Who is Dr. Muhammad Yunus Biography Information 2024

Dr. Muhammad Yunus Biography
Real Name	Dr. Muhammad Yunus
Gender	Male
Birth Date	June 28, 1940
Age	84
Birth Place	Bathua village of Hathajari upazila
Nationality	Bangladeshi

Who Is Dr. Muhammad Yunus?

• Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi Nobel Prize winning banker and economist. He is a teacher in the Department of Economics of Chittagong University. He is the originator of the concept of microcredit. Professor Yunus is the founder of Grameen Bank. Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank he founded jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006. He is the first Bangladeshi to receive this award. Yunus has won more national and international awards including the World Food Award.
• Family
• Muhammad Yunus was born on June 28, 1940. in Bathua village of Hathajari upazila of Chittagong district. His father’s name is Haji Dula Mia Saudagar, and mother’s name is Sufia Khatun. Dr. Afroji Yunus, wife of Muhammad Yunus. In personal life, Muhammad Yunus is the father of two daughters. Muhammad Yunus’ brother Muhammad Ibrahim is a professor of physics at Dhaka University and his younger brother Muhammad Jahangir is a popular TV personality.
• Education life
• His first school was Mahajan Fakir’s School. Muhammad Yunus secured 16th place in the merit list in matriculation examination from Chittagong Collegiate School and got admission in Chittagong College. There he involved himself in cultural and political activities. In college he won first prize for acting in drama. He was also involved in editing literary magazines and writing columns in Azadi magazine. He joined the Boy Scouts when he was in the seventh grade and traveled to various countries in Asia and Europe including USA, Canada at the age of 15 on behalf of the Boy Scouts.
• work life
• In 1957, Muhammad Yunus was admitted to the Department of Economics in Dhaka University with honors and completed his BA and MA from there. He then joined the Bureau of Economics as a research assistant. Later, he joined Chittagong College as a lecturer in 1962. He went to the United States on a Fulbright scholarship in 1965 and received his PhD in Economics from Vanderbilt University, USA in 1969 on a full scholarship. Yunus taught at Middle Tennessee State University from 1969 to 1972 before returning to Bangladesh. During the Bangladesh War of Independence in 1971, Muhammad Yunus was engaged in organizational work to build public opinion in favor of Bangladesh abroad and provide support to freedom fighters. Returning home in 1972, he joined Chittagong University as an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and served as the Head of the Department. He was promoted to the rank of Professor in 1975 and held this position till 1989.

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