Curriculum Vitae

Name                          : M. Mohsin Ali
Father’s Name           : Jamir Uddin

Address:
Present: Professor and Chairman
Department of Economics
University of Rajshahi
Bangladesh

Permanent: Prangon
       352 Talaimari, Kazla
       Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Nationality: Bangladeshi
Civil Status: Married
Date of Birth: 23 July, 1952
                                                              
Academic Attainments:

Degree                       Institution                            Year of Passing          Result
Ph.D in                         University of the                       1982          Degree awarded
Economics                    Philippines at Dilimon

M.A in                         University of  the                       1979          Degree Awarded
Economics                    Philippines at Dilimon

M.A in                         University of Rajshahi                1975           First Class
Economics

B.A (Honours) in          University of Rajshahi               1973      Upper Second Class
Economics 

H S.C (Science)           Rajshahi Government College   1969           First Division
Rajshahi (Rajshahi Board)

S.S.C (Humanities)       Bagatipara High School,            1967           First Division
                                    Natore (Rajshahi Board)

Working Experiences:

1. Professor, Department of Economics, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. From June 1997 to date.
2. Research Associate, Centre for Applied Policy Research (CAPRe), Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh. From July, 1995 to February, 1997. Worked in two projects as follows:
1. ‘Government baseline Study’. The Project was funded by the Ford Foundation and it was headed by Jorge Berenstein.
2. ‘Local Issues on Local Government’. The Project was funded by the Swiss Agency of Development Corporation (SDC).
3. Consultant, Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad, Dhanmondi, Dhaka. From March, 1997 to August, 1997. The Project title was ‘ Small Enterprise Development and Promotion- Formulating of a Package Programme’ and was funded by SDC.
4. Institutional Development Advisor, Bangladesh Water Development Board’s (BWDB) Systems Rehabilitation Project (SRC). From March, 1991 to May, 1995. The Project was funded by the World Bank, Europian Union and the Netherlands. The main job was to develop a 3-tier water user’s body for Buri Teesta Irrigation Project. The experience was then diffused to other irrigation projects.
5. Associate and Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Rajshahi, from December, 1984 to February 1991.
6. Research Economist, Kokmewah Senderian Berhad; Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, East Malaysia. From Marc, 1983 to December, 1984.
7. Planning and Evaluation Officer, Sabah Fishermen Development Authority, Sabah, East Malaysia. From January, 1983 to March, 1983.
8. Teaching Assistant, School of Economics, University of the Philippines at Dilimon, From October, 1980 to June, 1982.
9. Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Rajshahi. From January, From March, 1977 to December 1984.
10. Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Chittagong, From to1976 to March, 1977.

Other Research Works:

1. An Evaluation of the Bangladesh Swanirvor Programme, Department of Economics, University of Rajshahi, 1976.
2. An Economic Study of he Sericulture Industry of  Bangladesh, Department of Economics, University of Rajshahi, 1985.

Summary of the Completed/Ongoing Assignments on
 Relevant Work
(By Professor M Mohsin Ali)

1. Worked as Researcher in the Centre for Applied Policy Research (CAPRe) under the project “Governance Baseline Study”- funded by Ford Foundation during March 1995-March 1998. The assignment was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Local Government (LG) and the relation between LG with all the government and non-government agency/offices at the local level and with the local people and also analysis of the findings and finally report writing. In addition, intensive field trip with research assistants was done around the country, to do interviews to the Union Parishad chairmen and members, secretary, local elites, business leaders, NGOs and government officials.

1. Worked as a researcher in CAPRe under the project “Democracy Partnership” funded by USAID during 1997-98. The principal assignment was to analyse the activities of some of the small scale NGOs who are working on the empowerment of the grass root people and under this program the activities of Rangpur Dinajpur Relief and Rehabilitation Service (RDRS) in Rangpur, and Friends in Village Development,  Bangladesh (FIVDB) in Sylhet were evaluated and the reports were presented.

1. Local Government Initiative (LGI), Rapid Field Appraisal- Local Government in Bangladesh. A field survey based research was conducted in May-June 2002 in three Northern districts of Bangladesh, namely, Rajshahi, Bogra and Rangpur and field appraisal report was submitted. This research was funded by USAID.

1. ‘Local Issues on Local Government’. The Project was funded by the Swiss Agency of Development Corporation (SDC). In this project some issues of local government were identified and analysed and best practices were scrutinized for for policy suggestions.

1. Consultant, Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad, Dhanmondi, Dhaka. From March, 1997 to August, 1997. The Project title was ‘Small Enterprise Development and Promotion- Formulating of a Package Programme’ and was funded by SDC.

1. Institutional Development Advisor of Systems Rehabilitation Project (SRP) of the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB). From March, 1991 to May, 1995. The Project was funded by the World Bank, Europian Union and the Netherlands. The main job was to formulate a three-tier water user’s body for the gravity irrigation project of the BWDB.  The first tier was the water users committee at the outlet level, the second tier was at the branch level and the third tier as the association at the project level. Initially a pilot project was formulated and implemented at the Buri-Teesta Irrigation Project which was transmitted across ten other projects, including the Muhuri Irrigation Project and Karnaphully Irrigation Project. The water user body were motivated for the proper use of irrigation water and water tax collection. The technical part of the project was financed by the Netherlands government while the rehabilitation part by the World Bank.

1. Personal Research: An Evaluation of the Bangladesh Swanirvor Programme, Department of Economics, University of Rajshahi, 1976.

1. Personal Research: An Economic Study of the Sericulture Industry of Bangladesh, Department of Economics, University of Rajshahi, 1985.

Signature
(Dr. M Mohsin Ali)