Nurjahan Begum (banker)
Nurjahan Begum | |
|---|---|
নূরজাহান বেগম | |
| Adviser of Health and Family Welfare | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 's Dhaka district | |
| Assumed office 9 August 2024 | |
| Leader | Muhammad Yunus (as Chief Adviser) |
| Preceded by | Samanta Lal Sen |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Education | Master's Degree |
| Alma mater | University of Chittagong |
| Awards | Susan M. Award. Lifetime Achievement Award World Summit Millennium Development Goals Award. Vision Award. |
Nurjahan Begum is an advisor to the 2024 Bangladesh interim government.[1]
Noorjahan Begum is a resident of Rouha village in the Suapur union of Dhamrai, Dhaka.[2]
She completed a master's degree in Bengali literature at the University of Chittagong before joining the Grameen project in October 1977.[3]
Career
[edit]Begum served as the acting managing director of Grameen Bank after the bank's founder Muhammad Yunus left the bank in 2011.[4] She worked as general manager, Administration, Training & International Program of Grameen Bank.[4]
Also the Former President of Suapur Nannar School and College, Dhamrai, and the Former Managing Director of Social Islami Bank.[5]
Awards
[edit]In 2008, he was awarded the Susan M. by the Grameen Foundation. Davis received a Lifetime Achievement Award. Received the World Summit Millennium Development Goals Award and Vision Award in 2009. In 2007, she participated in the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in Los Angeles and chaired the Foundation for Justice Awards in Valencia, Spain.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Yunus-led interim govt sworn in". The Daily Star. 2024-08-08. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
- ^ "Noorjahan Begum is Gaurav Adviser of Dhamrai". 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Noorjahan Begum is Gaurav Adviser of Dhamrai". 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-07-03.