Mr. Shish Haider Chowdhury, ndc, MCIPS (CS)

Secretary

Information and Communication Division

Ministry of Posts, Telecommunication and Information Technology

Email: secretary@ictd.gov.bd

Mr. Shish Haider Chowdhury, ndc, MCIPS Joined Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as the Secretary on 15 September 2024. Prior to that, he was an Additional Secretary worked as Member (International Cooperation) in the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission under Ministry of Commerce. Mr. Shish Haider Chowdhury is a member of the Bangladesh Civil Service 9th batch Audit and Accounts Cadre joined in the Service in 26 January 1991. Mr. Chowdhury is an accomplished professional with about 32 years career in various fields combining Public Financial Management, Public Procurement, Project Management, International Cooperation, Trade Facilitation, International Development, WTO matters, and Inter-governmental issues. In his long career, he was posted in different important appointments since beginning namely, Joint Secretary, MOPA; Ministry of Public Administration (MOPA); Director (Joint Secretary), CPTU, IMED; Deputy Secretary, Finance Division; Deputy Secretary, MOPA; Additional CGA (Admin); Director, FAPAD; Finance Controller (Army); Deputy Project Director of IDA TA Project, Economic Relations Division (ERD) etc. Mr. Chowdhury also served in the International Jute Organisation (IJO) a UN affiliated intergovernmental body during 1997- 2002 on lien.

Mr. Shish Haider Chowdhury did his Honours and Masters in Accounting from the Department of Accounting and Information Systems of Dhaka University. After that he did Masters in Business Administration (MBA) major in Finance from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) of Dhaka University. He got his third Masters in Public Economic Management and Finance from the University of Birmingham of the United Kingdom under DFID Funding. He is undergoing his PhD with area of concentration “External Oversight and Public Financial Management” in Bangladesh University of Professional (BUP). He has obtained his professional degree MCIPS from the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply of the United Kingdom. He did his National Defence Course (NDC) from the National Defence College, the most prestigious Institute of the Armed Forces, with national and international participants. During his extensive professional career, he participated in numerous training programs covering in the areas of Development Administration (DAM, ACAD, SSC and PPMC), Public Finance, Public Procurement, iBAS++, e-GP, Project Management, ICT issues, Trade and Development etc. in Bangladesh, India, UK, USA, Ireland, Netherlands, Italy, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Mauritius etc.   

With the prior approval of the Government, Mr. Chowdhury has been teaching in the IBA of Jahangir Nagar University as an adjunct faculty for the last 31 years. He is a professionally qualified public procurement expert and a certified national procurement trainer. He is also professional trainer of public financial management, supply chain management and project management. He has been covering almost all the training academies of the country as a resource person. He has got a number of publications in the national and international peer reviewed journals in the areas of public financial management, supply chain management, aid management and public procurement. Mr. Chowdhury travelled numerous numbers of countries of the world to attend meetings, conferences, workshops, seminars and other official businesses.

Mr. Shish Haider Chowdhury is happily married, and is the proud father of two sons and a daughter.