Shahidul Alam studied and taught chemistry in London University before taking up photography. He returned to his hometown Dhaka in 1984, where he photographed the democratic struggle to remove General Ershad. A former president of the Bangladesh Photographic Society, Alam set up the Drik Agency, the Bangladesh Photographic Institute and Pathshala, the South Asian Institute of Photography. He has been a recipient of the Mother Jones, Howard Chapnick and Andrea Frank awards. Alam is also a jury member in numerous international contests, including World Press Photo, which he has judged on three occasions. Alam is an Honorary Fellow of the Bangladesh Photographic Society and the Royal Photographic Society.

Rahnuma Ahmed was the founder chair of the first department of Anthropology in Bangladesh. The author of several books, Rahnuma is a regular columnist writing on women's issues and contemporary politics.

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ASM Rezaur Rahman joined Drik in 1996. He studied English Language in Dhaka University. Before joining Drik he was editing the country’s leading satire magazine ‘Cartoon’ as its Managing Editor. He has more than a decade experience in print publishing, with a specialization in graphic design. His passion is photography and he curates them to use as a voice to raise social awareness. Reza is also currently the Curatorial Director of Chobi Mela, Asia’s largest international festival of photography. He has designed and curated many national and international projects such as ‘Tales from a Globalising World’ – the mobile exhibition for Swiss Development Cooperation, ‘Jobra to Oslo’ a permanent exhibition for Grameen Bank, ‘Do you see my world?’ a photo-voice of adolescents in Bangladesh for UNICEF. One of his works designed for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway ‘Spor’, won a national award in Norway in 2002. The book ‘Kantaji Temple’ designed by Reza, was selected as the best presentation of the year in Bangladesh in 2005. He is a lecturer on Curatorial Practice and Publishing at Pathshala – the South Asian Institute of Photography in Dhaka.

Sri Lankan by birth, global in heart. At home at Drik. I love what I do – HR, projects and everything else that comes my way. And at Drik, a lot comes your way! The people I work with challenge me on a daily basis and I love challenges. Started my career in administration in 1990 and have not stopped since. My greatest achievements? My three children.

It’s not a great idea to shout out great things about myself here. Rather it’s better to demonstrate than describe. However, I am trying to afford an all out effort to sketch my characteristics and credentials underneath.
On the very beginning, I like to state that I possess the key virtue of a human being-‘Humanity’. Thereafter I am an honest man. Since the dawn of my grown-up, I am used to be appreciated due to my ambitious approach. I am always fond of challenging and exigent fervor. I never be disheartened or depressed on any disappointment. I by no means evade struggling or compromise with commitment to reach my goal. I am always enthusiastic, self-motivated, vigorous and constructive.
As my academic and professional atmosphere focus on the sphere of Human Resource Development studies, it covers the cluster of knowledge which revolves round the track of personnel development. I am acquainted with ability to provide policy advice and with responsibility sharing attitude. The concepts of flexibility and adaptability with mass diversity and community involvement facilitated me to involve with people of all walks of life. I demonstrate team playing attitude with constructive approach within a performance management framework. I am accustomed with integrity, strong analytical and interpersonal skills along with problem solving and conflict resolution expertise. I possess ability to work under rapidly changing service requirement and in extensive pressure to meet tight deadlines. I accumulate numerous strings of experience on the domain of employee empowerment.
As a human being, I am not beyond shortcomings. I am extremely free, frank and straightforward as a consequence of which very often people treat me erroneously. I prefer to scrutinize prior to justify something or someone just on appearance, even if I know that this is not always an admirable virtue. Nevertheless, I am undertaking several endeavors to overcome these drawbacks and I believe that I must conquer this.

My first job was in a bakery. The second was in the finishing section of a garments factory. The third was in a construction firm where I worked as a supervisor. I have been at Drik since October 1990. I am the Office Manager at Drik. I am the son of the late Sk. Ishak and Mrs. Asora Begum. I love outdoor sports, especially football and kabadi. I also like to help people in need. I dislike shrewdness, pretence and gossip.

I was born in 1979 in Dhaka and did my B. Com (Hons) and M. Com in Management from the National University. I completed CACC from ICAB, Dhaka. I have been working at Drik since 2006 as an Accounts Officer. My hobbies include traveling, music and games. I participated in a debate in 1996 organised by Dhaka University Debating Club and was a Patrol Leader of Bangladesh Scouts. I also have practical audit experiences from different government agencies, NGOs, and various companies.

You can simply call me Irfan. After completing a photography course I joined Drik as a photo lab technician. I later obtained a diploma from BEGART Photography Institute in Dhaka and attended the IIPC photography workshop in Madras, India as well as a workshop conducted by photographer Steve Conlan. In 1996, one of my photos got special mention in a contest held at Tritoranga, Chittagong. I participated in Bangladesh Photographic Society’s international photography competition and exhibition in 1997. The following year I won the UNESCO Accu Award. My photographs have been exhibited in Romania and some have been published in ‘Mosaic in Green’, a publication of the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry.

I am Lisa. My involvement with Drik starts from the year 2000 when I worked as a volunteer for Chobimela I. From that time I have had an emotional attachment with Drik. Since 9th February 2008, I am working with Drik as a Front Desk Executive. I love Drik and my job very much. I like to read almost anything, listen to music, watch movies and love to spend time with my little Prince. I dislike people who criticize my job and are dishonest. I feel very sad when people misbehave with me.

I have four years of experience in image developing. My responsibilities are scanning, retouching, archiving and assisting in the Managing Director's work. I participated in FK(Fredskorpset) Exchange Program and worked in Drik India for ten months. In this regards I have traveled to join seminar and workshop in Bangkok, Bengalore, Madras and Kolkata. I like photography, visiting historical places, music and movies as well.

My name is Md. Azharul Islam, my colleagues call me Azhar Bhai. I am Drik’s Senior Office Assistant. My parents are Md. Sirajuddin Dhali and the late Zahida Khatun. I studied up to Class 5. Before coming here, I worked at Dhaka Fisheries between 1991 and 1993. I like eating, cleanliness, dressing well and also living harmoniously with others. I dislike quarrels and gossip. I am at Drik to earn enough money to support myself.

My name is Jashim Talukder, my colleagues call me Jashim Bhai. My birth place is Sonargaon. I am working as a driver. My parents are Md. Azharuddin and Anwara Begum. I studied up to Class 8. Before coming to Drik, I worked at many places before. I like to work what ever it is. I like living harmoniously with others. I dislike quarrels and gossip.