Since arriving from Bangladesh in 1998 Zubair has been
successful throughout his education in New Zealand. At high school,
he received many accolades and prizes in a number of subjects and
in his Yr 10 won the Halcrow Cup for Junior Endeavour. In addition
to his academic achievements Zubair played school cricket, chess
and captained the soccer team.
Zubair has been studying Engineering at The University of Auckland.
He speaks highly of his time as a Clear Communications Scholar
saying that he gained a lot of confidence from their belief in him.
Zubair attributes the self-belief that he built through the
scholarship programme to being able to speak with confidence at a
Microsoft Tech Ed event in Auckland in 2010.
Zubair completed his scholarship in 2004 and is scheduled to
graduate from University later in 2011. He loves his current job at
as an internal IT support for The University of Auckland.