Habibur Rahman (civil servant)
Habibur Rahman, also known as Md. Habibur Rahman,[1] is a Bangladeshi civil servant and Secretary of the Power Division of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources.[2][3] He is the chairperson of Bangladesh-China Renewable Energy Company (Pvt.) Limited.[4]
Early life
[edit]Rahman was born in Bangakha, Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila, Lakshmipur District.[5] Rahman has a applied physics bachelor's and master's from the University of Dhaka.[5] He completed a second master's from University of Birmingham in Economics development policy.[5]
Career
[edit]Rahman joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1991 as an administration cadre.[5] He was appointed an assistant commissioner in the Office of the Rajshahi Divisional Commissioner.[5] He served in the Office of the Natore District Deputy Commissioner till February 1993.[5] Rahman was posted in the Office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner for one year.[5]
From April 1994 to September 1996, Rahman served as the Assistant Commissioner of land in Habiganj Sadar Upazila.[5] From 1996 to 1998, Rahman worked at the Bureau of Anti-Corruption.[5] He then served in the Prime Ministers Office as an Assignment Officer till 2001 under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[5]
From January 2003 to September 2005, Rahman worked at Finance Division at the Ministry of Finance as a Senior Assistant Secretary.[5] From February 2006 to May 2007, he worked at the Ministry of Education.[5] He went to serve 15 years in the Ministry of Finance.[5] In 2017, he received the Public Administration Award.[5]
On 12 November 2020, Rahman was appointed Secretary of the Power Division of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources after being promoted to full secretary.[6] He was serving as the additional secretary at the finance division of the Ministry of Finance.[7][8] He replaced Dr Sultan Ahmed.[9] He spoke of building charging stations for electric vehicles.[10] He was later made Senior Secretary.[11]
References
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- ^ "Power Division's Swadhinata Purashkar handed over to PM". New Age. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
- ^ "MCCI holds workshop on installation of rooftop solar system". New Age. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
- ^ "BCRECL". www.bcrecl.org. Archived from the original on 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
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- ^ "Md Habibur Rahman promoted as secretary". The Business Standard. 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
- ^ "Habibur Rahman new power division secretary". UNB. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
- ^ "Md Habibur Rahman made new power division secretary". businesspostbd.com. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
- ^ "Habibur Rahman made new power secretary". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
- ^ "Establish charging station networks to ramp up EV adoption". The Daily Star. 2022-02-17. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
- ^ "WB delegation meets Nasrul, discusses power-energy issues". New Age. Retrieved 2022-09-22.