Atiur Rahman

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Atiur Rahman is a Bangladeshi economist and a former director of the state-owned Sonali Bank,^[1] the largest in Bangladesh.^[2] In 2001, he became Chairman of the Board of Directors of Janata Bank,^[1] the second-largest in the country.^[3] He is also a Senior Research Fellow of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies.^[4]

His schooling was at Mirzapur Cadet College, which was followed by graduation and postgraduation in economics from Dhaka University and a Ph.D from SOAS in London. He has since played a major role in the much publicised microcredit revolution in Bangladesh, serving in Mohammed Yunus' National Task Force on Poverty Eradication and as Chairman of the Janata Bank, Bangladesh's second largest bank, and on the Board of Sonali Bank, Bangladesh's largest. He has worked for a long time in BIDS (Bangladesh Institute for Development Studies) and is now also the chairman of the nonprofit research institute Unnayan Shamunnay.

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b "Atiur Rahman new Chairman of Janata Bank", The Independent, 2000-07-02. Retrieved on 2007-07-14. "Dr Atiur Rahman recently taken over as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Janata Bank ... . A distinguished economist Dr Atiur Rahman was a director of Sonali Bank prior to this assignment."
^ Overview of the Bank. Sonali Bank (2005). Retrieved on 2007-07-14. “Sonali Bank, the largest & leading commercial bank of the country ...”
^ Overview of the Bank. Janata Bank. Retrieved on 2007-07-14. “Janata Bank, the second largest commercial bank in Bangladesh ...”
^ "Local budget for health, education proposed", The Independent, 2003-10-15. Retrieved on 2007-07-14. "Senior Research Fellow of BIDS Dr Atiur Rahman ..."