Adventures of A UN Official

Iftikhar Ahmed

Iftikhar Ahmed served for three decades at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva finally as Editor-in-Chief of the International Labour Review. As ILO's Country Director in Indonesia created history by having all the Core ILO Labour Rights Conventions ratified following the Suharto Dictatorship. Previously, Post-Doctoral Associate, lowa State University (USA); Visiting Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex (UK); Associate Professor of Economics, Dhaka University. Iftikhar is the author of 7 books published by reputed British Publishers in the fields of employment, technology, gender, environment and child labour. He, was elected General Secretary of the first Bangladesh Economic Association and Vice-President, F.H. Hall Union (1964-65) of Dhaka University, Member of the Commune Parliament in Founex, Switzerland (2021-2026). Iftikhar was the East Pakistan Tennis Champion (1967), Dhaka University Blue; Won Tennis Championships at the lowa State University and in Founex, Captained the ILO Tennis Team at the UN Games. Iftikhar is the son of the eminent Educationist, Dr Momtazuddin Ahmed, a founder Vice-Chancellor of Rajshahi University.