President
Dr Enayet Karim was selected as the Founder President of the Global Development Bank by its Board of Directors on June 1, 2022. His five-year term began on June 1, 2022.
Dr. Karim previously served as the President of the Global Economist Forum (GEF), a general Consultant Member Organisation of ECOSOC for the United Nations. Dr. Karim represented the GEF in international settings, including the World Bank–IMF, and meetings of the Financial Stability Board for the Economic Cooperation and Development, Investment mobilization, trade expansion, agriculture, education and infrastructure development.
In 2015, Dr. Karim advocated for setting up an alternative development bank, which can in real sense can play role to eradicate poverty and establish technology to set up green industry by virtue to green machinery, as part of a reform agenda featuring sustainable lending practices, more efficient use of capital, and a focus on raising living standards in poor countries. He was also instrumental in advancing the new debt management and operation system.
Dr Enayet Karim
President
Co president
Major General Dilawar Singh has been a Senior General in the Indian Army and he was also selected to be the National Director General for Youth Development in the Government of India. A well educated, highly trained and experienced professional leader with both national and international achievements, he has a Masters in Defence Studies, a second Masters in Management Sciences and a Ph.D in Youth Development and Management Strategy and Policy.
General Dilawar has a adequate experience of managing mega
infrastructure development projects, technological development projects,
organisational development, reshaping and redesigning of organisations,
communications development projects, Youth development projects, tree
plantation as well as rivers cleaning and ecosystem development
projects.
He also has hands on experience of preparing long term
development plans for Military Force Structures and organisations,
Weapons, Equipment and Systems Profile development plans and Military
modernisation related Acquisition plans, Training Plans and Financial
Plans for the entire Indian Army and Youth Development plans for the
Government of India
Major General Dr. Dilawar Singh
Ph.D, MMS, M.Sc, B.Sc, SC, Psc, HDMC, HDOOC