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Professor Dr. Abul Barkat (born 27 September 1954) is a professor and former chairman of the Department of Economics at the University of Dhaka. Since 2009 he has been serving as the chairman of the state-owned Janata Bank Limited. At present he is also the president of the Bangladesh Economic Association. In the great Liberation War of 1971, Abul Barkat took part after receiving armed training.
Abul Barkat was born on 27 September 1954 in Kushtia town. His father's name is Dr. Abul Kashem and his mother's name is Nurun Nahar. Abul Barkat is the third child of his parents. His wife's name is Dr. Sahida Akhtar. The couple has three daughters: Abonti, Anokhi and Aroni.
Abul Barkat passed the SSC from Kushtia Zilla School in 1970 and passed the HSC examination from Kushtia Government College in 1973 with a high grade and first class. That same year he went to the then Soviet Union on a merit scholarship from the Government of Bangladesh for higher studies. In 1978 he obtained his MSc in Economics with the highest grades in all subjects, with honors and first class, from the Moscow Institute of National Economy (known as the Plekhanov Institute) in Moscow. From the same institution he obtained a PhD in 1982 in the political economy of development.
In 1982 Dr. Abul Barkat began his career by joining the Department of Economics at the University of Dhaka. Professor Abul Barkat has served as chairman of the Department of Economics at the University of Dhaka. At present, in addition to teaching economics at the University of Dhaka, he is serving as the chairman of Janata Bank Limited. He is also the honorary chief adviser of a research organization called the Human Development Research Centre. He is the elected president of the Bangladesh Economic Association.
Abul Barkat has more than 600 research works to his credit. He has written 24 research books, 119 journal articles (including chapters of research books) and 221 research monographs, and he has presented 234 research papers at national and international conferences. In addition, he has already delivered 10 public lectures and memorial lectures.
Publications:-
Abul Barkat has authored many original research books on rights-based development. Among them the notable ones are:
- Development as Concientization (published in both English and Bengali) (2008), (2010)
- Deprivation of Hindu Minority in Bangladesh: Living with Vested Property (published in both English and Bengali) 2008, 2009
- Political Economy of Land Litigation in Bangladesh: A Case of Colossal National Wastage (published in both English and Bengali) 2004, 2006
- Charland in Bangladesh: Political Economy of Ignored Resources (2007)
- Political Economy of Khas Land in Bangladesh (published in both English and Bengali) 2001, 2009
- Economics of Fundamentalism in Bangladesh (2005, 2008, 2012, 2013)
- An Inquiry into Causes and Consequences of Deprivation of Hindu Minorities in Bangladesh through the Vested Property Act: Framework for a Realistic Solution (2000)
- Life and Land of Adibashis: Land Dispossession and Alienation of Adibashis in the Plain Districts of Bangladesh (2009)
- Social Protection Measures in Bangladesh: As Means to Improve Child Well-being (2011)
- Political Economy of Madrassa Education in Bangladesh: Genesis, Growth, and Impact (2011)
- Poverty disparity inequality in Bangladesh: In search of a Unified Political Economic Theory (2014)
Awards and honors:-
- Ibrahim Memorial Gold Medal, (1999-2000) and (2004-2005), University of Dhaka
- Mercantile Bank Gold Medal honor, (2008)
