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Executive Council

The Centre is managed by a 19 member Executive Council elected on a four year term from amongst its General Body members. All Executive Council members work on honorary basis. There is a regular full-time paid administrative and research staff for management and research activities of the Centre.

 

Chairman

Professor Nazrul Islam (1972)

Vice-Chairperson

Professor Md. Ghulam Murtaza, Ph.,D.

Kazi Gulshan Nahar Madina

Treasurer

Architect-Planner Salma A. Shafi (1998)

Secretary

Professor Nurul Islam Nazem, Ph.D (1976)

Joint Secretary

Ms. Syeda Ishrat Najia (2006)

Members

Professor Manzurul Islam, PhD (2007)

Akhter Hossain, Ph. D (1998)

Ireena Jahan (1972)

Planner Ashraf Ali Akhand (1998)

Kanti Ananta Nuzhat, Ph.D. (2008)

M.S. Siddique (2015)

Ashraful Alam Sarkar (2014)

Bidhan Chandra Pal (2019)

Md. Ashraful Islam (2020)

Md. Maruf Hossain (2020)

Professor Alak Paul, Ph.D. (2023)

Shamsul Alam (2023)

Kazi Salahuddin (2023)

    Chairman

    Nazrul Islam

    Nazrul Islam

    Professor Nazrul Islam, M.A. (Geography, Dhaka University,1962-2004), President, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh and Chairman , Centre for Urban Studies(CUS).

    Vice Chairman

    Rosie Majid Ahsan, Ph.D

    Rosie Majid Ahsan, Ph.D

    Retired Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka

    Amirul Islam Chowdhury, Ph.D

    Amirul Islam Chowdhury, Ph.D

    Professor, United International University of Bangladesh and Former Vice Chancellor, Jahangirnagar University. He is an Urban Economist with 40 years of experience in teaching, research and consultancy (for World bank, USAID and others).Member, Advisory Committee on Strategic Transport Plan of Dhaka Transport Coordination Board ( project supported by the World Bank).

    Khadem Ali

    Khadem Ali

    Senior Architect, Architekton Ltd. & Former President, IAB

    Treasurer

    Nurul Islam Nazem, Ph.D

    Nurul Islam Nazem, Ph.D

    Professor and Chairman, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka

    Secretary

    Salma A. Shafi

    Salma A. Shafi

    Architect Salma A. Shafi, Architect Urban Planner. Has worked in EIA, IEE, ISA for several large projects (World Bank-ADB supported Jamuna Bridge Project, JICA supported Urban Solid Waste Management etc.

    Joint Secretary

    Syeda Ishrat Najia

    Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, Jagannath University

    Council Members

    Ms. Moushumi Zahur

    Planner & Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics & Natural Science, BRAC University

    Bulbon Osman

    Retired Professor, Department of Art History, University of Dhaka

    Shaukot Ali Khan

    Planner and Former Project Director, DMDP, RAJUK

    Mesbah-us-Saleheen

    Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, Jahangirnagar Univerisity

    AQM Mahbub, Ph.D

    Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka

    Abuds Salam

    Architect-Planner Abuds Salam is former Chief Architect, Department of Architecture, Government of Bangladesh and Executive Council Member, Centre for Urban Studies (CUS)

    Farzana Islam, Ph.D

    Professor, Department of Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University

    Ashraf Ali Akhand

    Planner, Deputy Town Planner, DMDP, RAJUK Avenue Building

    Kanti Ananta Nuzhat

    Kanti Ananta Nuzhat

    Lecturer of Economics, North-South University

    Professor Prof. Dr. Md. Ghulam Murtaza, Ph.D

    Kazi Gulshan Nahar Madina