Taufiq Zahidur Rahman
Advisor to the Mayor, Dhaka North City Corporation
Taufiq Zahidur Rahman, one of the two advisors working very closely with Mayor Md. Atiqul Islam of Dhaka North City Corporation, Bangladesh.
After graduating in business, he started his working career in an NGO in 1998 as an IT executive and in about 9 years lead the finance and IT team of the same organization. In 2010 he joined the family business of export-oriented textile and garments manufacturing, which is on the top 10 list in Bangladesh. Besides this, Taufiq leads the largest payment solution provider in the country; he is also involved in real estate development, constructions and software development.
Taufiq’s involvement with city governance started when Mayor Islam took the office in 2019, after winning the by-elections at which Taufiq was the Campaign Manager. In fact, he was the Campaign Manager of the next Mayoral election as well, term of which is being served by Mayor Islam now.
At Dhaka North City Corporation, Mr. Rahman is hand holding projects like, revenue collections automation, Shobar Dhaka mobile app (complain management system for citizens), AI based traffic management system, road safety initiative with Bloomberg Philanthropies, air quality monitoring under Partnership for Healthy Cities initiative, sustainable waste management, etc. Besides these, he also works with Mayor Islam and the senior management team to in all strategic decision-making process of Dhaka North.
Taufiq maintains Mayor Islam’s all international engagements like C40, MMC, ICLEI, UN Secretery Generals Advisory Council, etc.
Speaker’s Events
Event Name | Start | Finish |
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The Metropolis as a Territorial Solution to Urban Challenges | 07 Oct 2023 11:10 | 11:55 |
Global Perspectives | 07 Oct 2023 12:00 | 12:45 |