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{{Infobox person
|image=Protiva Mutsuddi.jpg
|name=Pratibha Mutsuddi
|native_name=প্রতিভা মুত্সুদ্দি
|native_name_lang = bn
|nationality=Bangladeshi
|alma_mater=[[Chittagong College]]<br/>[[University of Dhaka]]
|awards=[[Ekushey Padak]]
}}

'''Pratibha''' (or '''Protiva''') '''Mutsuddi''' (born December 16, 1935) is a Bangladeshi academic and language activist.<ref name="Star">{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/in-focus/quiet-courage-1370599|title=A Quiet Courage|author=Md. Golam Kibria|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=March 4, 2017|access-date=November 10, 2022}}</ref> She participated in the [[Bengali Language Movement]] in 1952.<ref name=story>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2010/02/04/special_feature.htm|title=His-story vs Her-story|date=February 26, 2010|access-date=June 13, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star|author=Audity Falguni}}</ref> She served as the director and principal of [[Kumudini Welfare Trust]], a welfare foundation founded by [[Ranadaprasad Saha]] in 1947.<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |chapter=Kumudini Welfare Trust|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Kumudini_Welfare_Trust |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last= Akhter |editor2-first=Nasrin|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> 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 a 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]],<ref name="Star"/> passing the intermediate examination in 1953.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ittefaq.com.bd/national/2016/02/11/55000.html|script-title=bn:আমাদের জেগে ওঠার দিন|date=February 11, 2016|access-date=June 13, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Ittefaq |language=bn}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Star"/>

==Language activism==
Following the [[Partition of India]] in 1947, she became concerned about the status of the [[Bengali language]] in [[East Pakistan]], and joined the campaign to have it recognised as an official language, which in 1952 was successful. As head of Cox's Bazar Girls' High school, she came into conflict with vested interests and resigned in protest.<ref name="Star"/> In her new position at Joydevpur Govt. Girls' High School, she continued to face difficulties from bureaucracy and in 1963 she became an economics lecturer at [[Bharateswari Homes]]. [[R. P. Shaha]], the founder of the institution, promoted her to manager and finally to Principal. She also became an administrator at Kumuduni Welfare Trust, in which she continued to be involved after her retirement from teaching. In 2011, she was guest of honour at an event to recognise women's contributions to Dhaka University.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-171360|title=Three Academics Honoured|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=January 25, 2011|access-date=November 10, 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.theindependentbd.com/home/printnews/28743 |title=27 veterans to be honoured |newspaper= The Independent |location= Dhaka |date= January 1, 2016 |access-date=November 10, 2022}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (2002)
* Bangladesh Buddhist Women's Federation Award (2013)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/6-buddhist-women-awarded|title=6 Buddhist women awarded|date=June 15, 2013|access-date=June 13, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref>
* [[Sufia Kamal]] Award (2015)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/eight-women-get-sufia-kamal-award-100525|title=Eight women get Sufia Kamal Award|date=June 21, 2015|access-date=June 13, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref>
* Amin Jewelers Award (2016)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bd-pratidin.com/city/2016/01/03/118639|script-title=bn:সম্মাননা পেলেন ২৭ গুণীজন|access-date=June 13, 2016|date=January 3, 2016|newspaper=Bangladesh Pratidin |language=bn}}</ref>

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[[Category:Bangladeshi educators]]
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[[Category:University of Dhaka alumni]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]
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