Dr. M. Aslam Alam

Dr. M Aslam Alam is the Secretary of the Disaster Management and Relief Division (DMRD) of the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management (MoFDM) of the Government of Bangladesh. Previously, he was the Director General of the Department of Land Records and Surveys, where he pursued formulation and implementation of a land digitization strategy and action plan. involuntary resettlement as well as land use planning. Previously, he was the Director General-3 at the Prime Minister’s Office. Prior to that, Dr. Alam was on lien to UNDP/UNOPS from October 2004 to July 2008, and worked as Senior Program Manager of the Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP). In his capacity as a technical adviser to the Bangladesh Ministry of Food and Disaster Management (MoFDM), he advised the MoFDM on policy and planning issues relating to mainstreaming disaster risk reduction and on professionalization of the disaster management system as well as on community empowerment in Bangladesh.

Dr. Alam is a career civil servant and started his career in the administrative service of Bangladesh. At the field level, he has served as Assistant Commissioner at Faridpur, Gopalganj, Jamalpur and Chittagong Districts. He worked as Upazila Nirbahi Officer and Additional Deputy Commissioner at Chandpur District. He was a faculty member (Deputy Director) of BCS Administration Training Academy as well. He also served as Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Establishment and Project Director of two projects under the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education.

Dr. Alam obtained his PhD in Social Science and Policy (Environmental Policy) from the University of New South Wales at Sydney, Australia. Prior to doing PhD, he did an MA in International Relations with specialization in international economic cooperation at the International University of Japan (IUJ). He originally graduated from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He obtained his M. Com and B. Com (honours) degrees in Accounting. He has undergone a number of professional training at home and abroad. He has presented numerous papers at various academic and professional conferences/ seminars/ workshops at home and abroad. He has published extensively in professional journals on training and development, public administration, climate change and disaster reduction and environmental protection.

He may be contacted over telephone +880-2-9540877 (work), Fax: +880-2-7165405, or email: secretary@dmrd.gov.bd; m.aslam.alam@gmail.com