Born in Bangladesh, Rahat Ali completed 12 years Primary (Secondary School Certificate) and Secondary ( Higher Secondary Certificate) education with good marks in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics and English from a small city, Mymensingh and gained his first degrees in Bachelor of Pharmacy with an Honours degree and Master of Pharmacy degree in Clinical Pharmacy from the University of Dhak
a, Bangladesh and therefore registered as a Licensed Pharmacist in Pharmacy Council of Bangladesh. He worked a few years as an Industrial Pharmacist especially in Production, Formulation, Drugs’ Design, Quality Control and Assurance, Regulatory Affairs department before he got the job opportunity to work in Saudi Arabia as a Community Pharmacist in 2000. So, he moved there and had to learn Arabic language before he started practising as a Licensed Pharmacist. After migrating to the UK, he started working in Pharmacy sectors. He had strong desire to study more, but studying in the UK is very expensive. So, he waited until he got his British nationality in 2011, when the British Government helped him funding to complete a Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) from the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE), University of Manchester, later he started working again for NHS. In the meantime, he applied to work for the British Armed Forces in the Medical Corps, and, thereafter he was selected and trained locally before he was posted in overseas positions in Germany and The Falkland Islands. After the successful completions of the contracted jobs, he came back to the UK. As a part of continuous studies, Rahat Ali completed MBA in Healthcare Management from the Anglia Ruskin University in 2020. While studying in the Anglia Ruskin University, he applied for his PhD program and luckily was accepted as a potential PhD student. At the moment he’s searching a suitable Supervisor to start his Phd program as soon as possible. Rahat Ali had a good number of trainings in Pharmacy and Healthcare sectors. In 2020, when pandemic stroke worldwide his working hours were reduced and he joined as an ESL teacher for an American English learning platform called Hallo, having head office in Utah, USA. He started teaching English as a second language globally. His expertises are English grammar, IELTS coaching, Communication Skills, Academic writing and reading. The platform Hallo has 1.3M members from more than 170 countries and because of everyone’s support, love and cooperation Rahat Ali has 166K followers, which is the second ranking among the all native and non native teachers. Being a Non Native teacher, Rahat Ali believes that hard work, perseverance, consistency, integrity, well plan, professionalism can bring success undoubtedly. On the Hallo app, Rahat Ali started his exclusive Podcasts of interview concepts with Native and Non teachers, which made him a very popular and motivational figure. As an additional Teaching program, he completed a 120 hours TEFL program from the UK. In the UK, he worked in different environments including Pharma industry, Special Formulation, Aseptic compounding unit, NHS Hospitals, Private Hospitals, nationwide Prison Pharmacy, Clinical Trials, Homecare services, Eye Hospitals, Smoking Cessations programs, Drugs Rehabilitation Centre, Drugs Misuse Team, Clinical Pharmacological Team and Medicines Evaluation Team, Medicines Management Team, HIV Clinic, Cancer Clinic, Retail and Community pharmacies. Rahat Ali can speak in 6 different languages including Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Arabic, German, and English. In his musical career, he started playing guitar from Bangladesh.
1989-1991: Learnt Guitar in Dhaka, Bangladesh for 2 years, then started playing commercially both Rhythm and Bass Guitar since 1991.
1991: Joined in a Bangla Band in Dhaka, named Squeakers and first album released in Bengali, Started commercial shows in local TV, Radio, stages on an average 2/3 weekly. Then playing with solo and bands as Session Guitarist.
1992: Joined in a Local English Band, named Gods Command, where the band’s second album published in both Bengali and English language. This band was ranked one of the best 5 bands in the country and a controversial band because of their names and songs. In the year 2000, he moved to Saudi Arabia for his job and learnt Arabic and Hindi Tunes apart from doing our own community programs.
2004: Moved to UK and started playing in different Bands as a Session Guitarist. So, he played with different people in different languages. He played with Bengali, Hindi, Arabic, British, Spanish, African, American bands etc. Played in many Local TVs and Radio stations,
Rahat Ali developed his playing skill and technique as a versatile way so that I can cope with any music. So, I am an Asian Session/professional commercial Bass/Rhythm Guitarist . So far, apart from performing in England, I performed in quite a few countries including Bangladesh, Singapore, UAE, Pakistan, Middle East, France, Italy, Holland, Germany, Falkland Islands etc. My music influences are versatile as well, but mostly the musics of Sepultura, Iron Maiden, Manowar, DIO, Metallica, Megadeath, Led Zeppelin, Alterbridge, Bon Jovi, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Dire Straits, Scorpions, Guns and Roses, RHCP etc. Rahat Ali performed in presence of 55K audience in an open air concert which made him a known person in musical arena.
