Biography:
Nahid was born in Dhaka in 1998. His father is a teacher and his mother is a housewife. He completed his SSC from St. Joseph Higher Secondary School and Higher Secondary Certificate from Govt. Science College in Tejgaon. He studied at the Department of Sociology at the University of Dhaka.
Activism:
Nahid is a coordinator for the Anti-discrimination Students Movement, which organized protests advocating for quota reforms in government jobs. The movement later expanded into a non-cooperation campaign demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government. He gained national attention in mid-July 2024 when he and five other coordinators were detained by the Detective Branch as the protests escalated.
Following the resignation and departure of Hasina to India, Nahid stated that their objectives were not fully achieved. The group then aimed to “abolish fascist systems forever” and called on Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus to lead an interim government, which Yunus agreed to.
On August 9, 2024, Nahid was appointed as Adviser for Posts, Telecommunications, and Information Technology to the interim government. Subsequently, on August 16, 2024, he was also assigned the role of Adviser to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
