and Teambuilding, University at Albany

Social and Cultural Activities:

Member of Network of Young Bangladeshi-American Professionals
Member of Drishitpat

Computer Proficiency:

MS Office, Adobe Premiere, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, FrontPage, Publisher, Visio, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, CMSs

Language Proficiency:

English – Excellent in speaking, reading & writing
Bangla – Moderate in speaking, reading & writing
Hindi – Reasonable in listening

Areas of Interests:

Education, Literature, Ancient History, Mythology, Religion, Philosophy, Maps, Business

Hobby:

Conversation, Reading, Movies, Writing short stories, Karaoke singing, Party dancing

Office Address

D.Net
Development Research Network

6/8 Humayun Road, Block-B,
Mohammadpur, Dhaka-1207.

Tel:
88 02 8156772
       88 02 9131424
        88 02 8124976

Fax:
88 02 8142021


URL: http://www.dnet-bangladesh.org
Email: info@dnet-bangladesh.org

E-mail:

shumon@dnet-bangladesh Dot org

 

 


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