Tanveer Ahmed Biography
Tanveer Ahmed is an Australian psychiatrist, journalist, and television host who was born in Bangladesh. Additionally, he worked as a journalist for SBS TV and frequently appeared on radio and television to discuss diversity and mental health issues.
How old is Tanveer Ahmed? – Age
He is 48 years old as of 25 August 2022. He was born in 1974 in Bangladesh.
Tanveer Ahmed Family – Education
In 1981, he and his parents immigrated to Australia and resided in Toongabbie, a suburb in Sydney’s west. He received a scholarship to Sydney Grammar School and afterwards transferred to the University of Sydney to pursue a career in medicine. He received his degree in 2000. Additionally, he once contributed to the university’s Honi Soit journal. In 2006–2007, he served as the national representative for training physicians for the Australian Medical Association.
Tanveer Ahmed Wife
Two daughters were born to him and his wife Alina.
Tanveer Ahmed Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $3 million.
Tanveer Ahmed Books
The book Fragile Nation: Vulnerability, Resilience and Victimhood, written by Connor Court and based on his views of Australian society as a psychiatrist, was released in December 2016. Ahmed started writing for the Australian edition of the politically conservative publication The Spectator in June 2016. He released the book “In Defence of Shame” through Connor Court in August 2020. An ABC podcast named the book one of the top books of 2020.
In the Canberra Times, reviewer David Ferrell stated that the book was a “titular defense of shame” that “identifies many of the psychical and social malaises of modernity.”
Tanveer Ahmed The Spectator
Amanda Meade highlighted that Carl Elliott’s piece A New Way To Be Mad from December 2000 in The Atlantic and Ahmed’s post-True Selves from The Spectator had “striking similarities” in her article for The Guardian’s Weekly Beast on media commentary.
A mention to Elliott’s essay was added to The Spectator’s article as a result of complaints. With consistent contributions to the Australian Financial Review starting in 2017 (1) and appearances on Channel Nine’s Sixty Minutes, ABC radio, and Sky News, Dr. Ahmed has re-established himself in the Liberal-Conversative mainstream.
Tanveer Ahmed Career
In addition to practicing medicine, Ahmed has worked as a journalist for SBS TV and has frequently spoken on radio and television on diversity and mental health issues. He frequently contributed to important publications, most often the Sydney Morning Herald.
In the game program National Bingo Night on the Seven Network in 2007, Ahmed took the role of the Bingo Commissioner. His autobiography, The Exotic Rissole, was released in 2011. Tory Shepherd awarded it a 2 1/2 star review in The Advertiser, and Michael Wilding of The Sydney Morning Herald called it “a gentle and genial memoir of the migrant experience.”
After being revealed to be a serial plagiarist, Ahmed’s contributions to the Sydney Morning Herald were halted. “Media Watch [has] identified six other articles by Tanveer Ahmed, including one written for the website Mamamia, which contain passages lifted from other sources,” reported the ABC program in September 2012.
After that, Ahmed started writing columns for The Australian, but after more instances of plagiarism were discovered, he was fired in 2015. Ahmed started working as a commentator for The Rebel Media in 2017. Ahmed was once more accused of plagiarism in July 2017.
Between 2006 to 2011, Ahmed served as an appointed member of the Advertising Standards Bureau board and backed the United Nations-designated International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. He was selected as one of 100 Australian future leaders under 40 to attend the Future Forum in 2006.
In August 2011, he was named to the Council for Multicultural Australia. His piece on domestic abuse sparked controversy in February 2015, which led to an investigation of his work as a “White Ribbon Ambassador” for the Australian White Ribbon Campaign. He received backlash for the opinions he voiced in the piece, which led to his suspension as a “White Ribbon Ambassador” and his termination from The Australian due to a plagiarism claim.