ZAHIRUL ALAM
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, IDF
Mr. Zahirul Alam, founder and Executive Director of Integrated Development Foundation (IDF) in Bangladesh, has an illustrious career in rural development. He commenced his professional journey as an assistant to Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus at Chittagong University,where the pioneering Grameen Bank model was developed. He holds a Masters degree in Economics from Chittagong University.
He further refined his expertise as an Action Research Fellow at the Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD) and served as an economist at the International Labor Organization (ILO) in Ethiopia. He established IDF with the mission to combat poverty and…





