Celebrate Bengali culture and people through storytelling, community building and discourse in order to further empower the diaspora.
Team Members
Noshin Khan
COO, Chief of Staff
Noshin Khan oversees operations at BoNY. As Chief of Staff, she helps coordinate and motivate all of BoNY's team members to produce the amazing content that it does. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Princeton University with a minor in Neuroscience. Noshin now attends Harvard University for her Master's degree in Architecture. She strongly believes that the art of storytelling can inspire and energize others in the Bengali-American community. Noshin hopes to empower women through her own work in male-dominated fields. On her free time, Noshin likes to sing, play guitar, watch rom coms, and try new food joints in the best city in the world.
Anika Hossain
Editor in Chief
Anika is a writer, editor and communications specialist. She oversees the editorial strategy of BoNY. As an advocate for social impact, Anika has contributed to nonprofits, government agencies and cultural institutions including TED Talks, Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC Department of Health and Intrepid Museum. She received her Bachelor's degree in Marketing from Baruch College with a minor in Communications. Anika is passionate about the arts and occasionally dabbles in poetry, spoken word and singing.
Kamrul Khan
Founder
Kamrul Khan started BoNY as a passion project to highlight the entrepreneurial journeys of Bengali Street Vendors in New York. Since then, BoNY has grown in to so much more. Kamrul hosts the weekly BoNY Podcast and tries to keep up with everything else BoNY has going on.