House Of Mannan Charitable Trust

Nargis Mannan is a Founder-Trustee and Vice-Chairman of the House of Mannan Charitable Trust (HMCT).  She received her B.A (Hons.) and M.A. degree in Political and Administrative Science from Dhaka University in 1964. She served as lecturer in the Pakistan Council, Islamabad Pakistan (1967-69) and was also a Research Associate at the University of Lae, Papua New Guinea (1975-78).

She was a director and a former vice chairman of Social Islami Bank Ltd(SIBL). She is also a vice-chairman of Bangladesh Social Peace Foundation (BSPF) as well as a Trustee of Social Islami Bank Trust (SIBT) Dhaka, Bangladesh.

She is an internationally recognized copper artist and held a number of solo exhibitions in various countries around the world that includes:  Lae, Papua New Guinea (1976); Jeddah Fine Arts Society (1979 to 1995) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Shilpa Kala Academy in Dhaka, Bangladesh (1987); Soviet Cultural Centre in Dhaka, Bangladesh(1987); Frunge, Kirghizia, former U.S.S.R (1988); Nairobi, Kenya(1994); Academy of Fine Arts in Calcutta, India(1995); The National Museum in Dhaka, Bangladesh (1998).

She is the recipient of a number of awards that includes: Moonis Raza Memorial Award at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, given by the Global Association of NRI in 1996; Sher-e-Bangla National Award given by National Personality Research Centre in 2004; Begum Rokeya Shining Personality Award-2006, given by Narikantha Foundation.

She has been involved in many social and cultural activities. She was General Secretary of Padakkhep-’64 (an association of Dhaka University graduates-64 (1996-2002)); Vice-President of Padakkhep-’64 (2002-2006); President of Padakkhep-’64 (2006-2008) and current Treasurer of Soroptimist International Club of Dhaka.