ISUW 2022 Speaker

Mr. Mohammad Hossain, for the past 33 years of his career, has been serving in different organizations in diverse high-profile positions. He joined Power Cell as an Assistant Director in 1996. Consequently, he served as the Deputy Director and Director of Power Cell and played a noteworthy role in enhancing the capacity of the Power Sector. He has also played a vital role in the development of power generation, transmission, and distribution and prepared several acts, rules & regulations for spearheading the power sector development. Mr. Hossain has been serving as the Director General of Power Cell since 2013. He is the elected Vice-President (Academic & International) of The Institution of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB). As a special role in the national and international arena, Engineer Mohammad Hossain has recently been elected as the Chairperson of the Steering Committee of the South Asian Regional Initiative (SARIE/I) in the energy sector of SAARC countries for the year 2021-22. He was also elected Chairman of the Energy Committee (2019-21) of the ESCAP conference (2019-21) held in Bangkok, Thailand in 2019 and has raised Bangladesh to a unique status by performing his duties with due diligence. He was the first signatory of the Memorandum of Understanding on Power Cooperation between Bangladesh and India and a member of the Bangladesh-India and Bangladesh-Nepal Joint Steering Committee. He is representing Bangladesh at the SAARC Energy Center and a member of its Governing Board. Mr. Mohammad Hossain is also actively involved in various important activities including being a member of the Working Committee on Renewable Energy of D-8. Engineer Mohammad Hossain is an honorary member of the Harvard Kennedy Alumni Association. Recently, Engineer Mohammad Hossain has been awarded with the 'Global Business and CSR Award-2021' for his special contribution and tireless social services and in the development of Bangladesh. Mr. Mohammad Hossain graduated from the Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) and received an MBA from IBA, University of Dhaka. Later, he received a post-graduate diploma in Institutional and Human Resource Development (IHRD) from Denmark. He has presented papers in various seminars, workshops at national and international levels which were highly appreciated. Mr. Mohammad Hossain has published numerous articles in different national and international online platforms, journals and publications. In his career, He took part in various higher training in the power sector at home and abroad. Mr. Hossain has traveled to more than 33 countries around the world for professional purposes. As the current Director General of Power Cell, he is a skilled craftsman of the present government's unimaginable success in the power sector and has been playing a leading role in implementing the government's vision of 'Electricity for All'. He is recognized as an honest and competent person by all.