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'''Nurul Islam''' is a Bangladeshi economist.<ref name=odyssey>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/book-reviews/professor-nurul-islams-odyssey-1578118|title=Professor Nurul Islam's Odyssey|date=2018-05-18|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-05-30|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/dont-manipulate-economic-data-for-political-upper-hand-49372|title=Don't manipulate economic data for political upper hand|date=2014-11-09|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-05-30|language=en}}</ref> Islam is noted for his part in the independence war of Bangladesh from Pakistan in the early seventies as well as for his leadership role in the economy, from 1972 to 1975, as the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission. He was one of the closest advisors to, and confidants of, [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], the founding father and first Prime Minister of Bangladesh, and also the father of the current prime minister. Islam has mentored many Bengali political and power players (including [[Fakhruddin Ahmed]] and [[Muhammad Yunus]]).<ref name=odyssey/><br />
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He served as the Deputy Chairman of the first Planning Commission of Bangladesh. He is a primary contributor to the [[6 Point Movement|6-Point Programme]] presented to the West Pakistan government during the struggle for independence. In 1961, Islam, [[Rehman Sobhan]] and Habibur Rehman organised a seminar on the economic disparities between West and East Pakistan, which was instrumental in stirring up support for independence.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/in-focus/the-economist-and-the-patriot-75436|title=In conversation with Professor Rehman Sobhan|date=2015-04-04|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-05-30|language=en}}</ref><br />
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He received the Bangladesh Bank Award (2009) for his contributions to theoretical and applied development economics.<ref name=bdi>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bdiusa.org/professor-nurul-islam|title=Professor Nurul Islam|publisher=Bangladesh Development Initiative|language=en|access-date=2018-05-30}}</ref> He has authored 29 books.<ref name=bdi/><br />
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==Background and education==<br />
Islam grew up in Chittagong.<ref name=odyssey/> He completed his IA from [[Chittagong College]].<ref name=accidental/> After studying in [[Presidency college, Calcutta]] and the [[University of Dhaka]], he earned his PhD in economics from [[Harvard University]] in 1955.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-132477|title=Economist digs deep into rich-poor gap|date=2010-04-01|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-05-30|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Islam joined the University of Dhaka as an associate professor of economics in 1960.<ref name=odyssey/> In 1965, he left the university to become the director of the [[Pakistan Institute of Development Economics]]<ref name=accidental>{{Cite news |url=https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/views/reviews/nurul-islam-the-accidental-economist-1516893055|title=Nurul Islam: The accidental economist|work=The Financial Express|location=Dhaka|language=en|access-date=2018-05-30}}</ref> (later [[Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies]]), and government cabinet minister as [[Provisional Government of Bangladesh|Head of the first Planning Commission]] of Bangladesh.<ref name=odyssey/> He returned to Dhaka in 1969.<ref name=odyssey/><br />
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Islam was a Nuffield Foundation fellow at the [[London School of Economics]] and at [[Cambridge University]].<ref name=bdi2013/> He also served as a Rockefeller fellow at the [[Netherlands School of Economics]], and was a fellow at [[St Antony's College, Oxford]].<ref name=bdi2013/><br />
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Islam served as the Assistant Director General, Economic and Social Policy Department of [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] (FAO) and as the head of the Bangladesh Planning Commission (a cabinet-level post) of the first [[Government of Bangladesh]] during 1972–75.<ref name=bdi/><br />
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==Works==<br />
* ''Development Strategy of Bangladesh'' (1978)<br />
* ''Development Planning in Bangladesh: A Study in Political Economy'' (1979)<br />
* ''Foodgrain Price Stabilization in Developing Countries: Issues and Experiences in Asia'' (1996)<br />
* ''Exploration in Development Issues: Selected Articles of Nurul Islam'' (2003)<br />
* ''Making of a Nation, Bangladesh: An Economist's Tale'' (2003)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-84580|title=A Prime Minister and his house|date=2009-04-19|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-05-30|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-188486|title=A nation finding its way . . .|date=2011-06-04|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-05-30|language=en}}</ref><br />
* ''An Odyssey: The Journey of My Life'' (2017)<ref name=odyssey/><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
As of 2021, Islam resides with his wife Rowshan in [[Potomac, Maryland]] and [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/business/memoirs-fervent-patriot-1524181|title=Memoirs of a fervent patriot|date=2018-01-24|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-05-30|language=en}}</ref><br />
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He is the father of economist Roumeen Islam, and entrepreneur Nayeem Islam. His granddaughter Leila Islam is a student at Stanford Graduate School of Business.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* Bangladesh Bank Award (2009)<ref name=bdi/><br />
* BDI Lifetime Achievement Award (2013)<ref name=bdi2013>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/prof-nurul-gets-bdi-lifetime-achievement-award-2013-48053|title=Prof Nurul gets BDI Lifetime Achievement Award 2013|date=2014-10-30|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-05-30|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/business/conference-bangladeshs-development-held-us-170917|title=Conference on Bangladesh's development held in US|date=2015-11-12|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-05-30|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* {{cite web |url=http://bids.org.bd/uploads/publication/Other_Publications/Tales_from_My_Professional_Life.pdf |title=Tales from My Professional Life |first=Nurul |last=Islam |website=[[Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies]] |date=May 2022}}<br />
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