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Dr Shahidul Alam (born 1955) is a Bangladeshi media institution builder, a photojournalist, public speaker, storyteller, writer, blogger, curator, and educationist. Alam founded Drik Picture Library in 1989, Pathshala in 1998, Chobi Mela in 1999, and Majority World in 2004. Drik’s work as an internet provider introduced email to Bangladesh in the early 90s. Drik developed a Bangla font for the internet, Bangladesh's first webzine and first portal. Alam's books include Nature's Fury (2007) and My Journey as a Witness (2011). A photographer for over forty years, his work has been featured in leading publications across the globe and exhibited in MOMA, Centre Pompidou, Tate Modern, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, the Royal Albert Hall, and Kuala Lumpur National Art Gallery. He was the first Asian Chair of the International Jury of World Press Photo. Alam has spoken at Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, and Stanford universities. Alam was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in 2001. In 2014, he was awarded the Shilpakala Padak by the President of Bangladesh and in 2018 the Humanitarian Award from the Lucie Awards. He was a Time magazine persons of the year in 2018. He was the CASE Humanitarian of the Year in 2021. He is an Advisory Board Member of National Geographic Society and a National Geographic Explorer at Large. In 2022, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Arts in London.