Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed joined IPRCC on December 1, 2009. He is a Fulbright Scholar, has 30 years of work experience in poverty alleviation, management, teaching, and institution building. He holds a Ph.D in Development Economics from Kharkov National University, Ukraine and an MA in Economics from Dhaka University, Bangladesh. He was also awarded a Master’s Degree in Management (MM) by the Asian Institute of Management, Philippines. He completed a 5-week Leadership Development Program at the Harvard Business School, Cambridge, USA. Dr. Ahmed can speak English, Russian fluently and presently learning the Chinese language.

He had worked with the world’s largest private development organization (NGO) BRAC in different capacities from 1979 to 2004. As a Deputy Executive Director of BRAC, he was responsible for Human Resource Development, Research, Training and Capacity Building, Health and Population, Rural Development, Monitoring and Audit, Finance, Logistics, Construction and also representing BRAC in national and international forums, to donors, governments and networks. Dr. Ahmed had served as the Pro-Vice Chancellor, BRAC University (BRACU) from 2005 to 2009. During these years, he was involved in leadership, policy making, and institution building of the newly founded university through heading the Initiative on Learning and Development. The Initiative on Learning and Development is a strategic think tank of the University, and he was involved as resource person and mentor in Faculty Development. He has implemented capacity development projects, internships, exchanges and Ph.D programs with universities of USA and Australia. Dr. Ahmed has varied teaching experiences on different topics in management and development.

He also taught policy advocacy and development at USA Colleges for a year in 2004 as a Fulbright Scholar.