Nasir Uddin Education And Career

 

S M NASIR UDDIN 
Saidpur, in the wheat field 1980

SM Nasir Uddin successfully passed HSC in 1976. His unquenchable desire was to study accounting with honors but in the meantime he took a job as a night guard at the jute buying center of Crescent Jute Mills Company Limited in Taraganj Jute Purchase Center Rangpur. At that time his monthly salary was only one hundred and sixty five rupees. As his family could not help him financially enough for his studies, he had to be admitted to Saidpur College in B.Com class besides his job. He started doing night shift duty in Taraganj and started attending college during the day. Needless to say, at that time the bus fare from Taraganj to Saidpur was only one taka. At that time there was only one bus service called "Rabeya" from Saidpur to Rangpur and the bus fare was only two rupees.

Nasir Uddin was on duty at night and at first his night seemed long. It seemed difficult to get a job. So one day he thought he had to stay awake at night. If you say there is no work, sometimes you just have to shout. What else is there to be aware of? So he decided to study at night. The day went on. During the day, while he was in class, a college peon came to the door of the class and asked, "Whose name is Nasir Uddin?" Nasir Uddin was afraid I was being called a canoe? Frightened, he said I am Nasir Uddin. Peon said the head clerk asked you to meet him in the office now. Frightened, he entered the room of the head clerk sir with a salute. I was scared to see Mr. Head Clerk was a very fat man. He said "Are you Nasir Uddin?" Nasir Uddin said yes sir. 

The head clerk Sir called and said that the scholarship money has come from the Rajshahi board in your name. From now on you will get a scholarship for eighty rupees a month and you will not have to pay college salary. Eight hundred rupees has come in your name in the last ten months. Come on, you have to sign here. Saying this, he handed over a register book to Nasir Uddin. Nasir Uddin could not think of what scholarship? He did not get the first division. It was later learned that the number of first division this year was very insignificant and those who got more than five hundred marks in the second division were given these scholarships. Nasir Uddin got 520 in total. 

S M Nasir Uddin was happy after receiving the first scholarship money. He bought sweets from Saidpur Market and went to home and took them away. The next day he used that money to buy his many hobby China Phoenix bicycles. Now he started traveling from Saidpur to Taraganj office by bicycle. For the second time, he actually bought a new automatic Ricoh watch with six hundred rupees from the scholarship money. In that period with six hundred Taka one can buy ten decimal land property. That watch was light blue and would fit in his hand until he passed his master's degree.

Other B Com class students began to respect him for receiving the scholarship. Many came forward to make friends. He had to pay ten rupees per month to keep the bicycle in the garage. Now that uncle did not take the money. He said you don't have to pay for the garage anymore. Nasir Uddin feels pretty good.