KAZI MOHAMMAD ALAMGIR

(CURRENT):

I came to Italy in January, 2011 and have resident permit. I set up a shop in the city of Modena in August, 2011 named PHONE CENTER SIAM SNC. Dealing with money transfer through Western Union, Ria, Moneygram, Moneytrans etc. mobile/computer sale/purchase, repair/servicing, mobile sim card activation, accessories, ticketing and other business support operations.
For a short period I did a job in Brussells, Belgium from April to June, 2011.

(Between January, 2002 to January, 2011)
MISC. JOBS.

Was in Popular Life Insurance Company as General Manager(Devlopment) stationed in Feni, Bangladesh;

Joined for s short stint as Secretary to the Chairman, Khalil Group of Companies, Dhaka, Bangladesh;

Owned a restaurant on partnership basis named KOI PABDA in Mirpur 1, Dhaka, Bangladesh for 02 years;

Set up a poultry farm of 5000 broilers in native villege, Feni, Bangladesh and engaged for 04 years;

Also set up a prawn cultivation in own ponds.

Between August, 1996 to October, 2001:

Joined Alam Group of Companies LLC, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates as Commercial Manager. We, as a team helped Mr. M.N.Alam, Managing Director to establish chain of Hyper and Super Markets all over UAE from a small grocery shop located in Electra, Abu Dhabi. My responsibilities were importing of food and non food items from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Germany, Greece, Italy, Brazil, USA etc for wholesale/retail sale, opening of LCs, clearing of cargos, arranging of health clearance from Municipality of imported food items, export of some imported items to Oman, monitoring movements of imported goods, recovering outstanding dues from parties, briefing sale and marketing team about imported goods, maintaining stock, various promotional activities like hiring of space in various outlets, preparing of leaflets etc, free on the spot demonstration etc, all business and other general communications, arranging meetings with various Embassy and UAE government officials for MD and accompanying him, inviting and arranging visits of our business counterparts etc.

Between August, 1983 to August, 1996:

By far the most challenging, pleasant and sophisticated responsibilties I performed was in Bangladesh High Commission, New Delhi, India. I joined Press and Information Section of Bangladesh High Commission as Press Assistant. All my colleagues, I worked in every sections of our Diplomatic mission like, Press & Information, Cultural and Education, Accounts, Consular, Administration, Protocol, Political sections and finally in High Commissioner's office. In Press and Information Section my routine works were, marking relevant news appeared in vaious Indian newspapers, clippings, typing press reports, press releases, contacting, receiving and arranging visas for foreign correspondents stationed in New Delhi to cover various events in Bangladesh, arranging admission of Bangladeshi students in various educational institute in India under Indo-Bangladesh Cultural Exchange Programmes, SAARC Cultural Exchange Programmes, under self-financing scheme as well Indian students in different institutes in Bangladesh. Looking after the welfare of Bangladeshi students in India, to be in touch with various performing cultural troupe visiting India from Bangladesh, performed duties of an Accountant, provided consular services, part of protocol team to look after Bangladesh Head of States/Governments, Ministers, Member of Parliaments, high government officials, business personalities to India on bilateral, multilateral or private visits, going to Indian Minstries in New Delhi on various reasons. I came in touch with big names in Indian media like, Khushwant Singh, Kuldip Nayar, K, K. Katyal, Vinod Dubey, Ashish Nandy, Dr. Pronnoy Roy, Dilip Padgaonkar, etc. I had the privilege to serve under Bangladesh High Commissioners like, Air Vice Marshal(Retd.) A.K.Khandker, fomer Bangladesh Cabinet Minister, Mr. Farooq Chowdhury, former Foreign Secretary, Mr. Farooq Sobhan, former Foreign Secretary and presently President and CEO of BEI, Dhaka, Mr. C. M. Shafi Sami, former Foreign Secretary and one of the Adviser of second last Caretaker Government of Bangladesh. My last reporting Officer, Shah Hussain Imam was Minister(Press) and now Associated Editor in The Daily Star, Dhaka. In my more than 13 years of service life in Bangladesh High Commission, New Delhi, I was lucky to see the best Bangladesh Diplomats. My greatest satisfaction was that I was termed as AN ASSET OF BANGLADESH HIGH COMMISSION, NEW DELHI by high ranking Bangladesh officials.