Abul Khayer

Abul Khayer crossed paths with OBAT in 2010 as a student at the OBAT Tutoring Center. When the staff saw his potential, OBAT decided to give him a scholarship to continue his High School and then his BBA degree. In August 2013, he joined OBAT’s Dhaka Tutoring Center as a teacher. By 2014, he had been given the responsibility to run the entire center.

Abul Khayer lived with his mother and four sisters. His father passed away in 2005. After his father’s death, his family faced a multitude of financial troubles. During monsoon season, water seeped out in their house from the ground. His mother could barely manage to purchase daily necessities and continue the education of her four children.

At one point, Abul Khayer decided to drop out and start working full time when he was in tenth grade. However, his uncle who worked as a barber, told him to continue his education at any cost and helped him to continue studying until he finished tenth grade.

Abul Khayer received a scholarship from OBAT in 2018 for an MDS (Master’s in Development Studies) from one of the renowned private universities of Bangladesh, BRAC University. Sunny considers the following as his strengths: Operations Management, Project management, MS Office, Public Speaking, Marketing Research, and Product Development.

In 2019, Abul Khayer worked as the Project Manager for OBAT’s Digital Learning project (in partnership with Teach the World Foundation). Prior to that, he served as Communications Manager for almost two years for OBAT’s Rohingya Project. Abul Khayer also volunteered as a senior member of OBAT’s Think Tank and served as an Executive Intern to OBAT’s Executive Director.

After completing his Masters in Development Studies and completing an internship at the MGH Group, he is now employed by the same company in a managerial role.

“I am always very thankful to OBAT and its donors as without their support and help, I couldn’t have continued my education. I always try to participate in any new project at OBAT and want to give it my maximum effort. My mother sends her thanks to the entire OBAT team and is deeply thankful to them as, without their help, she could not have managed to bear my educational expenses.”