Chowdhury Kibria, Member, Board of Directors

Chowdhury Kibria

Member, Board of Directors

Jamuna Bank Capital Management Limited

Location
Bangladesh
Education
Diploma, Population Sciences
Experience
30 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :30 years, 6 Months

Member, Board of Directors at Jamuna Bank Capital Management Limited
  • Bangladesh
  • My current job since August 2011

From August 2011
Employer Jamuna Bank Capital Management Limited

Position Member, Board of Directors
Description of Duties Review, advise and approve proposals to-

Create and implement of programs at work that
connect employees with business goals.

Identify and improve core business processes.
Identify and evaluate business initiatives to ascertain appropriate programs that meet
company goals.

Develop methods for data file formatting, data
analysis methodologies and management
reporting.

Set benchmarks and performance targets.
Identify specific work situations requiring
employees to better understand changes in policies, procedures, regulations, and
technologies.

Develop methods of measuring if performance
management aligns with organizational goals.

Diagnose potential organizational problem areas.


21. Computer Skills:
MS-Office including MS-ACCESS database and Frontpage, Visual Foxpro, SPSS/PC, LISREL,
AMOS, and many other utility and internet tools.


22. Countries Visited:
Abu Dhabi, Dubai, India, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and USA


23. Academic Publications:

Contributed to the following publications:

Associate Professor at Institute of Business Administration at IBA, Jahangirnagar University
  • Bangladesh
  • My current job since August 2006

Teaching courses and supervising research projects at BBA, MBA and M.Phil. program with concentration in Management and Marketing. Besides, plays active role in educational administration as a member of the central policy and decision making committee.

Reporting Quality Assurance Consultant
  • December 2011 to November 2012

From December 2011 to November 2012
Employer ADSL, Bangladesh for IFC, Bangladesh Funded
Project
Position Held Reporting Quality Assurance Consultant
Description of Duties Oversees quality control of monitoring and evaluation researches that are undertaken each
quarter for the ongoing project Business
Investment Climate Fund. Provides input to measurement, design, analysis and reporting of
M&E research activities. This job entailed
conducting an independent evaluation of training
program conducted by IFC for government
officers of Bangladesh. Advanced statistical
techniques as well as qualitative techniques were
used to conduct and complete the evaluation
research.

Chief Consultant at SLOP-Bangladesh
  • February 2012 to March 2012

From February 2012 to March 2012
Employer SLOP-Bangladesh
Position Held Chief Consultant
Description of Duties Design and implement mid-term evaluation of activities of SLOP Bangladesh. Responsibilities
included research design, training, research
instrument design, data analysis and report
writing. This was an extensive evaluation
research for a social uplift program based on agricultural and microcredit interventions to
improve supply chain efficiency in the concerned
area. The research compared the current position of the beneficiaries against their baseline position
using advanced statistical techniques and used
focus group discussions and case studies in order to generate insights into role of the
agricultural interventions in improving their
lifestyle focusing on cause and effect analysis.

Consultant at Research and Computing Services Private
  • January 2009 to December 2010

From January 2009 to December 2010
Employer Research and Computing Services Private
Limited, Bangladesh for their projects with
HRC Group of Companies and BEXIMCO
Position Consultant
Description of Duties Feasibility Studies for Steel Re-rolling mill in
Bangladesh conducted for BEXIMCO. Scope of studies included operational, financial and marketing feasibility analysis.

Feasibility studies for HRC Syndicate for evaluating business prospects for setting up
container transport services in Bangladesh.


19. Selected Market Research Related Experience

Consultant at The City Bank Bangladesh Limited
  • January 2006 to July 2006

From January 2006 To July 2006
Employer The City Bank Bangladesh Limited, Bangladesh
Position Held Consultant
Description of Duties Developed a computerized program for comprehensive
reporting of credit information for top management. The
computerized system was aimed at helping top management for monitoring disbursements and collections of credits issued by the bank.

Consultant at KPMG Rahman Rahman Huq, Bangladesh
  • January 1997 to December 2004

From January 1997 to December 2004
Employer: KPMG Rahman Rahman Huq, Bangladesh
Position Held: Consultant
Description of Duties: Worked in the following projects as an
Information Systems Consultant and team
member.

Special Portfolio Audit of The City Bank
Limited, 2004
Provided IT support from design of data collection to data analysis including entry and checking of computerization of portfolio data.

Special Portfolio Audit of Agrani Bank, 2003- 04
Provided IT support from design of data collection to data analysis including entry and checking of computerization of portfolio data.
Y2k Preparedness Audit of The New Zealand

Consultant at CARE International, Bangladesh
  • January 1999 to August 1999

From January 1999 to August 1999
Employer CARE International, Bangladesh
Position Held Consultant
Description of Duties Developed the Project Monitoring System which
recorded information about project activities
(health education and micro-credit) and produced
analytical reports based on this information. One
significant feature of the system was the feature of producing assessment report on the micro- credit operation of the project.

Consultant at Newzealand Dairy Milk Board
  • Bangladesh
  • January 1998 to December 1998

Conducted audit and analysis of steps taken by the Bangladesh office of The New Zealand Dairy for Y2K preparedness.

Management Trainee at Milk Board
  • January 1998 to December 1998

Milk Board in their preparedness of solving Y2K
Problems.

Evaluation of MIS of selected Municipal and
City Corporations (1998)
Analyzed and recommended MIS for selected
Municipal and City corporations covered by the project.

Special Portfolio Audit of Agrani Bank, 1997
Provided IT support from design of data collection to data analysis including entry and checking of computerization of portfolio data.

From June 1990 to May 1991
Employer BEXIMCO, Bangladesh
Position Held Management Trainee
Description of Duties In-charge of a data bank development project on textile sector of Bangladesh. Scope of work
included collection, editing, entering, correcting and finalizing a database that would hold
comprehensive information on fabrics imported by Bangladesh in the preceding 5 years.


From January 1990 to June 1990
Employer Pacific Industries Limited, Bangladesh
Position Held Probationary Officer
Description of Duties Assisted finance and accounts department with computerized data analysis and also developed a
computerized program for cash flow analysis.


17. Selected Monitoring & Evaluation Studies Related Experiences:

Technical Officer (Monitoring and Evaluation) at CARE International, Bangladesh
  • February 1992 to October 1994

From February 1992 To October 1994
Employer: CARE International, Bangladesh
Position Held: Technical Officer (Monitoring and Evaluation)

Management Trainee at BEXIMCO, Bangladesh
  • June 1990 to May 1991

From June 1990 To May 1991
Employer: BEXIMCO, Bangladesh
Position Held: Management Trainee

Probationary Officer at Pacific Industries Limited
  • India
  • January 1990 to June 1990

From January 1990 To June 1990
Employer: Pacific Industries Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Position Held: Probationary Officer

16. Selected MIS Consultancy Experiences:

Chairman, Department of Business Administration at CDL, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society
  • India
  • to

Position Held: Chairman, Department of Business Administration

From August 1999 To August 2006
Employer: Institute of Business Administration (IBA),
Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh
Position Held: Assistant Professor


From July 1995 To August 1999
Employer: Institute of Business Administration (IBA),
Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh
Position Held: Lecturer

From February 1992 To October 1994
Employer: CARE International, Bangladesh
Position Held: Technical Officer (Monitoring and Evaluation)

From June 1990 To May 1991
Employer: BEXIMCO, Bangladesh
Position Held: Management Trainee

From January 1990 To June 1990
Employer: Pacific Industries Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Position Held: Probationary Officer

16. Selected MIS Consultancy Experiences:
From August 2006 To August 2007 - on leave from Jahangirnagar University
Employer College of Business, University of Texas PANAM,
USA
Position Held: Research Assistant
Description of Duties Assists supervisor with data mining/data analysis in research projects on issues like Corporate
social responsibility, estate tax, profile of small and medium IT firms, and automatic detection of diseases from photos of plants.

From January 2006 To July 2006
Employer The City Bank Bangladesh Limited, Bangladesh
Position Held Consultant
Description of Duties Developed a computerized program for comprehensive
reporting of credit information for top management. The
computerized system was aimed at helping top management for monitoring disbursements and collections of credits issued by the bank.


From January 1999 to August 1999
Employer CARE International, Bangladesh
Position Held Consultant
Description of Duties Developed the Project Monitoring System which
recorded information about project activities
(health education and micro-credit) and produced
analytical reports based on this information. One
significant feature of the system was the feature of producing assessment report on the micro- credit operation of the project.

From January 1997 to December 2004
Employer: KPMG Rahman Rahman Huq, Bangladesh
Position Held: Consultant
Description of Duties: Worked in the following projects as an
Information Systems Consultant and team
member.

Special Portfolio Audit of The City Bank
Limited, 2004
Provided IT support from design of data collection to data analysis including entry and checking of computerization of portfolio data.

Special Portfolio Audit of Agrani Bank, 2003- 04
Provided IT support from design of data collection to data analysis including entry and checking of computerization of portfolio data.

Y2k Preparedness Audit of The New Zealand
Dairy Milk Board (1998)
Conducted audit and analysis of steps taken by the Bangladesh office of The New Zealand Dairy
Milk Board in their preparedness of solving Y2K
Problems.

Evaluation of MIS of selected Municipal and
City Corporations (1998)
Analyzed and recommended MIS for selected
Municipal and City corporations covered by the project.

Special Portfolio Audit of Agrani Bank, 1997
Provided IT support from design of data collection to data analysis including entry and checking of computerization of portfolio data.

From June 1990 to May 1991
Employer BEXIMCO, Bangladesh
Position Held Management Trainee
Description of Duties In-charge of a data bank development project on textile sector of Bangladesh. Scope of work
included collection, editing, entering, correcting and finalizing a database that would hold
comprehensive information on fabrics imported by Bangladesh in the preceding 5 years.


From January 1990 to June 1990
Employer Pacific Industries Limited, Bangladesh
Position Held Probationary Officer
Description of Duties Assisted finance and accounts department with computerized data analysis and also developed a
computerized program for cash flow analysis.


17. Selected Monitoring & Evaluation Studies Related Experiences:
From December 2011 to November 2012
Employer ADSL, Bangladesh for IFC, Bangladesh Funded
Project
Position Held Reporting Quality Assurance Consultant
Description of Duties Oversees quality control of monitoring and evaluation researches that are undertaken each
quarter for the ongoing project Business
Investment Climate Fund. Provides input to measurement, design, analysis and reporting of
M&E research activities. This job entailed
conducting an independent evaluation of training
program conducted by IFC for government
officers of Bangladesh. Advanced statistical
techniques as well as qualitative techniques were
used to conduct and complete the evaluation
research.


From February 2012 to March 2012
Employer SLOP-Bangladesh
Position Held Chief Consultant
Description of Duties Design and implement mid-term evaluation of activities of SLOP Bangladesh. Responsibilities
included research design, training, research
instrument design, data analysis and report
writing. This was an extensive evaluation
research for a social uplift program based on agricultural and microcredit interventions to
improve supply chain efficiency in the concerned
area. The research compared the current position of the beneficiaries against their baseline position
using advanced statistical techniques and used
focus group discussions and case studies in order to generate insights into role of the
agricultural interventions in improving their
lifestyle focusing on cause and effect analysis.


From January 1995 to December 2010
Employer Research and Computing Services Private
Limited, Bangladesh for their projects with
UNICEF, SEDF, Social Marketing Company,
Shapla Neer, Sesame Workshop Inc., BCCP,
CDL, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, etc.
Designation Consultant
Description of Duties Conducting M&E study, Communication
Research, both quantitative and qualitative, for clients like UNICEF, SEDF, Social Marketing
Company, HRC Group of Companies, BEXIMCO,
Shapla Neer, Sesame Workshop Inc., BCCP,
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, etc. Some of the assignments are elaborated below.

Evaluation research works completed for
UNICEF included evaluation of program
interventions using survey research and focus
group discussion methods. The programs that
were evaluated were mainly in the area of education, health and sanitation, and maternal and child health related issues.

Evaluation research works completed for Social
Marketing Company included country wide
survey research addressing many issues
including but not limited to commercial sex
workers, contraceptive and family planning habits and patterns, and performance of sales and distribution systems.

Research work completed for Sesame Workshop
Inc. included conducting an experimental study
prior to first-ever launching of the Bangladeshi
version of the famous TV serial Sesame Street.
The study used control and experiment groups and analyzed the comparative learning of both groups with one group learning from
demonstration of Sisimpur (Bangladesi version of
Sesame Street) and group learning from Tom and Jerry shows. Strict control was maintained to bar the two groups from interacting with each
other and other external influences during the experiment.

Research work for Shapla Neer included
conducting baseline study for their agricultural
intervention based micro credit program. The
study employed survey research methods in order to build up baseline profile of the target
beneficiaries of the project.

From February 1992 to October 1994
Employer CARE- International, Bangladesh
Position Held Technical Officer
Description of Duties Design, Implementation and follow-up of
Monitoring system for monitoring of project
activities of Women's Development project. Also
participated in teams formed for conducting mid- term and project end evaluation studies.


18. Selected Feasibility Studies Related Experiences:

Chairman, Department of Business Administration at Bangladesh and covered demand and supply
  • India
  • to

Position Held: Chairman, Department of Business Administration

From August 1999 To August 2006
Employer: Institute of Business Administration (IBA),
Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh
Position Held: Assistant Professor


From July 1995 To August 1999
Employer: Institute of Business Administration (IBA),
Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh
Position Held: Lecturer

From February 1992 To October 1994
Employer: CARE International, Bangladesh
Position Held: Technical Officer (Monitoring and Evaluation)

From June 1990 To May 1991
Employer: BEXIMCO, Bangladesh
Position Held: Management Trainee

From January 1990 To June 1990
Employer: Pacific Industries Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Position Held: Probationary Officer

16. Selected MIS Consultancy Experiences:
From August 2006 To August 2007 - on leave from Jahangirnagar University
Employer College of Business, University of Texas PANAM,
USA
Position Held: Research Assistant
Description of Duties Assists supervisor with data mining/data analysis in research projects on issues like Corporate
social responsibility, estate tax, profile of small and medium IT firms, and automatic detection of diseases from photos of plants.

From January 2006 To July 2006
Employer The City Bank Bangladesh Limited, Bangladesh
Position Held Consultant
Description of Duties Developed a computerized program for comprehensive
reporting of credit information for top management. The
computerized system was aimed at helping top management for monitoring disbursements and collections of credits issued by the bank.


From January 1999 to August 1999
Employer CARE International, Bangladesh
Position Held Consultant
Description of Duties Developed the Project Monitoring System which
recorded information about project activities
(health education and micro-credit) and produced
analytical reports based on this information. One
significant feature of the system was the feature of producing assessment report on the micro- credit operation of the project.

From January 1997 to December 2004
Employer: KPMG Rahman Rahman Huq, Bangladesh
Position Held: Consultant
Description of Duties: Worked in the following projects as an
Information Systems Consultant and team
member.

Special Portfolio Audit of The City Bank
Limited, 2004
Provided IT support from design of data collection to data analysis including entry and checking of computerization of portfolio data.

Special Portfolio Audit of Agrani Bank, 2003- 04
Provided IT support from design of data collection to data analysis including entry and checking of computerization of portfolio data.

Y2k Preparedness Audit of The New Zealand
Dairy Milk Board (1998)
Conducted audit and analysis of steps taken by the Bangladesh office of The New Zealand Dairy
Milk Board in their preparedness of solving Y2K
Problems.

Evaluation of MIS of selected Municipal and
City Corporations (1998)
Analyzed and recommended MIS for selected
Municipal and City corporations covered by the project.

Special Portfolio Audit of Agrani Bank, 1997
Provided IT support from design of data collection to data analysis including entry and checking of computerization of portfolio data.

From June 1990 to May 1991
Employer BEXIMCO, Bangladesh
Position Held Management Trainee
Description of Duties In-charge of a data bank development project on textile sector of Bangladesh. Scope of work
included collection, editing, entering, correcting and finalizing a database that would hold
comprehensive information on fabrics imported by Bangladesh in the preceding 5 years.


From January 1990 to June 1990
Employer Pacific Industries Limited, Bangladesh
Position Held Probationary Officer
Description of Duties Assisted finance and accounts department with computerized data analysis and also developed a
computerized program for cash flow analysis.


17. Selected Monitoring & Evaluation Studies Related Experiences:
From December 2011 to November 2012
Employer ADSL, Bangladesh for IFC, Bangladesh Funded
Project
Position Held Reporting Quality Assurance Consultant
Description of Duties Oversees quality control of monitoring and evaluation researches that are undertaken each
quarter for the ongoing project Business
Investment Climate Fund. Provides input to measurement, design, analysis and reporting of
M&E research activities. This job entailed
conducting an independent evaluation of training
program conducted by IFC for government
officers of Bangladesh. Advanced statistical
techniques as well as qualitative techniques were
used to conduct and complete the evaluation
research.


From February 2012 to March 2012
Employer SLOP-Bangladesh
Position Held Chief Consultant
Description of Duties Design and implement mid-term evaluation of activities of SLOP Bangladesh. Responsibilities
included research design, training, research
instrument design, data analysis and report
writing. This was an extensive evaluation
research for a social uplift program based on agricultural and microcredit interventions to
improve supply chain efficiency in the concerned
area. The research compared the current position of the beneficiaries against their baseline position
using advanced statistical techniques and used
focus group discussions and case studies in order to generate insights into role of the
agricultural interventions in improving their
lifestyle focusing on cause and effect analysis.


From January 1995 to December 2010
Employer Research and Computing Services Private
Limited, Bangladesh for their projects with
UNICEF, SEDF, Social Marketing Company,
Shapla Neer, Sesame Workshop Inc., BCCP,
CDL, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, etc.
Designation Consultant
Description of Duties Conducting M&E study, Communication
Research, both quantitative and qualitative, for clients like UNICEF, SEDF, Social Marketing
Company, HRC Group of Companies, BEXIMCO,
Shapla Neer, Sesame Workshop Inc., BCCP,
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, etc. Some of the assignments are elaborated below.

Evaluation research works completed for
UNICEF included evaluation of program
interventions using survey research and focus
group discussion methods. The programs that
were evaluated were mainly in the area of education, health and sanitation, and maternal and child health related issues.

Evaluation research works completed for Social
Marketing Company included country wide
survey research addressing many issues
including but not limited to commercial sex
workers, contraceptive and family planning habits and patterns, and performance of sales and distribution systems.

Research work completed for Sesame Workshop
Inc. included conducting an experimental study
prior to first-ever launching of the Bangladeshi
version of the famous TV serial Sesame Street.
The study used control and experiment groups and analyzed the comparative learning of both groups with one group learning from
demonstration of Sisimpur (Bangladesi version of
Sesame Street) and group learning from Tom and Jerry shows. Strict control was maintained to bar the two groups from interacting with each
other and other external influences during the experiment.

Research work for Shapla Neer included
conducting baseline study for their agricultural
intervention based micro credit program. The
study employed survey research methods in order to build up baseline profile of the target
beneficiaries of the project.

From February 1992 to October 1994
Employer CARE- International, Bangladesh
Position Held Technical Officer
Description of Duties Design, Implementation and follow-up of
Monitoring system for monitoring of project
activities of Women's Development project. Also
participated in teams formed for conducting mid- term and project end evaluation studies.


18. Selected Feasibility Studies Related Experiences:
From January 2009 to December 2010
Employer Research and Computing Services Private
Limited, Bangladesh for their projects with
HRC Group of Companies and BEXIMCO
Position Consultant
Description of Duties Feasibility Studies for Steel Re-rolling mill in
Bangladesh conducted for BEXIMCO. Scope of studies included operational, financial and marketing feasibility analysis.

Feasibility studies for HRC Syndicate for evaluating business prospects for setting up
container transport services in Bangladesh.


19. Selected Market Research Related Experience

From January 1995 to December 2010
Employer Research and Computing Services Private
Limited, Bangladesh for their projects with various clients

Position Consultant
Description of Duties Conducted nation-wide survey research to gather
insight into knowledge, attitude and practices of consumers of SMC products.

Conducted retailer study to gather insight into the distribution chain of SMC products that would
facilitate improvement of product marketing and distribution strategies.

Conducted market analysis for Denmark based
Entrepreneur on Internet Telephony services in
Bangladesh and covered demand and supply
analysis and preferences of potential and existing
consumers.


20. Organization Development Related Experience

Chairman, Department of Business Administration at Journal of Business Research
  • India
  • to

Position Held: Chairman, Department of Business Administration

From August 1999 To August 2006
Employer: Institute of Business Administration (IBA),
Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh
Position Held: Assistant Professor


From July 1995 To August 1999
Employer: Institute of Business Administration (IBA),
Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh
Position Held: Lecturer

From February 1992 To October 1994
Employer: CARE International, Bangladesh
Position Held: Technical Officer (Monitoring and Evaluation)

From June 1990 To May 1991
Employer: BEXIMCO, Bangladesh
Position Held: Management Trainee

From January 1990 To June 1990
Employer: Pacific Industries Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Position Held: Probationary Officer

16. Selected MIS Consultancy Experiences:
From August 2006 To August 2007 - on leave from Jahangirnagar University
Employer College of Business, University of Texas PANAM,
USA
Position Held: Research Assistant
Description of Duties Assists supervisor with data mining/data analysis in research projects on issues like Corporate
social responsibility, estate tax, profile of small and medium IT firms, and automatic detection of diseases from photos of plants.

From January 2006 To July 2006
Employer The City Bank Bangladesh Limited, Bangladesh
Position Held Consultant
Description of Duties Developed a computerized program for comprehensive
reporting of credit information for top management. The
computerized system was aimed at helping top management for monitoring disbursements and collections of credits issued by the bank.


From January 1999 to August 1999
Employer CARE International, Bangladesh
Position Held Consultant
Description of Duties Developed the Project Monitoring System which
recorded information about project activities
(health education and micro-credit) and produced
analytical reports based on this information. One
significant feature of the system was the feature of producing assessment report on the micro- credit operation of the project.

From January 1997 to December 2004
Employer: KPMG Rahman Rahman Huq, Bangladesh
Position Held: Consultant
Description of Duties: Worked in the following projects as an
Information Systems Consultant and team
member.

Special Portfolio Audit of The City Bank
Limited, 2004
Provided IT support from design of data collection to data analysis including entry and checking of computerization of portfolio data.

Special Portfolio Audit of Agrani Bank, 2003- 04
Provided IT support from design of data collection to data analysis including entry and checking of computerization of portfolio data.

Y2k Preparedness Audit of The New Zealand
Dairy Milk Board (1998)
Conducted audit and analysis of steps taken by the Bangladesh office of The New Zealand Dairy
Milk Board in their preparedness of solving Y2K
Problems.

Evaluation of MIS of selected Municipal and
City Corporations (1998)
Analyzed and recommended MIS for selected
Municipal and City corporations covered by the project.

Special Portfolio Audit of Agrani Bank, 1997
Provided IT support from design of data collection to data analysis including entry and checking of computerization of portfolio data.

From June 1990 to May 1991
Employer BEXIMCO, Bangladesh
Position Held Management Trainee
Description of Duties In-charge of a data bank development project on textile sector of Bangladesh. Scope of work
included collection, editing, entering, correcting and finalizing a database that would hold
comprehensive information on fabrics imported by Bangladesh in the preceding 5 years.


From January 1990 to June 1990
Employer Pacific Industries Limited, Bangladesh
Position Held Probationary Officer
Description of Duties Assisted finance and accounts department with computerized data analysis and also developed a
computerized program for cash flow analysis.


17. Selected Monitoring & Evaluation Studies Related Experiences:
From December 2011 to November 2012
Employer ADSL, Bangladesh for IFC, Bangladesh Funded
Project
Position Held Reporting Quality Assurance Consultant
Description of Duties Oversees quality control of monitoring and evaluation researches that are undertaken each
quarter for the ongoing project Business
Investment Climate Fund. Provides input to measurement, design, analysis and reporting of
M&E research activities. This job entailed
conducting an independent evaluation of training
program conducted by IFC for government
officers of Bangladesh. Advanced statistical
techniques as well as qualitative techniques were
used to conduct and complete the evaluation
research.


From February 2012 to March 2012
Employer SLOP-Bangladesh
Position Held Chief Consultant
Description of Duties Design and implement mid-term evaluation of activities of SLOP Bangladesh. Responsibilities
included research design, training, research
instrument design, data analysis and report
writing. This was an extensive evaluation
research for a social uplift program based on agricultural and microcredit interventions to
improve supply chain efficiency in the concerned
area. The research compared the current position of the beneficiaries against their baseline position
using advanced statistical techniques and used
focus group discussions and case studies in order to generate insights into role of the
agricultural interventions in improving their
lifestyle focusing on cause and effect analysis.


From January 1995 to December 2010
Employer Research and Computing Services Private
Limited, Bangladesh for their projects with
UNICEF, SEDF, Social Marketing Company,
Shapla Neer, Sesame Workshop Inc., BCCP,
CDL, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, etc.
Designation Consultant
Description of Duties Conducting M&E study, Communication
Research, both quantitative and qualitative, for clients like UNICEF, SEDF, Social Marketing
Company, HRC Group of Companies, BEXIMCO,
Shapla Neer, Sesame Workshop Inc., BCCP,
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, etc. Some of the assignments are elaborated below.

Evaluation research works completed for
UNICEF included evaluation of program
interventions using survey research and focus
group discussion methods. The programs that
were evaluated were mainly in the area of education, health and sanitation, and maternal and child health related issues.

Evaluation research works completed for Social
Marketing Company included country wide
survey research addressing many issues
including but not limited to commercial sex
workers, contraceptive and family planning habits and patterns, and performance of sales and distribution systems.

Research work completed for Sesame Workshop
Inc. included conducting an experimental study
prior to first-ever launching of the Bangladeshi
version of the famous TV serial Sesame Street.
The study used control and experiment groups and analyzed the comparative learning of both groups with one group learning from
demonstration of Sisimpur (Bangladesi version of
Sesame Street) and group learning from Tom and Jerry shows. Strict control was maintained to bar the two groups from interacting with each
other and other external influences during the experiment.

Research work for Shapla Neer included
conducting baseline study for their agricultural
intervention based micro credit program. The
study employed survey research methods in order to build up baseline profile of the target
beneficiaries of the project.

From February 1992 to October 1994
Employer CARE- International, Bangladesh
Position Held Technical Officer
Description of Duties Design, Implementation and follow-up of
Monitoring system for monitoring of project
activities of Women's Development project. Also
participated in teams formed for conducting mid- term and project end evaluation studies.


18. Selected Feasibility Studies Related Experiences:
From January 2009 to December 2010
Employer Research and Computing Services Private
Limited, Bangladesh for their projects with
HRC Group of Companies and BEXIMCO
Position Consultant
Description of Duties Feasibility Studies for Steel Re-rolling mill in
Bangladesh conducted for BEXIMCO. Scope of studies included operational, financial and marketing feasibility analysis.

Feasibility studies for HRC Syndicate for evaluating business prospects for setting up
container transport services in Bangladesh.


19. Selected Market Research Related Experience

From January 1995 to December 2010
Employer Research and Computing Services Private
Limited, Bangladesh for their projects with various clients

Position Consultant
Description of Duties Conducted nation-wide survey research to gather
insight into knowledge, attitude and practices of consumers of SMC products.

Conducted retailer study to gather insight into the distribution chain of SMC products that would
facilitate improvement of product marketing and distribution strategies.

Conducted market analysis for Denmark based
Entrepreneur on Internet Telephony services in
Bangladesh and covered demand and supply
analysis and preferences of potential and existing
consumers.


20. Organization Development Related Experience

From August 2011
Employer Jamuna Bank Capital Management Limited

Position Member, Board of Directors
Description of Duties Review, advise and approve proposals to-

Create and implement of programs at work that
connect employees with business goals.

Identify and improve core business processes.
Identify and evaluate business initiatives to ascertain appropriate programs that meet
company goals.

Develop methods for data file formatting, data
analysis methodologies and management
reporting.

Set benchmarks and performance targets.
Identify specific work situations requiring
employees to better understand changes in policies, procedures, regulations, and
technologies.

Develop methods of measuring if performance
management aligns with organizational goals.

Diagnose potential organizational problem areas.


21. Computer Skills:
MS-Office including MS-ACCESS database and Frontpage, Visual Foxpro, SPSS/PC, LISREL,
AMOS, and many other utility and internet tools.


22. Countries Visited:
Abu Dhabi, Dubai, India, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and USA


23. Academic Publications:

Contributed to the following publications:
1. Kibria, C. G. (2009), "Note: A Survey of Steel Re-rolling Industry in Bangladesh", Journal of
Business Research, Jahangirnagar University, Vol. 11
2. Hossan, C. G. and Kibria, C. G. (2008), "Actions towards implementing egovernment in
Bangladesh: Are the change agents ready?", East West University Journal, East West University,
Vol. 1, No. 2
3. Kibria, C. G. (2008), "Note: Rash Model", Journal of Business Research, Jahangirnagar University,
Vol. 10
4. Ahmed, P., Kibria, C. G. and Chowdhury, A. I. (2006) . "Theoretical Analysis of Possible Impacts of
EU rules of origin in the ready Made Garments Export of Bangladesh", Journal of Business Research,
Southeast University, Vol. 1


5. Hossan, C. G. and Kibria, C. G. (2005): A Proposed Model for Utilizing Existing Mobile Coverage in
Bangladesh for Context Aware Flood Information Management", Journal of Business Research,
Jahangirnagar University, Vol. 7
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Countries: A Trial of Alternative Quantitative Analysis", Journal of Business Research, Jahangirnagar
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Has acted as Chief Editor of the following publications:
Jahangirnagar University Journal of Business Research, Institute of Business Administration,
Jahangirnagar University, Volume 15, June 2013.

Education

Diploma, Population Sciences
  • at University of Dhaka
  • May 2009
Master's degree, Management Science
  • at University of Dhaka
  • December 1989
Bachelor's degree, Commerce
  • at University of Dhaka
  • December 1986
High school or equivalent, Science
  • at Dhaka College
  • December 1984

Specialties & Skills

Governance
Teaching
Project Evaluation
Monitoring
COLLECTION
DATA ANALYSIS
DATA COLLECTION
DATABASE
FRONTPAGE
IT SUPPORT

Languages

English
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Microsoft Certified Professional 70-461 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2015