Secretary's Profile

1.         Name                          :           Mahbub Ahmed
                                                           Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Sports

2.         Father                         :           Late Shamsuddin Ahmed

3.         Mother                        :            Late Jamila Ahmed

4.         Date of Birth               :            December 30, 1956

5.         BCS                            :            1982 Regular Batch

6.         Cadre                         :            Taxation

7.         Home District             :            Manikganj, Bangladesh

8.         Dhaka Residence       :            Apt # 301, House #. 4,  Road # 36, Gulshan-2, Dhaka
                                                           Phone: 88-02-7167053

9.         Academic Qualification :

            BSS (Hons), MSS in Economics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

10.       Professional Fellowship:

           HHHF under Fulbright Program in USA, 1992-93 (Completed yearlong Hubert Humphrey Fellowship          
          Program in Finance and Development Economics at the American University, Washington DC, USA funded
          by the Fulbright Program of USA Government.)

11.       BCS Examination:

          Secured 6^th position in the combined merit list of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) Examination, 1982
          (Regular Batch) and First position in Taxation Cadre.

12.      Professional Development:

           Received Professional Training in the following Institutions/organizations:

• Cornell University, USA
• University of London, London, UK
• Manchester University, Manchester, UK (Under MATT2, 2nd round)
• Singapore Civil Service College, Singapore (Under MATT2, 1st round)
• International Monetary Fund, Singapore and Washington DC, USA
• The World Bank, Washington DC, USA
• UNESCO, Paris, France
• Civil Officers Training Centre (COTA), Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC), Bangladesh
• Taxation Training Academy, Department of Taxes, Bangladesh

13. Previously posted in the following offices:

• Finance Division, Ministry of Finance
• Ministry of Primary & Mass Education
• Cabinet Division
• Ministry of Finance and Planning
• NBR
• Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB)
• Department of Taxes.

14. Also served as director of Board of the following organization

• Bangladesh Shilpa Bank
• Basic Bank
• Jiban Bima Corporation
• Electricity Generation Company (EGCB)
• Electrification Board (REB)
• HYSAW

15. Publications:

Author and co-author of 18 academic articles and mimeographs of which two have been published in international journals. One book on his experience as Hubert Humphrey fellow was published in 1996 by the University Press Limited (UPL), Dhaka.