Ahmad Kaikaus

Ahmad Kaikaus is a government bureaucrat and the Principal Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[1]

Education

Kaikaus completed his bachelors and masters from the University of Chittagong. He completed his second master's at the Center for Development Economics at Williams College. He earned a PhD at the University of Texas at Dallas.[2]

Career

On 21 January 1986, Kaikaus joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in the admin cadre. He had worked as a Upazila Nirbahi Officer, magistrate and other positions in the administration service. He served as the chairperson of the Bangladesh Energy and Power Research Council. He taught at the American International University-Bangladesh and Collin College in Texas. On 23 February 2017, he was appointed secretary in charge of the Power Division of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources.[2] He worked at the International Food Policy Research Institute for three years as the deputy chief of the Policy Research and Strategy Support Program.[3] In August 2019, he led the Bangladeshi team to the joint steering committee on Bangladesh-India Power Sector Cooperation. He rejected the import of electricity from Tripura, finding it's infrastructure inadequate.[4]

On 29 December 2019, he was appointed the Principal Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[5][6]

References
  1. "Ahmad Kaikaus made principal secretary to prime minister". The Business Standard. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. "Dr. Ahmad Kaikaus". Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  3. "Power Secretary Dr Ahmad Kaikaus becomes principal secretary to PM". Daily Sun. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  4. "Dhaka finds Tripura 'unsuitable' for power import". The Daily Star. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  5. "Ahmad Kaikaus new principal secretary to the PM". Dhaka Tribune. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  6. "Dr Ahmad Kaikaus becomes principal secretary to PM". banglanews24.com. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
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