Tofazzel Hossain Manju is a renowned researcher, writer, and valiant freedom fighter. In 1985 Tofazzel Hossain complemented his master of social sciences (MSS) degree in economics from Dhaka University. With a brilliant academic result, Tofazzel joined the Bangladesh institute of development studies (BIDS) as a research officer.
He spent most of his time in research and social development work. He joined the great liberation war in 1971. As a development researcher he published many publication and those are political economy of shrimp culture in Bangladesh-1997, environment, gender and livelihood strategies of the southwest in Bangladesh-1998-99, an existing support system for the older people in Bangladesh-1996, older people and media: participatory exercise to assess the older peoples access to, changes and ownership over media in Bangladesh-August 2002, grassroots people election participation and expectation-1990.
Currently, Tofazzel Hossain is the elected chairperson of Rupantar NGO committed to social transformation by unlocking human potential.