Eminent artist Professor Mostafizul Haque, chairman of the Board of Trustees of Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology, has received Mahatma Gandhi International Peace Awards-2023 from the Bharat Bangladesh Maitry Society Kolkata and Asian Business Partnership Summit.
The award giving ceremony was held as a part of India-Bangladesh Friendship Festival in Kolkata recently.
Mostafizul won the award for his contribution to field of fine arts through developing children’s interest in art and drawing.
He said that to him the best use of his creativity was inspiring young children to become artists.
Prof Mostafizul completed his Bachelors and Masters in Fine Arts from the then Art College (now Fine Arts Faculty under Dhaka University). Later, he studied in Japan on scholarship, says a press release on Wednesday afternoon.
He joined drawing and painting department of Fine Arts Faculty of Dhaka University in 1995.
