<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 26.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Md. Abul Kashem Sheikh</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="mailto:Kashemakashem@gmail.com">Kashemakashem@gmail.com</a></span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 26.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Currently discharging responsibility as the Chairman &CEO of Kathak Academy(KA) ,special consultative status(ECOSOC) </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Academic Background:</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Masters <span style=""> </span>from National University in 1992. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Career Objectives:</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To work for the national development; adding services and endeavors in bringing socio-economic changes through utilizing youth’s innovative power, Information Communication Technology (ICT) and social mobilization.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Overseas attachment:</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Fellow:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> United Nations (UN) Civil Society</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Fellow:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Asian Development Bank (ADB) Civil Society</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Fellow:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Fellow:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> World Bank (WB) and International Mandatory Fund (IMF) Civil Society</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Fellow:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Human Development Capacity Association (HDCA), USA</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Associate Member:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Ambassador Friendship Foundation, USA.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Associate Member:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> World Assembly of Youth (WAY), Malaysia.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Country Visited:</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> India, Japan, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Singapore, USA, UK, Malaysia, Indonesia, South Africa, Korea, Australia, Srilanka, Nepal, Thailand, Brunai, UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, China, Finland, Egypt ,south Africa </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Paper Presentation: </span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A number of keynote papers has been presented on the issues like ‘sustainable development’, ‘entrepreneurship development’, ‘climate change’, Rural development’, ‘disaster risk management’, ‘youth development’, ‘community health’, ‘child nutrition’ etc. in the different seminars and symposiums at home and abroad.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Basic work:</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Founded a socio-economic and cultural organization named “Kathak Academy “ mainly works in changing society through human cultural activities by utilizing the youth power in different parts of the country.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Also working extensively for disaster risk reduction in the disaster prone areas of the country by raising awareness and also providing rehabilitation support to the disaster victims by providing relief materials and house rebuilding support.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dedicated for agriculture, education, health and forest development activities across the country by utilizing youth community people in Bangladesh.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">All the development activities are aimed at meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) against the poverty and hunger.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Personal Information:<span style=""> </span></span></u></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Name:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Abul Kashem Sheikh</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Father’s name:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Late Hatem Ali</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Mother’s Name:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Late Ambia Begum</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Date of Birth:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> June 2, 1968</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Permanent Address:</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Village: Sarangkandi, Post: Kajiar Char, PS: Jajira, Disatrict: Shariatpur.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Present address:</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">251Mirhajir Bagh, Gendaria, Dhaka-1204.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>