The BIDS is governed by a high-powered Board of Trustees, with the Minister for Planning, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh as the Chairman and the Director General as the Chief Executive of the Institute. The Secretary of BIDS provides administrative assistance to the Director General and also officiates as the Secretary to the Board of Trustees.

The Board of Trustees is composed of the following:

Hon’ble Members`

1.  Mr. M. A Mannan, MP 

Honorable Minister, Ministry of Planning

Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh &

Chairman, Board of Trustees

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)

2.Mr. Abdur Rouf Talukder

Governor

Bangladesh Bank

3. Ms. Fatima Yasmin

Senior Secretary

Department of Finance, Ministry of Finance

4.Professor Wahiduddin Mahmud

Nominated by the hon’ble President

5. Mr. Satyajit Karmaker

Secretary

Planning Division, Ministry of Planning

6.Dr. Md. Kawser Ahmed

Member (Secretary)

General Economics Division (GED)

Planning Commission, Ministry of Planning

7. Mr. Suleman Khan

Secretary

Secondary and Higher Education Division

Ministry of Education

8. Mr. Abdul Gaffar Khan

Director General (Grade-1)

Bangladesh Rural Development Board

9. Professor Dr. Kazi Shahidullah

Chairman

University Grants Commission

10. Professor Nazrul Islam      

Senior Fellow

BIDS

11.Barrister Nihad Kabir

Senior Fellow

BIDS.

12. Dr. Binayak Sen

Director General

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies

E-17 Agargaon, Sher-e-Banglanagar Dhaka – 1207

13. Dr. Monzur Hossain

Research Director, BIDS

14. Dr. Mohammad Yunus

Senior Research Fellow, BIDS

15. Dr. S. M. Zulfiqar Ali

Senior Research Fellow, BIDS