An eminent scholar, Dr. Sukumar Biswas served the national institute Bangla Academy for 30 years (1972-2002) in different positions.

He was post-doctoral researcher at Rabindra Bharati University in Kolkata, India (1991-1992). He did a joint research work with Professor Hiroshi Sato on ‘Religion and Politics in Bangladesh and West Bengal: A study of Communal Relations, (1993). He was a visiting research Fellow at Institute of Developing Economies in Tokyo (1996) and also a visiting Professor at Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan (2002).

Some important publications of Dr. Biswas:

Bangladesher Natyacharcha O Natoker Dhara 1947-1971 (Dhaka 1988), Asohojog Andolon’ 71 0 Banggo Bandhu Sheikh Mujib (Dhaka 1996), Japan and the Emergence of Bangladesh (Dhaka 1998), Muktijuddhey Rifles O onyanya Bahini (Dhaka 1999), Ekattarer Badhyabhumi O Ganakabar (Dhaka 2000), Bangladesher Muktijudhye CPIM O Ganoshakti (Dhaka 2001), Abaruddha Bangladeshe Pakistani Samorikjanta O Tar Dosorder Tatparata (Dhaka 2001), Muktijuddha O Bangladesher Samaj-Sanskriti (Dhaka 2001) and Japan-Bangladesh Relations 1972-1990 (Dhaka 2005).