Human Resources Development Division (HRDD)

The mandate of the Human Resources Development Division (HRDD) is to carry out research on issues related to human resources including education, health, nutrition, poverty, and gender and empowerment issues. Recent major research includes the role of social capital and people’s consultative process in development, decentralization and governance, educational efficiency and equity, and dynamics of socio-economic processes such as migration and urbanization.


Research Director

Dr. S.M. Zulfiqar Ali - Academic Lead


Senior Research Fellow

Dr. Mohammad Harunur Rashid Bhuyan - Division Chief
Mohammad Golam Nabi Mozumder, PhD


Research Fellow
Siban Shahana
Shahidul Islam (on study leave)
Md. Nadim Uddin


Research Associate

Nahian Azad Shashi (on study leave)

Office Asstt.-cum-Computer Operator
Anik Kumer Mondal

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