Mohiuddin Ahmad is an economist by training, a researcher by profession,
a poet by passion and an occasional columnist. He was a student activist
in the late sixties and early seventies and directly participated in the
armed resistance movement against the Pakistani occupation army in 1971
He is a founder member (in 1980) and currently Chairperson (since 1996)
of Community Development Library (CDL), a national NGO involved in documentation,
information communication, research and policy advocacy
He is a founding member
of the South Asian Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE), LDCWatch
and Asian Resource Foundation (ARF) and currently Chair of the Jubilee
South Asia-Pacific (Asia-Pacific Movement on Debt & Development).
He has so far attended four UN Summits as a civil society representative.
He has been in the field
of development since 1977. He was involved with Water Resources Planning
Organization of Bangladesh as a consultant.
He serves as Co-Director of MAINS programme at SungKongHoe
University, Seoul, for the academic year of 2007.
He has so far authored
and edited 32 books. Notable among these are:
- From
Jamuna to Nile (poem), 2006
- Ei Deshe Ekdin Juddho Hoyechhilo
(Novel), 2006
- Amader
Ekattor (Commemorative book on the Bangladesh Liberation War), 2006
- Deep
Divine Darkness (Poem), 2006
- Aloker
Jharnadharai (Commemorative Book on CDL), 2005
- Living
in the Coast People and Institutions (research), 2005
- Sorrowful
Yard (poem), 2004
- Thorny
Path (anthology), 2004
- Bangladesh:
Portrait of a Nation-state (gazetteer), 2002
- An
Introduction to Non-profit Sector in Bangladesh (research), 2002
- Dream
Merchant (novel), 2001
- Voice
through Ballot (research), 2001
- Pita
Hi Paramantapa (poem), 2000
- Bangladesh
in the New Millennium (sector review), 2000
- Bottom
Up NGO Sector in Bangladesh (research), 2000
- Lal
Salam Comrade (poem), 1999
- Karl
Marxer Kobita (poem), 1995
- Living
with Cyclone (research), 1992
- Land
to the Landless (research), 1991
- Deluge
in the Delta (essay), 1989
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