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                                                            The Governing Body The Governing Body of PKSF is responsible for executing the functions of the foundation. It provides necessary directions and determines the actions to attain its inherent goal. The Governing Body consists of 7 sitting members. Among them, the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) nominates the Chairman who cannot have the civil service background. The Governing Body in consultation with GoB appoints the Managing Director. Two persons having outstanding track records in alleviating poverty are nominated by the GoB. The General Body in the AGM directly selects the rest of the members. They must be non-GoB members and must have demonstrated notable performance in the development sector. As of December 2011, there are 7 members in the Governing Body including the Managing Director. Recently, PKSF reshuffled its Governing Body with the inclusion of three new members: Barrister Nihad Kabir, Mr. Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled and Dr. M. A. Quassem, while Dr. Iqbal Mahmud, Begum Tahrunnesa Abdullah and Dr. Nazmunnesa Mahtab retired from their positions. |
The Members of the Governing Body (Effective from 30th December 2011) |
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Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad,
A renowned economist, is currently the chairman of the foundation. He has been keenly promoting sustainable development in all its aspects. He is also currently the chairman of the governing council of Dhaka School of Economics. He is a former president of Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) and the founder chairman of Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad (BUP). He was president of the Kuala Lumpur-based Association of Development Research and Training Institutes of Asia and the Pacific (ADIPA) and was vice president of the Rome-based Society for International Development (SID). He received the Ekushey Padak awarded by the Government of Bangladesh in 2009. He was a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) team that won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. He has to his credit 34 books and over 200 learned articles published at home and abroad. | | Â |
2.Managing Director
Md. Abdul Karim
Mr. Md. Abdul Karim, currently the Managing Director of PKSF, was the former Principal Secretary to the Government of People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Earlier, Mr. Karim served as the Secretary in different ministries, namely Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock; Ministry of Commerce; Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Communication. Besides, he had been the Chairman of National Board of Revenue (NBR), Bangladesh and Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation. He also served as the Economic Counselor of Bangladesh Embassy in Belgium. He obtained his M.Sc. degree in Chemistry from Chittagong University in 1974. Later, he obtained Master of Social Science degree in Development Administration from the University of Birmingham, UK, in 1988. He was involved in many organizations apart from his duties in Government service. Presently, he is the President of Bangladesh Scouts and Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation.
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3. Member
Barrister Nihad Kabir is a well-established lawyer. A graduate from Cambridge University, she is involved with a number of local social development and non-governmental organizations. She worked as a Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila, the Philippines. She also served as a member of Law Reforming Commission in Bangladesh. | | Â |
4. Member
Dr. M. A. Quassem did his Ph.D. on Participatory Water Management from Barrington University of the USA in 2000. He has a long outstanding career in water resource management. He was appointed in many top-level positions related to water management. He was a Member of the Joint River Commission of the Government of Bangladesh. | | Â |
5.Member
Dr. Pratima Paul-Majumder is working as a Senior Research Fellow in Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS). She has a long and excellent research career and served as a consultant to numerous research projects conducted by various national and international organizations. | | Â |
6. Member
Mr. Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled is a banker by profession. He has recently been re-appointed as the Chairman of Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB). During his banking career, he served as Managing Director of different financial institutions, such as Pubali Bank, Sonali Bank, Agrani Bank and BKB. He was also the Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank and General Manager of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF). Mr Khaled has been associated with various professional and social organizations for a long time. | | Â |
7.Member
Professor A. K. M. Nurun Nabi, did his Ph.D. on Demography from University of Alberta, Canada in 1991. He is the founder Chairman of the Department of Population Sciences, University of Dhaka. He has excellent track record of working with different universities of Bangladesh including University of Dhaka for more than 20 years. |
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