Salahuddin Ahmed is a Bangladeshi economist, civil servant, and a former governor of the Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank.[1][2] He is a professor of BRAC University.[3]
Salahuddin Ahmed | |
|---|---|
| সালেহউদ্দিন আহমেদ | |
| Bangladesh Bank Acting | |
| In office 1 May 2005 – 30 April 2009 | |
| President | Iajuddin Ahmed |
| Preceded by | Fakhruddin Ahmed |
| Succeeded by | Atiur Rahman |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Early life and education edit
Ahmed was born in Old Dhaka and his family were originally from Nabinagar Upazila, Brahmanbaria District.[4] He graduated from Dhaka Collegiate School in 1963.[4] Ahmed did his masters in 1969 in economics from the University of Dhaka.[5] He completed his second masters and PhD from McMaster University in 1974 and 1978 respectively.[5]
Career edit
Ahmed joined the University of Dhaka as a lecturer and later joined the Civil Service of Pakistan.[5] He was appointed the Assistant Commissioner of Dhaka District.[4] He served as the executive magistrate of Pirojpur District.[4] He worked at the National Foundation for Research on Human Resource Development which merged with Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies later.[4] He worked at the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific.[5]
Ahmed is a former Director General of Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development from 1993 to 1995.[5][4] Ahmed was the Director General of the NGO Affairs Bureau at the Prime Minister's Office.[6]
Ahmed was the Managing Director of Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation from 1996 to 2005.[5] In 1998, he joined BRAC as Deputy Executive Director.[7]
Ahmed was the ninth governor of Bangladesh Bank. After the retirement of Fakhruddin Ahmed he took the responsibility of Bangladesh Bank on 1 May 2005 and he took rest from his duty on 31 April 2009.[8][9] As a Fulbright Scholar, he taught at Marlboro College in the State of Vermont in the United States for a year.[7] In 2006, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award back from McMaster University.[4]
From 2009, Ahmed taught at North South University and University of Dhaka.[6] He was a professor of business at North South University from 2010 to 2014 and then joined BRAC University.[6] He is a trustee of Gono University.[10]
In 2020, Ahmed was appointed an independent director of ASA International.[11] He is one of the founders of Centre for Advanced Research and Social Action, non-profit.[12] He is a member of the general committee of the NGO Forum.[13] He is an independent director of GrameenPhone.[14] He is an advisor to Southeast University Journal of Arts and Social Sciences of Southeast University.[15]
Personal life edit
Ahmed's daughter is also a faculty at North South University and his son is a faculty at the South Dakota State University.[4]
References edit
- ^ "DR SALEHUDDIN AHMED, Professor, BRAC Business School, BRAC University and Former Governor of the Bangladesh Bank". ICE Business Times. 5 July 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Lessons from Sri Lanka on politics and economy". businesspostbd.com. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ Galib, Sohrab Hassan,Rafsan (29 May 2022). "Interest rates and dollar exchange rates must not be fixed". Prothomalo. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h Rahman, Akhlakur (15 September 2021). "IPDC Finance's Agraz: A chat with Dr Salehuddin Ahmed". The Daily Star. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "Governor". www.bb.org.bd. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ a b c "Salehuddin Ahmed, PhD". www.bracu.ac.bd. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Welcome | Syeda Anjuman Ara Girls' School". saags.edu.bd. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Bangladesh Bank". www.bb.org.bd. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Bangladesh Bank - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Board of Trustees – Gono Bishwabidyalay". Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "ASA International appoints Dr Salehuddin Ahmed to its Board as Independent Director". talent4boards.com. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "CARSA | Founder". carsa-bd.org. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Policy Formulating Structure". ngof.org. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Board of Directors | Grameenphone". www.grameenphone.com. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Southeast University Journal of Arts and Social Sciences". www.seu.edu.bd. Retrieved 25 October 2022.