A special session on “Human Capital and BAYLA President, Abrar H. Sayem, emphasized the need for strengthening industry–academia collaboration to build a transformative Bangladesh, solving the mismatch crisis of employment demand and education outcomes.
A special session on “Human Capital and Job Creation: Navigating the Demand-Side and Supply-Side Challenges” was hosted at the Bengal Delta Conference, organised by DAIRA ( Dacca Institute of Research and Analytics)
The panel featured distinguished speakers from both industry and academia:
• Mashrur Arefin
MD & CEO, City Bank PLC;
Chairman, Association of Bankers Bangladesh Limited (ABB)
• Professor M. Niaz Asadullah
Southeast Asia Cluster Lead, Global Labor
• Prof. Dr. Maszlee bin Malik
Chairman, International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS);
Former Education Minister, Malaysia
• Dr. Faheem Hussain
Assistant Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University
• Dr. Rubaiya Murshed
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka
• Zia Hasan, Economist and Political Analyst
