The Government has reappointed renowned Economist Dr. Zaid Bakht as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Agrani Bank Limited for the next three years.
Financial Institution Division of the Ministry of Finance issued a letter in this regard on December 7. This is the 3rd consecutive term for the Economics Scholar as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Agrani Bank Limited.
Dr. Zaid Bakht is a renowned development economist and has vast experience in designing, conducting, and guiding research projects in the field of development economics with focus on trade, industry, private sector, SME development, macroeconomic management and physical infrastructure related issues. Dr. Bakht also has experience in national level policy formulation in the field of Industrial Policy, National Income Accounting Practices, Development Planning and Public Expenditure.
Dr. Zaid Bakht started his research career as a staff economist with the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies(BIDS) in 1971. Prior to his retirement as the Research Director from BIDS in 2014, he served the institute in different capacities. As a veteran economist, Dr. Bakht has numerous international publication. In his illustrious research career, Dr. Bakht led many research projects of GOB and different world organizations like World Bank, ILO, ADB, ESCAP, EU, FAO, UNCTAD and Japan Bank for International Cooperation.
He undertook several collaborative research projects with foreign institutions like London School of Economics, University of Sussex, Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, Japan.
Dr. Zaid Bakht also edited several volumes of “The Journal of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies.’’
Dr. Zaid Bakht has successfully performed many international assignments. He was the Member, Peer Review Committee on Regional Study Proposal for UNESCO’s Small Grant Program on Poverty Eradication, New Delhi in 2005 Member, Government of Bangladesh Delegation to UNCTAD Inter-Governmental Preparatory Committee Meeting on Third UN Conference on LDC, New York, July 2000. Member, Government of Bangladesh Delegation to UNCTAD Expert Group Meeting on “Trade in the Agricultural Sector,” Geneva, April 1999. Visiting Fellow, Department of Economics, Strathclyde University, Glasgow,1997.
Consultant, ESCAP, Report on Promoting Competitiveness of Public Sector Industries in Asian and the Pacific Region,1992. Member, Sector Review Mission on Rural Non-farm Employment in Sri Lanka, ILO,1991.
At national level, Dr. Zaid Bakht was a director of Sonali Bank Limited, syndicate member of Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet.
He was also a member of the Panel of Economists for the formulation of the Sixth Five Year Plan(2010), member of Public Expenditure Review Commission(2002), member of the Committee for Review of National Income Accounts (Ministry of Planning), member of the Advisory Committee for the Securities & Exchange Commission (2001) and member of National Committee on the Formulation of Industrial Policy-1998.
