Protiva Mutsuddi

Pratibha Mutsuddi (born 16 December 1935) She participated in the Bengali language movement in 1952. She served as the director and principal of Kumudini Welfare Trust, a welfare foundation founded by Ranadaprasad Saha in 1947. She was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2002 by the Government of Bangladesh for her contribution to education.

Early life and education She was born in Mohamuni Pahartali village in Chittagong, British India, the daughter of lawyer Kiron Bikash Mutsuddy and his wife Shaila Bala Mutsuddy; she was one of nine children. Mutsuddi studied at Mahamuni Anglo Pali Institution. Having received her early education in local schools, she went on to Dr. Khastagir Government Girls' School, Chittagong, where she passed the matriculation examination in 1951 progressing to Chittagong College, where she began studying for a degree in Economics, In 1957 she graduated with a B.A. from Dhaka University, where she became an elected official of the students' union, and obtained a master's degree in economics from the same university two years later. She completed her education by attending Mymensingh Teachers' Training College and obtaining a B.Ed. degree in 1960. In 2016, she was one of 27 prominent Bangladeshi citizens to receive a special award from Amin Jewellers on the occasion of the company's golden anniversary.

Awards Ekushey Padak (2002) Bangladesh Buddhist Women's Federation Award (2013) Sufia Kamal Award (2015) Amin Jewelers Award (2016)