Sirajul Islam is the chairman of the Board of Editors of "Banglapedia", and the editor of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. A professor of history at the University of Dhaka, the oldest and largest university in Bangladesh, Islam gave up his day job five years before the formal date for retirement, to make time for "Banglapedia". He also edited the 3 volumes of the "History of Bangladesh" (political, economic and socio-cultural), published by the Asiatic Society In 1991. He is now working on the "Children's Banglapedia" and the "Cultural Survey of Bangladesh", and is also in charge of the "National Online Biography" project of the Society and the Banglapedia Trust.