Mohammad Yeasin
Mohammad Yeasin (? – 1999) is a development worker, founder of Deedar Comprehensive Village Cooperative Society, and recipient of Independence Award, the highest civilian award in Bangladesh.
Biography
[edit]Yeasin established Deedar Comprehensive Village Cooperative Society in 1960 in Comilla District.[1] Yeasin was a law enforcement officer who lost his job and imprisoned for protesting in the 1950s.[1] He started a tea stall and purchased a few rickshaws. Following the advice of Akhtar Hameed Khan, founder of Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development, he formed a cooperative society to work for the benefit of low income villagers.[1]
Deedar Comprehensive Village Cooperative Society won the Independence Award in 1984.[1] It won the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1988.[1][2] It has won the National Agriculture Awards and the National Cooperative Award.[1]
Yeasin was awarded the Independence Award in 1990 for rural development.[3]
Yeasin died on 17 October 1999.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "How a co-operative society in Cumilla helps two villages prosper". The Business Standard. 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ↑ "JAAGO Foundation: Korvi Rakshand, 3 others win Ramon Magsaysay award". Prothomalo. 2023-08-31. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ↑ "Independence Day Award" (PDF). Bangladesh Rice Research Institute. 2008-07-27. Retrieved 2024-09-04.