Sayema Haque Bidisha

Bidisha did her bachelor's and master's in economics at the University of Dhaka in 1997 and 1998 respectively.^[5] She did another master's in economics at the University of Bath in 2003.^[5] She completed her PhD at the University of Nottingham in 2009.^[5]

Bidisha was a Research Analyst at the World Bank from 1 December 2000 to 1 July 2002.^[5] She joined the University of Dhaka as a lecturer in 2003.^[5] She was promoted to Assistant Professor in 2009.^[5]

In December 2013, Bidisha was promoted to Assistant Professor.^[5] She was a visiting scholar at the University of Concordia in 2014.^[5] From 2016 to 2024, she was the Research Director at the South Asian Network on Economic Modelling.^[6]

Bidisha was promoted to professor in 2018.^[5]

After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government,^[7] Bidisha was appointed pro-vice chancellor of the University of Dhaka.^[6] She replaced Muhammad Samad who was removed by the Ministry of Education in the face of student protests.^[8][9][10] She was the convener of the Pohela Boishakh celebration central committee.^[11] That year the Mangal Shobhajatra was renamed to Barshabaran Ananda Shobhajatra.^[12][13]