Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Developement (BIID): Management

Dr. M Asaduzzaman
Chairman

Dr. M. Asaduzzaman joined the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, the precursor of the BIDS, in 1969 as Staff Economist. He holds his current post since end 1997. Key capabilities of Dr. M. Asaduzzaman encompass several areas of professional and institutional activities. He has been educated in the London School of Economics and the University of Sussex, England. He has a research experience in various fields. Generally they fall in the area of agriculture, natural resource management and rural development. Within this broad area, his past research includes one of the first rigorous studies on technological change in agriculture (Ph.D. thesis), institutional and management issues in rural infrastructure development (one of the first rigorous such analysis of WFP-aided programs anywhere in the world), environmental issues such as coastal environmental management, climate change, comprehensive evaluation of water resource development, comparative evaluation of poverty eradication programs under alternative institutional frameworks, critical review of long-term historical record of growth performance of Bangladesh agriculture, energy modeling, particularly related to climate change issues, local level planning, local government resource mobilization, construction of I-O model for Bangladesh and agriculture trade and globalization and modeling of free trade arrangements.

Dr. Asaduzzaman’s current research interests include modeling of Bangladesh trade under WTO and free trade rules, rural energy, energy development and its governance with particular reference to the power sector, and private investment in schooling.

Dr. Asaduzzaman has served in various national and international committees including the high powered committee on WTO matters under the Ministry of Commerce, and also as Chair and earlier member of the Consultative Group of Experts for the Non-Annex 1 countries of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Dr. Asaduzzaman is also serving as the Research Director of The Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) or Bangladesh Unnayan Gabeshona Protishthan is a multi-disciplinary organization which conducts policy oriented research on development issues mainly in the context of Bangladesh.

Md Shahid Uddin Akbar
Chief Executive Officer

Md Shahid Uddin Akbar is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID), a private sector initiative to promote the use of ICT as a tool for development. BIID covers research and development on telecentres, e-Governance, capacity building and content development.

Md Shahid Uddin Akbar, born on August 4, 1970 at Chittagong, Bangladesh completed his Masters in Finance and Banking, Mr. Akbar joined a private commercial bank and served as Credit Officer for 8 eight years.

During working in Bank, Mr. Akbar volunteered in various ICT4D initiatives. In 2000, Mr. Akbar established a voluntary organization titled ICT for Development Program Bangladesh (ICTDP’B) to bring the benefits of ICT in the rural areas. He contributed in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) at national and international level.

Mr. Akbar worked as ICT Consultant in SwissContact/Katalyst, Bangladesh from July 2004 to June 2008. Katalyst, a multi donor funded project promoting competitiveness of small and medium enterprises and addressing the ‘information failure’ of rural areas. Katalyst is implementing ICT4D projects to bridge the gap with special focus to farmer, rural business and livelihood as a whole. Under this project, new business model for establishing Telecenter (Rural ICT Center) in rural areas has been developed to serve the rural communities in a sustainable and commercially viable model.

Mr. Akbar is also serving as a Member of the Executive Committee of Bangladesh Telecentre Network (BTN), a coalition of telecentre practitioners in Bangladesh. He also involved with Junior Chamber International, Internet Society and Diplo Foundation activities.

Parvez Md. Asheque
Program Manager

Completed Masters of Commerce (M.Com) in Finance from Dhaka University in 1992. Since 1993, worked in the private sector across a variety of markets that include travel trade, RMG, greetings and gifts and media. In 2003, entered the development sector as Business Consultant of KATALYST Bangladesh to support business growth and competitiveness of small medium enterprises. Since 2006, started lecturing at a couple of private universities as part-time lecturer while continued consulting at development projects. Primary focus as a professional is communication and market development.

Shibly Sadiq
Program Coordinator

Shibly Sadiq was born on 13th September, 1982 at Dhaka. He has completed Masters in Development Studies from North South University in Summer 2008. He has accomplished his Bachelor of Business Administration from the same University in the year 2005. He has work experience of Banglalink, Ericsson and part time job experience of Novartis, UNDP and CBDS. In July 2008 he has joined BIID (Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development) as Program Coordinator (Field). Currently he is involved with various activation plans of different projects carried on by BIID. Beside this, he is also involved in maintaining and coordinating other internal office activities as well.

Shariful Islam, Program Officer (Communication)

Shariful Islam has a Bachelor’s of Science in Economics from the Dept. of Business and Economics at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, and is currently enrolled in the Master’s of Development Studies program at North South University. He joined Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development for May 10, 2009 as Program Officer, Communications.