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AK Azizul Huq Chaudhuri, Managing Director, Bangladesh General Insurance Co. Ltd. (BGIC) has won the "Sheba Ratna Award 2008" on Education & Employment Creation, given by the Mymensingh Sheba Niketon, an institute for rendering voluntary services in furtherance of education, literature, culture, job creation, social and free medical services.

The award-giving colourful ceremony was held at Mymensingh Shilpakala Academy auditorium on February 29 last..

Prof. Dr Md Shamsur Rahman, Vice-Chancellor, Jatiya Kavi Kazi Nazrul Islam University, Mymensingh, attended the function as chief guest.

AK Azizul Huq Chaudhuri received the award from Dr Capt (Retd) Mojibur Rahman Fakir (Ex-MP), Chairman, Mymensingh Sheba Niketon.

AK Azizul Huq Chaudhuri is in insurance profession for over three decades holding very high positions. For a major portion of his career he served as General Manager and Managing Director of Sadharan Bima Corporation and was also the Director of the Bangladesh Insurance Academy for sometime. After obtaining M.A. in Economics from Dhaka University, he later on obtained Fellowship (FCII)from the Chartered Insurance Institute of London and Diploma in Office Management from the Allied School of Accountancy and Business Studies, England.

Chaudhuri also received advanced training in insurance and reinsurance for about three years from England and Germany under the 'Overseas Students Training Scholarship' of the Chartered Insurance Institute of London.

For the academic excellence and outstanding performance in the Associateship and Fellowship examinations of the Chartered Insurance Institute he received the most prestigious 'Fedden Fellowship' and 'Bursary Award' of the Chartered Insurance Institute.

Chaudhuri, is also a Fellow of the Federation of the Insurance Institute of India (FFII) and an Overseas Fellow of the Economic Development Institute of the World Bank, Washington.

Chaudhuri is the writer of a text book on insurance which has been widely acclaimed by various universities and institutes.