A. Majeed Khan

A. Majid Khan (1 July 1929 – 26 April 2023) was a Bangladeshi educationist. He worked as a visiting professor and senior Fulbright fellow at Hamline University, and served as a resident fellow in the Department of Rural Sociology at the University of Wisconsin. He also taught at various universities in the Netherlands, Sweden, and Jordan. Dr. Khan served as Bangladesh's ambassador to France, Spain, and Morocco, as well as the permanent representative of Bangladesh to UNESCO. The Majid Khan Education Commission was formed in his name in 1983, but was suspended following student protests.

Early life Khan was born on 1 July 1929 in Faridpur in the then British India. He earned the Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Hamline University in Minnesota.

Career Khan served as a senior Fulbright fellow at Hamline University and a resident fellow in the Department of Rural Sociology at the University of Wisconsin. He was a faculty member at the universities in the Netherlands, Sweden and Jordan.