Syed Tarique Uz Zaman

Syed Tarique-Uz-Zaman born in 1954 at the Barisal District town of Bangladesh though the family originally hailed from Chakhar, Banaripara, Barisal. He completed school from Barisal Zilla School, college from Barisal B.M. College and then did his BA (hons.) and MA from Dhaka University. After working for 8 years in a government company he got a government of India scholarship to undergo PhD research at Bombay (now Mumbai) university in 1987 and after completion in 1990 awarded the degree in 1992. Thereafter he worked in different government organizations including Planning Commission, Ministry of Textiles, and International NGO. After retirement in 2014 he has been working in different organizations including the Ministry of Finance (WB and ADB projects), Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (UNWOMEN project), World Bank, UNFPA, UNICEF, GK projects as Consultant. During students life he was involved in politics, Trade Union movement, in the freedom struggle of 1971 as a Guerrilla fighter. He is keen to read and write on subjects like economics, politics, freedom struggle of Bangladesh in 1971, travelogue etc., and is involved in different social work. At present lives in Dhaka, Bangladesh.