Hasna Jasimuddin Moudud

Hasna Jasimuddin Moudud is a Bangladeshi writer, environmentalist and a retired politician who served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Noakhali-5 constituency in the 3rd and 4th parliament during 1986–1990.

Family Hasna was born to poet Jasimuddin (1903–1976) and Begum Mamtaz Jasimuddin (d. 2006). Her siblings include Jamal Anwar, Firoz Anwar, Khurshid Anwar and Asma Elahi. Her second son, Aman Momtaj Moudud, died of dengue fever in 2015.

Education Moudud completed her bachelor's from the University of Dhaka in 1965 and master's from the University of Dayton in 1969.

Career Moudud was elected as the chairperson of 2015-2016 Bangladesh National Committee of International Union for Conservation of Nature members. She is currently a Mittal Institute Research Affiliate and a former Senior Fellow at the Harvard University Asia Center.

Awards Anannya Top Ten Award (2004)