ইলেক্ট্রিসিটি জেনারেশন বাংলাদেশ পিএলসি

Md. Jahidul Islam
Joint Secretary
Power Division
Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources; and
Director, EGB (since 30 October 2025)

Mr. Md. Jahidul Islam was born on 19 October 1976 in the district of Panchagarh. He obtained his MSS in Social Welfare in the First Class in 1998 from the University of Dhaka, and M.Sc. in Project Management from the University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom in 2014.

Mr. Md. Jahidul Islam is a member of the Bangladesh Civil Service (Administration) Cadre of the 21st batch. He commenced his civil service career in 2003 as an Assistant Commissioner and Magistrate.

Over the years, Mr. Islam has served in various key administrative positions. He worked as Assistant Commissioner (Land) and as Upazila Nirbahi Officer at Fulchhari and Birganj Upazilas under Gaibandha and Dinajpur district respectively. He also served as Estate Officer in Narayanganj City Corporation and simultaneously performed the additional responsibility of Secretary in the same organization.

Mr. Islam held significant positions at the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC), serving as Deputy Director and later as Director. He also contributed to several development and reform initiatives, including as an Assistant Project Director of the Strengthening Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (Phase-III) Project, and as an Additional Deputy Project Director and Deputy Project Director of the Improving Public Services through Total Quality Management (IPS-TQM) Project of BPATC as an additional duty.

He subsequently served in the Ministry of Cultural Affairs and later joined the Power Division of the Ministry of Power, Energy & Mineral Resources, where he held the position of Deputy Secretary. Since 2 November 2022, he has been serving as Joint Secretary in the Power Division.

Mr. Islam has a strong academic and research background. He was actively involved in various government-funded research projects focusing on public administration, governance, and sustainable development. His notable works include:

• “A Study of Policy Makers’ Understanding of and Responses to Climate Change in Bangladesh” – Joint Research Project Director, funded by SBPATC (Phase-III) Project of BPATC (2015)

• “The Need for an Effective Holistic Approach for Successful Flood Disaster Management through Execution of Public Projects in Bangladesh” – research conducted as part of M.Sc. coursework at the University of Bedfordshire, UK (2014)

• “Analysis of Environment and Disaster Management Issues in Secondary Education: Bangladesh Perspective” – Research Team Leader, funded by the National Academy for Educational Management (NAEM), Ministry of Education (2016)

• “Application of Learnings by the Participants of the Training Courses Conducted by RPATCs” – Joint Research Director, funded by BPATC (2016)

• “A Study on the Effectiveness of National Integrity Strategy towards Promoting Good Governance at Ministry and Department Levels: Bangladesh Perspective” – Team Leader, funded by the National Integrity Strategy Support Project, Cabinet Division (2017)

He is privileged to take part in many high-profile training courses, seminars, symposiums, workshops, conferences at home and abroad. He has visited Japan, UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Thailand, Italy, Switzerland, Indonesia, USA, Saudi Arabia, India, Tunisia, Turkey, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, China and Cambodia for training, education and official purposes.

He is married and blessed with one son and one daughter.