Career
He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2007 by the Government of Bangladesh. Beg received photographic training at the Technical Training Centre of the Pakistan Air Force in Karachi (1949). United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization training on microfilming in Karachi (1957).
British government training on document reproduction at Hatfield College of Technology in United Kingdom (1968).
Kodak Colour Film course at Kodak Photographic School at Harrow in London (1968). Diploma in photography from the British Institute of Reprographic Technology (1976).
A training course for information centre managers organised by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Government of India in New Delhi (1980). Beg played a pioneering role in the modern art of photography movement in Bangladesh, setting up of the first photographic training centre known as Begart Institute of Photography (1960) and Bangladesh Photographic Society (1976) in Dhaka, of which he was the founding principal and former president
He was well known for organising photographers and photographic activities in a place that had practically no recent history of institutional or professional photography.
He was honored with a title Aalokchitracharjo (The Chancellor of Photography) by BPS on behalf of Bangladeshi photographers community. He is considered as the Father of Fine Art Photography Movements in Bangladesh. Aalokchitracharjo (The Chancellor of Photography) Manzoor Alam Beg has been awarded the most prestigious Ekushey Podak given by Bangladesh government in 2007 besides 200 more national and international awards and honors.
Beg served in following organizations.
United States Information Services (United States Information Service), Dhaka 1955 - 1957. PANSDOC National Documentation Centre, Karachi 1957 - 1960.
Bangladesh National Scientific and Technical Documentation Centre BANSDOC Dhaka 1963 - 1988.