Kebria Sarkar
| Kebria Sarkar | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 March |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Bogra Cantonment Board School Bogra Cantonment Public School and College University of Dhaka |
| 💼 Occupation | Radio jockey and Television presenter |
| 📆 Years active | 2006–present |
| Known for | Hello 8920 |
| 🏅 Awards | Manthan Award, South Asia (2009) Meena Media Award (2013 & 2014) |
| 🌐 Website | www |
Kebria Sarkar (Bengali: কিবরিয়া সরকার; born 30 March) better known as RJ Kebria, is a popular RJ and television presenter of Bangladesh. He was rusticated from program producer and radio jockey of ABC Radio and television presenter of Maasranga Television. Now, he works at Radio Today 89.6. He is the host of the famous radio program of Bangladesh Hello 8920.
Education
Kebria passed Secondary School Certificate exam in humanities from Bogra Cantonment Board School. After his SSC, he was admitted to Bogra Cantonment Public School and College, where he passed HSC also in humanities. In 2004, he got a Bachelor's degree from Dhaka University. After a year, he got a Master's degree from the same university. Both Bachelor's and Master's degrees were awarded with first class honours. He completed a MPhil degree from Dhaka University. He also completed his graduation from Dhaka University in public administration.[1]
Career
Radio Today
Recruited as the first-ever radio jockey in Bangladesh at the first private FM radio Radio Today. He has made a phenomenal contribution to the country's media revolution for radio audience revival through innovative program planning, design, development and hosting of renowned live radio shows named U-Turn and Post Box 9032. Additionally, he performs as a Bengali news presenter for the channel. He worked here from 2006 to 2008.
Lemon24.com
He acted as the Program Director for Lemon24.com, the first-ever Internet Radio in Bangladesh, a project of D.Net's Multimedia Content and Communication (MCC). He was primarily responsible for Digital Content creation, Live-Show hosting and news reading for the channel, while devising appropriate marketing strategies for increasing traffic to the innovative platform. He is highly credited as the Team Leader for ensuring the channel's international recognition for exceptional digital content creation and consequent economic development, through winning the Manthan Award, South Asia 2009 and being runner-up in the World Summit Youth Award 2010.
BBC
He acted as a Mentor in the team involved in teaching conversational English to the grass-root public of various remote areas of Bangladesh, mainly the coastal regions of Barisal, Sundarbans and Cox's Bazar. He implemented each four-day training module through lifestyle attachment programs with the beneficiaries such as Boatmen, Fishermen and Five-Star hotel Waiters in respective regions and ensured their proper course evaluation. He crucially innovated training materials contextually for improving the livelihoods of the beneficiaries.
Maasranga Television
He presents as the male host of the live program Ranga Shokal broadcast every weekday from 7 a.m to 9 a.m on Maasranga Television. He made a significant contribution to the program background design and content with appropriate focus on highlighting the achievements of Bangladeshi social elites/pioneers in different sectors and industries. He is critically responsible in each episode for spontaneously facilitating an info-entertaining conversation with the program guests who are an inspiration to the public.
ABC Radio
He is the Program Manager and Host of the channel's highest rated show Hello 8920 broadcast live every Wednesday from 11 p.m. to 1 am,[2] aimed at providing an anonymous platform to the general public for sharing their life stories with valuable social lessons.
And he is hosting another confession program named Jaha bolibo satta bolibo in Bangla.[2] This program is all about the darker side of human life. Listeners confess what bad things they did and what the punishment for it was. In this show, a well-known Psychiatrist gives advice to them. This show is for greater social awareness.
He recently started another brand new program named Janani in Bangla.[2] This program is all about Old Home parents and their sorrowful experiences in life. The main focus of this show is to build a good bridge between children and parents.
Though radio listeners know him as RJ (Radio Jockey) Kebria for his popular radio program, Kebria was officially appointed as 'Deputy Executive Producer' at ABC radio fm 89.2.
Awards
| Year | Awards | Category | For | Organized by | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18th National Television Debate Competition | Team Leader & Best Speaker | Bangladesh Television | Won | ||
| 2005 | The Daily Star Debate Festival | Team Leader | Holy Cross College Club | Nominated | |
| 2010 | Manthan Award (South Asia) | Recognition of Exceptional Digital Content Creation | Lemon 24.com | Manthan Award, India | Won |
| 2009 | World Summit Youth Award | Recognition of Outstanding Multimedia Content | Lemon 24.com | United Nations | Nominated |
| 2013 | Meena Media Award | Best Creative work in radio | Hello 8920 | UNICEF | Won |
| 2014 | Jaha Bolibo Shotto Bolibo | ||||
| 2015 | Hello 8920 | Nominated |
References
- ↑ "Kebria Sarkar (RJ Kebria)". LinkedIn. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "ABC Radio Programs". ABC Radio. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
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