June 2007 to date: Executive Director, BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee)

March 1992 to June 2007: Economist and Head, Social Sciences Division, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.

January 2000 to date: Additional responsibility as the Program Leader, Research and Development Linkages Program (2001-2003), Fragile Ecosystems Program (2004 to date).

April 1999 to January 2000: Additional responsibility as the Deputy Director General for Research (Interim), International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.

February 1989 to February 1992: Director General, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

July 1988 to Feuary 1989: Research Director, BIDS, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

July 1981 July 1988: Senior Research Fellow, BIDS, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

June 1977 to July 1981:  Research Economist, BIDS, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

March 1971-June 1977: Staff Economist, BIDS, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

June 1970 to March 1971: Staff Economist, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Karachi, Pakistan.

Project management at IRRI

Coordinator,  Consortium for Unfavorable Rice Environments (Funded by ADB), 2004 to date.

Project Team Leader, “Accelerating Technology Adoption to Improve Rural Livelihoods for Rainfed Lowlands in the Indo-Gangetic Plains”, (Funded by IFAD), 2003 to date.

Project Team Leader, Dynamics of Livelihood Systems in Rural Bangladesh: Generation of Information for Facilitating Dialogues on Strategies and Policies for Reduction of Poverty (DOLSYS), (Funded by DFID), 2001 to 2004.

Principal Investigator, Impact of Rice Research on Poverty Alleviation in Bangladesh (with IFPRI), (Funded by CGIAR) 2000 to 2002.

Project Team Leader, Ecosystem Characterization, Technology Impact and Policy Analysis, IRRI Cross Ecosystem Program, 1997 to 2000.

Project Team Leader, Prioritization of Rice Research in Asia, (Funded by Rockefeller Foundation), 1993 to 1999.

Project Team Leader, Projections and Policy Implications for Medium and Long-term Rice Supply and Demand (in collaboration with IFPRI, funded by the Japanese government), 1992 to 1996.

Principal Investigator,  Differential Impact of Modern Rice Technology in Bangladesh (funded by Rockefeller Foundation), 1987 to 1990.

Management support at IRRI

Chairperson, Staff Task Force for the Preparation of IRRI’s Strategy “IRRI Towards 2020”,1995-96.

Chairperson, Staff Task Force for the Preparation of  “IRRI’s Medium Term Plan 1998-2000”, 1997-98.

Chairperson, Staff Task Force for the preparation of “IRRI’s Medium Term Plan 2002-2004”, 2001

Member, Staff Task Force for the preparation of IRRI’s Strategy “Bringing Hope, Improving Lives: IRRI’s Stratgic Plan 2007-2015”, 2005-06.

Interim Deputy Director General for Research April 1999- January 2000.

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