Drishtipat - Virginia :: Human Rights Organisation on Bangladesh

Drishtipat Virginia is established with a vision to unite the Bangladeshi people living in Virginia, and surrounding states like West Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina etc. Currently it is operating from Blacksburg, the home of Virginia Tech, a small town located at south-west part of Virginia. The majority of DP Virginia core members reside in Blacksburg, hence our meetings and events are more concentrated within the VT campus, but even so, there may be a possibility of expansion into other states, or cities, if sufficient interest is demonstrated.

Meet the core members of DP Virginia!

Abhijit Chakraborty
Abhijit is a senior in Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech. He is the head of operations and leading the chapter. He is also looking after the DP Virginia blog. He is inherently an outdoor minded person and likes to spend his leisure time by jet skiing on Potomac River.

Arafat Islam Khan
Arafat is a junior in Aerospace Engineering at Virginia Tech. He is responsible to handle projects along with Mahmud. He is very fond of heavy metal and rock music, and dreams to rock the world some day!

Ashrafee Azmir Hossain
Azmir is a sophomore in Accounting at Virginia Tech. He is in charge of accounts and finance section of DP Virginia. He loves his automobile; every now and then he likes to go out for cross-country drive!

Mahin Khan
Mahin is an alumnus of Dhaka University and currently pursuing Masters in Public and International Affairs (MPIA) at Virginia Tech. Her responsibilities are finding out new projects, grants writing, and fund raising.

Mahmud Harun
Mahmud is a senior in Electrical Engineering at Virginia Tech. He is responsible for handling, processing and tracking the progress of the projects along with Arafat. He spends his leisure time by writing poems, and making short films.

Rajeeb Shahriar
Rajeeb has recently completed his Masters in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech. Wireless communication is his area of expertise. He is taking care of the DP Virginia website, blog and wiki page.

Rimi Ferdous
Rimi is an alumnus of Eden College and currently an undergraduate student in Accounting at New River Valley Community College. Her responsibilities are finding out new projects, grants writing, and fund raising.

S M Shajedul Hasan
Hasan is an alumnus of BUET and currently pursuing PhD in Electrical Engineering at Virginia Tech. His area of expertise is in wireless communications. Currently he is working as “Public Relations Officer” of DP Virginia. His responsibilities are recruiting new members, arrange marketing events, and communicating with local donors.

You?
This could be you, if you want to make a real difference, if you want to make someone smile. Join the DP Virginia team! Email us at abhijitc@vt.edu for more information.