Biographies of the Commissioners |
Mr. Mohammad Iqbal |
Mohammad Iqbal joined Bangladesh Civil Service (Administration) Cadre in January 1986. Since then he has been working in various capacities both in and out of Government. His work includes assignments in staff, command and instruction spreading over a number of geographical locations including Chittagong Hill Tracts. Areas of work experience covers Secretariat and field administration, Narcotics Control, Urban Primary Health Care, Female Secondary Education, Child protection, Old Age protection, Disability, Voluntary Organization, Local Government Institutions, Border management and Modernization of Land Administration and Strengthening Electoral Process in Bangladesh. He did his LL.M with LL.B with Hon’s from University of Dhaka in 1979 and also Graduate Certificate in Applied Sciences (IT) from the Charles Stuart University, Australia in 1998. He joined NIPORT in November 2013 as Director General and prior to that, he was Director General of Department of Narcotic Control and a host of organization and projects in and out of government. The Organization includes Ministries of Public Administration, Social Welfare, Housing and Public Works and Department of Land Records and Surveys. Besides he worked as: (i) Deputy Program Director on lien at EU funded PROMOTE Project; (ii) as Project Implementation Specialist on lien in UNDP Funded Strengthening Electoral Process project; and (iii) as National Project Director in Second Urban Primary Health Care Project. |