Nurjahan Begum (banker)
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Nurjahan Begum | |
|---|---|
| Adviser of Health and Family Welfare | |
| Assumed office 9 August 2024 | |
| Leader | Muhammad Yunus (as Chief Adviser) |
| Preceded by | Samanta Lal Sen |
| Adviser of the Interim Government of Bangladesh | |
| Assumed office 8 August 2024 | |
| President | Mohammed Shahabuddin |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Nurjahan Begum is an advisor to the 2024 Bangladesh interim government.[1]
She completed a master's degree in Bengali literature at the University of Chittagong before joining the Grameen project in October 1977.[2]
Begum served as the acting managing director of Grameen Bank after the bank's founder Muhammad Yunus left the bank in 2011.[3] She worked as general manager, Administration, Training & International Program of Grameen Bank.[3]
Awards
[edit]- Susan M Davis Lifetime Achievement Award 2008 by Grameen Foundation
- World Summit Millennium Development Goals Award 2009
- Vision Award 2009[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Yunus-led interim govt sworn in". The Daily Star. 2024-08-08. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
- ^ Yunus, Muhammad; Jolis, Alan (2007) [First published 1998]. Banker to the poor: micro-lending and the battle against world poverty. Penguin Books. pp. 100–101. ISBN 978-0-14-310291-5.
- ^ a b c "Inside the interim govt: Key members leading Bangladesh's transition". Dhaka Tribune. 2024-08-08. Retrieved 2024-08-09.