Badrul Alam (1929 – 10 December 1980) was a Bangladeshi language activist, physician and medical academic.
Alam applied for a job at Dhaka Medical College after passing MBBS but was unsuccessful, as there was no vacancy.
Later, he quit the job and joined a medical college of Peshawar as a lecturer of anatomy department in 1957.
[5] Alam joined Sir Salimullah Medical College as an assistant professor after passing Pakistan Civil Service examination in 1970.
[5] After his death he was conferred with Ekushey Padak posthumously in 2014 for his contribution to the Language Movement.