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Curriculum Vitae of A F M Sarwar Kamal Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Bd. Govt.

 

Name	:	A F M SARWAR KAMAL
Father's Name	:	M. A. Wahhab
Permanent Address	:	Vill: Kachua, Thana: Mirsarai DIST.-Chittagong-4321.
Date of Birth	:	6th January, 1948
Present Designation and Place of Position	:	Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Bangladesh Govt.
Nationality	:	Bangladeshi by Birth
Education	:	B.Com (Hons) in Commerce, 1967 M.Com. in Accounting, 1968 from the University of Dhaka
Training	:	i) Overseas Course on International Accounting and Postal Development from Postal Management College, Rugby UK (July – December, 1976). ii) Advanced Course on Administration and Development at the National Institute of Public Administration, Dhaka in 1979 (September ‘79– February1980). iii) Computer Course on Systems Design and /management Information from Bangladesh Computer Council (December 1992– March 1993). Also done courses on Database Management and /lotus 1-2-3. iv) Obtain higher Diploma in French (30 months course in 1948-85) from the Alliance Francaise, Dhaka.
Particulars of Services	:	i) Lecturer in Accounting at New Model Degree College, Dhaka 1968-69 (September 1968 – April 1969). ii) Junior Covenanted Officer at Duncan Brothers (Pakistan) Ltd. in 1969-70 (April ’69 – 1970). iii) Senior positions in Postal Master General (1972-82)    – Additional Post Master General (1977-80)    – Acting Post Master General (1977-80)    – Director (1981-82) iv) Joined Senior Services Pool and posted as Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Information (November 1982 – July 1986). v) Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Division (August 1986 – January 1992) vi) Joint Secretary, Cabinet Division (February 1992 – September 1993) vii) Joint Secretary, Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Finance (October 1993 – June 1994) viii) Economic Minister, Tokyo, Japan (July 2001 – October 2001)    – Additional Secretary, ERD (March 2001 – July 2001)    – Chairman, BJMC (August 2001 – October 2001)
Other Positions held as Govt. Nominee	:	i) Member, Board of Directors, Hotels International Ltd. (Sonargaon Hotel) (November 1993 – June 1994) ii) Member, Board of Directors, SABINCO (Saudi-Bangladesh Agricultural and Industrial Investment Co. Ltd.) (November 1993 –June 1994) iii) Chairman, Board of Directors, Gazi Fish Culture Ltd., Tongi, Dhaka. Mita Textiles Ltd., Dhaka (January 1994 – June 1994) iv) Member-Secretary, Bangladesh-IDB Islamic Solidarity Educational Waqf (January 1994 – June 1994) iv) President, Rayer Bazar Govt. Employees Community and Welfare Centre, Dhaka (July 1991 – June 1994) iv) Member, Privatization Board since November 2001.
Activities in Social Welfare & Professional Societies	:	i) Founder General Secretary, Chittagong Govt. Commerce College Alumni Association from 1987-1993 and President of the same Organization from January 1994 – June 1994. ii) Founder Member, Governing Body of Dhaka Commerce College from July 1989 – June 1994 and July 2001 And June 2002. iii) Chairman, Governing Body of Dhaka Commerce College since July 2002. iv) Vice-Chairman, Council for International Jute Study Group (IJSG) since April 2002
International Seminars/ Meetings Attended	:	i) General meeting of the Islamic States Broadcasting Union held in Jeddah from 4-9 July, 1986. ii) Commonwealth Senior Officials meeting held in Dhaka from 3-5 December 1986. iii) IDB Seminar on Strengthening of Focal Points of Technical Cooperation held in Karachi from 21-26 November 1993. iv) OIC meeting of the Focal Points of Technical Cooperation held in Istanbul from 25-29 May, 1994. v) International Conference on “Administrative and Financial Accountability in Public Service” held in Dhaka from 6-8 December 1993 organized by Asia Pacific Development Center (APDC), Kuala Lumpur. vi) Attended the Environmental Congress for Committee on Parties (COP 3) held in Kyoto, Japan as member of Bangladesh delegation in 1997. vii) Attended G-8 Foreign Ministers Conference in Miyazaki, Japan in 1998 as member of Bangladesh delegation. viii) Participated in many other Conferences, Seminars, Workshops in Japan arranged by Asian Development Bank, World Bank, International Finance Corporation, UN Statistical Institute of Asia & the Pacific, UN University, UNICEF, FAO and UNESCO between 1995-2001.