Agricultural scientist Md Manjurul Kadir has been appointed (DG) Director General (Routine Duties) of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), according to an official order issued by the Ministry of Agriculture. The appointment was made, said in a press release, marking a leadership change at the country’s premier agricultural research body.
The appointment places Kadir at the helm of BARI, where he previously served as Director of the Oilseed Research Centre. He began his career at the institute in 1992 as a Scientific Officer and rose through successive ranks including Senior Scientific Officer, Principal Scientific Officer, Chief Scientific Officer, and Director of the Oilseed Research Centre.
Kadir completed his PhD at Bangladesh Agricultural University in 2009, specialising in oilseed breeding with a focus on rapeseed and groundnut. Over his career, he has contributed to agricultural research through publications in national and international peer-reviewed journals and has represented Bangladesh at scientific conferences, training programmes, seminars, symposiums and workshops in the United States, India, the Netherlands, Spain, Thailand, Kenya and Vietnam.
Born in 1968 in Jamalpur district, Kadir is the father of two children, according to the press release.
