Shamsul Alam (economist)

Shamsul Alam (born 1 January 1951) is a Bangladeshi economist. He has been a member of the Bangladesh Planning Commission under general economics division since 2009. He is also one of the syndicate members of Sylhet Agricultural University. In recognition of his contribution in economics, the government of Bangladesh awarded him the country's second highest civilian award Ekushey Padak in 2020.
Early life.
Alam was born on 1 January 1951 at Matlab in Chandpur of the then East Bengal (now Bangladesh). He graduated in 1965 from the then East Pakistan Agricultural University (now Bangladesh Agricultural University) with a degree in agricultural economics and received his post-graduate degree in 1973. In 1983, he received a post-graduate degree in economics from Thammasat University and obtained his PhD in the same subject from Newcastle University in 1991.