Dr Hafiz G A Siddiqi, former Director of Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka passed away yesterday (May 22) in the capital after a protracted illness. His namaz-e-janaza will be held today at the Gulshan Society mosque after Zohr prayers.
Educated in Bangladesh, United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland, Dr. Siddiqi has more than 50 years of experiences as Professor, researcher, international consultant and business executive. Currently, he was Professor Emeritus, School of Business, BRAC University. Before joining BRAC University, Dr. Siddiqi voluntarily retired from North South University (NSU) after serving for 19 years. He served as Vice Chancellor of NSU for more than a decade.
He worked for the Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka for 21 years in as its Professor and Director. Besides, he taught more than 7 years at two US universities, namely, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, and Minnesota State University at Mankato, Minnesota, as Professor of International Business and Management.
Dr. Hafiz Siddiqi obtained Ph. D. degree from Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, MBA from Graduate School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA, MPIA (Master of Public and International Affairs), from Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA,
M A (Economics) and B A ( Honours in Economics) from Dhaka University.
Dr. Siddiqi worked as international consultant of World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Manila, UN/ESCAP, Bangkok, and International Trade Centre, GATT/UNCTAD. He advised many agencies of the government of Bangladesh on various aspects relating to management development, marketing, performance evaluation, human resource development, technology transfer, etc.