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BRAC is an international development organisation based in Bangladesh. In order to receive foreign donations, BRAC was subsequently registered under the NGO Affairs Bureau of the Government of Bangladesh. BRAC is the largest non-governmental development Organisation in the world, in terms of the number of employees as of September 2016. [ 3 ...
The President of Bangladesh is BRAC University's Chancellor. The board of trustees is the highest policy-making body of BRAC University. [25] It has 12 members, one of them being the Vice-Chancellor. Chaired by the Vice-Chancellor, the Syndicate supervises the academic and administrative functions of the university. [25]
Asif Saleh is a Bangladeshi development professional. He is the current Executive Director of BRAC, Bangladesh. [4] one of the world's largest development organisations.Saleh has been instrumental in the growth of BRAC, [5] which operates across Asia and Africa, focusing on areas such as poverty graduation, [6] and climate change.
The organization now operates in all 64 Bangladesh districts through development interventions ranging from education, healthcare, microfinance, skills, human rights, agriculture and enterprise development. In 2002, BRAC went international by taking its range of development interventions to Afghanistan.
BRAC Bank PLC. BRAC Bank PLC[4] is a private commercial bank in Bangladesh, founded in 2001. The bank is a subsidiary of BRAC, a leading development organization in the country. BRAC Bank is known for its focus on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). [5]
In 2011, ASA, together with Grameen Bank and BRAC, accounted for 62 per cent of Bangladesh's 18.5 million micro-borrowers and 69 per cent of the sector's gross loan portfolio. [17] At the industry level, overall average borrower numbers and portfolios have been rising steadily, ASA's active borrower accounts in 2008 and 2009 fell by 32 percent.
Malik was a founder director and faculty at the law school of BRAC University. [5] In 2008, Malik was the lawyer for the University of Dhaka. [7] From 2010 to 2019, Malik served at the Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs as an honorary director. [8] He criticised the Fifteen Amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh, which ...
The Yunus Centre, located in Dhaka, Bangladesh, is a think tank focused on social business, poverty alleviation, and sustainability. Founded in 2008 and chaired by Dr Yunus, it promotes his philosophy of social business and serves as a resource center for related initiatives.