Md. Habibur Rahman, BPAA
Chairman, NWPGCL
Senior Secretary, Power Division, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources

Mr. Md. Habibur Rahman BPAA, Senior Secretary, Power Division, joined as the Chairman of North-West Power Generation Company Ltd. on 18 May 2021. He is the Convener of the Administrative Affairs Committee of the Company. Prior to joining this post, he served as Additional Secretary (Budget-1) in the Finance Division of the Ministry of Finance.

Mr. Rahman joined the Bangladesh Civil Service (Administration) cadre in 1991 and belongs to the 10th batch. He started his career as an Assistant Commissioner in office of the  Divisional Commissioner Rajshahi and  subsequently posted at the office of the Deputy  Commissioner, Natore and worked there as an  Assistant Commissioner till February’93. Then he  worked in the Refugee, Relief and Repatriation  Commission at Cox’s Bazar from March’93 to  February’94. He was posted in the O ce of the  Deputy Commissioner Habiganj and went on to  work as Assistant Commissioner (land) in  Habiganj Sadar from April’94 to September’96.  There after he worked as Assistant Director in the  Bureau of Anti-Corruption from October’96 to  November’98. Afterwards he was appointed as  Assignment office in the Prime Minister’s office and worked there till September’01. As Senior  Assistant Secretary he worked at Finance Division  from January’03 to September’05 and at Ministry  of Education from February’06 to May’07.

The high point of his career has been his long stint of more than  fifteen years in the Finance Division.  He was one of the early bunches of officers who steered the transition from traditional method of budget making to the Medium-Term Budget  Framework (MTBF). There, he worked as Deputy Secretary (Budget-1), Joint Secretary (Budget-1) before eventually being elevated to the position  of Additional Secretary (Budget-1) and was the  lynchpin of national budget preparation for more  than a decade. He was also a Budget Specialist in  the Financial Management Reform Programme  and Deepening DMTBF and Strengthening  Financial Accountability Project of the Finance  Division. He has been teaching all areas pertaining to Public Financial Management at the Institute of Public Finance and most other training institutes and has been instrumental in  developing a critical mass of Civil Servants  steeped in Public Finance.

Mr. Rahman earned his BSc. and MSc. in Applied  Physics and Electronics from the University of  Dhaka. He holds another Master’s degree in  Economic Development Policy and Research  from the University of Birmingham, UK. He also received training on Government Budget  Management, Public Financial Management, Professional Development and Performance  Management from India, Singapore, USA, UK and  New Zealand. In addition, he attended numerous  seminars, workshops, study tours and official visits at home and abroad. Mr. Rahman is a  recipient of the prestigious Public Administration  Award of 2017 for his outstanding contribution  to public sector.

Mr. Rahman hails from Bangakha village of  Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila of Lakshmipur District.  He is married and blessed with three daughters.