{{short description| Former education secretary of Bangladesh}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Nazrul Islam Khan | image = File:Md Nazrul Islam Khan UNIDO Director-General Li Yong receives Bangabandhu autobiography copy at Bangabandhu Memorial Museum Dhaka 2017-09-07 (PID-0047791) (cropped).jpg | caption = Khan in 2017 | birth_date = 1 December 1956 | birth_place = Mashwimnagar, Jessore | education = Diploma in Training and Development in Public Sector (DIPTD), Manchester University, UK. | organization = Curator at Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum | website = nikhan.org }}
'''Md Nazrul Islam Khan,''' also known as '''N I Khan,''' is a former education secretary of Bangladesh.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Rashid |first=Harun or |title=Mother of ex-secretary NI Khan passes away |url=https://wp.bssnews.net/?p=111775 |access-date=2021-12-28 |work=BSS |language=en-US |archive-date=28 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228103854/https://wp.bssnews.net/?p=111775 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was the chairman and independent director of International Leasing and Financial Services Limited. He is also former PS-1 to Sheikh Hasina, both when she was the leader of the opposition in parliament and in the Prime Minister's Office.<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=bn:বঙ্গবন্ধুর আরেকটি অপ্রকাশিত ডায়েরি আসছে |url=https://www.newsbangla24.com/news/172940/Another-unpublished-diary-of-Bangabandhu-is-coming |access-date=2021-12-28 |website=Newsbangla24 |language=bn}}</ref>
== Career == Khan was the director general of the Directorate of Primary Education in 2008.<ref name=":1" />
In September 2011, Khan was appointed secretary of the Ministry of Education.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2014-09-01 |script-title=bn:শিক্ষা সচিব হলেন নজরুল ইসলাম খান |url=https://lekhaporabd.net/archives/21 |access-date=2021-12-28 |website=লেখাপড়া বিডি |language=bn}}</ref> During his tenure he introduced online college admission; redesigned education institution infrastracture well adapted in rainy environments and aerial aesthetics; elected student cabinet in secondary educational institutions. Before that, Khan was the secretary of the Information and Communication Technology Division at the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology.<ref name=":1" /> He was also the private secretary to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and national project director of the Access to information in Bangladesh program of the Prime Minister's Office.<ref name=":1" />
Khan was appointed curator of the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in March 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |title=NI Khan made curator of Bangabandhu Museum |url=https://www.observerbd.com/2016/03/19/142282.php |access-date=2021-12-28 |work=The Daily Observer |archive-date=28 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228104520/https://www.observerbd.com/2016/03/19/142282.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Khan was the chairman of the National Wages and Productivity Commission; he was appointed chairman in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Chairman of the National Wages and Productivity Commission Nazrul Islam Khan handing over the report of the commission to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the latter's office on Tuesday. |url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/139341/chairman-of-the-national-wages-and-productivity-commission-nazrul-islam-khan-handing-over-the-report-of-the-commission-to-prime-minister-sheikh-hasina-at-the-latters-office-on-tuesday.html |access-date=2021-12-28 |work=The New Nation |language=en |archive-date=28 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228103841/https://thedailynewnation.com/news/139341/chairman-of-the-national-wages-and-productivity-commission-nazrul-islam-khan-handing-over-the-report-of-the-commission-to-prime-minister-sheikh-hasina-at-the-latters-office-on-tuesday.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Former secretary Nazrul Islam Khan appointed National Wages Commission chief |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/former-secretary-nazrul-islam-khan-appointed-national-wages-commission-chief |access-date=2021-12-28 |work=bdnews24.com |date=2 August 2016}}</ref>
In November 2020, Khan was appointed the acting chairperson of Palli Sanchay Bank.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-11-30 |script-title=bn:পল্লী সঞ্চয় ব্যাংকের ভারপ্রাপ্ত চেয়ারম্যান হলেন নজরুল ইসলাম খান |url=https://banglanews24.com/national/news/bd/826600.details |access-date=2021-12-28 |work=banglanews24.com |language=bn}}</ref>
Khan was appointed the chairman of International Leasing and Financial Services Limited by the Company Bench of the High Court.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |title=AD stays HC ban on NI Khan's foreign travel |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/128146/ad-stays-hc-ban-on-ni-khans-foreign-travel |access-date=2021-12-28 |work=New Age |language=en}}</ref> In January 2021, another bench of the High Court Division issued an order banning his travel abroad following a petition filed by individuals who accused him of being involved with Prashanta Kumar Halder.<ref name=":2" /> The petitioners had been defrauded by People's Leasing and Financial Services and Prashanta Kumar Halder.<ref name=":2" /> The petitioner included Nashid Kamal, daughter of the former chief justice of Bangladesh, Mustafa Kamal.<ref name=":2" /> The Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court set aside the order since he was never connected with People's Leasing and was appointed as the chairman of International Leasing by the Company Bench of the High Court.<ref name=":2" />
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