Tanbin Islam Siyam

Tanbin Islam Siyam is a Bangladeshi computer programmer and Wikimedian. Since 2024, he has been serving as an executive committee member of Wikimedia Bangladesh. In 2025, he was nominated for the Ekushey Padak alongside Mehdi Hasan Khan, Rifat Nabi, and Shabab Mustafa for their contributions to the Avro Keyboard.

Early Life

Siyam studied at Khulna University of Engineering & Technology.^[1]

Career

Siyam primarily works as a back-end engineer on the Symphony platform.^[2] In 2018, he developed new fonts for textbooks at the primary and secondary levels for the Government of Bangladesh.^[3]

Volunteering

OmicronLab

After the first version of Avro Keyboard was released in 2003, he joined OmicronLab as a volunteer to help develop Avro Keyboard.^[4] In 2007, he released a Unicode version of the Rupali font developed by Solaiman Karim, naming it Siyam Rupali. Later, in 2010, he created and released the Kalpurush font.^[5]

Wikimedia Bangladesh

In 2024, he was elected as an executive committee member of Wikimedia Bangladesh.^[6]

Honors

In 2025, he was nominated for the Ekushey Padak along with Mehdi Hasan Khan, Rifat Nabi, and Shabab Mustafa for their contributions to Avro Keyboard.^[7]

Works

An Exploitation of Visual Cryptography to Ensure Enhanced Security in Several Applications. International Journal of Computer Applications, Vol. 65(No. 6) , pp. 42–46 (2013).

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References

↑ Daniul Haque, Mohammad (21 February 2023). "Digital World in the Digital Space of Bangla". https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/g78m7j68k5.
↑ "Potasiyam" (in en). Wikimedia Meta. https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Potasiyam.
↑ Ruhani, Rashid Al (12 January 2018). "Six Ninth-Tenth Grade Books Have Been Redesigned". https://www.banglatribune.com/law-and-crime/278943/%E0%A6%A2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8B-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%87.
↑ Mohaymen, Pallab (5 November 2018). "The Free Sky of Bangla on the Internet". https://www.prothomalo.com/special-supplement/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B6.
↑ "Various Bengali Fonts on the Internet". Tech Shohor. 21 February 2023. https://techshohor.com/194081/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%A8/.
↑ Yahia, Mohammad (20 October 2024). "Nine Executive Committee Members of Wikimedia Bangladesh Elected by Secret Ballot". Wikibarta. https://wikibarta.wikimedia.org.bd/article/1939/%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%B9/.
↑ "Not Just Mehdi Hasan, the Entire Avro Team Receives the Ekushey Padak". Sarabangla. 9 February 2025. https://sarabangla.net/news/post-967911/.

External Links

[1] Daniul Haque, Mohammad (21 February 2023). "Digital World in the Digital Space of Bangla". https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/g78m7j68k5.

[2] "Potasiyam" (in en). Wikimedia Meta. https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Potasiyam.

[3] Ruhani, Rashid Al (12 January 2018). "Six Ninth-Tenth Grade Books Have Been Redesigned". https://www.banglatribune.com/law-and-crime/278943/%E0%A6%A2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8B-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%87.

[4] Mohaymen, Pallab (5 November 2018). "The Free Sky of Bangla on the Internet". https://www.prothomalo.com/special-supplement/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B6.

[5] "Various Bengali Fonts on the Internet". Tech Shohor. 21 February 2023. https://techshohor.com/194081/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%A8/.

[6] Yahia, Mohammad (20 October 2024). "Nine Executive Committee Members of Wikimedia Bangladesh Elected by Secret Ballot". Wikibarta. https://wikibarta.wikimedia.org.bd/article/1939/%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%B9/.

[7] "Not Just Mehdi Hasan, the Entire Avro Team Receives the Ekushey Padak". Sarabangla. 9 February 2025. https://sarabangla.net/news/post-967911/.

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