Dr. Debproshad Dawn, former chairman of the Department of Music, University of Dhaka, is currently working as an Associate Professor in the same department.

He earned his Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Music from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He completed his PhD on “Folk Music of Jashore District” and this work has caught interests from different national and international research organizations.

Dr. Dawn has authored 14 books on notation of music and done researches in the sector of History of Bengali Folk Music, Musical work of mystic musical personalities in Bengal, and Aesthetics. Dr. Debproshad Dawn is a regular artist of Bangladesh Television and Bangladesh Betar (Radio).