Salehuddin Ahmed (economist)

Ahmed was born in Mahuttuli, Old Dhaka and his family were originally from the village of Darisrirampur in Nabinagar Upazila, Brahmanbaria District. He graduated from Dhaka Collegiate School in 1963 and from Dhaka College in 1965. He completed his second masters and PhD from McMaster University in 1974 and 1978, respectively. ==Career==

Ahmed joined the University of Dhaka as a lecturer and later joined the Civil Service of Pakistan. Ahmed was the Managing Director of Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation from 1996 to 2005. Ahmed was the ninth governor of Bangladesh Bank. After the retirement of Fakhruddin Ahmed, he took the responsibility of Bangladesh Bank on 1 May 2005 and he took rest from his duty on 31 April 2009. As a Fulbright Scholar, he taught at Marlboro College in the State of Vermont in the United States for a year. In 2020, Ahmed was appointed an independent director of ASA International. He is one of the founders of the Centre for Advanced Research and Social Action, non-profit. He is a member of the general committee of the NGO Forum. He is an independent director of GrameenPhone. He is an advisor to Southeast University Journal of Arts and Social Sciences of Southeast University. == Personal life ==

Ahmed's daughter is also a faculty at North South University. His son was a faculty member at Black Hills State University and is currently a senior economist at the Virginia Department of Taxation. == Awards and Achievements ==

1. Awarded Nawab Sir Salimullah Foundation Gold Medal in 2006. 2. Distinguished Alumni Award from McMaster University, Ontario, Canada at the Convocation held in Hamilton in November 2006. 3. Mercantile Bank Award 2014 for Economics. ==References==