Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kurigram Zila Parishad Md Faridul Islam has been obtained Ph. D degree from social science in Public administration as external researcher from American Independent University of California, USA.His thesis was “A Study on Women Participation in Local Government and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh”.

The supervisor of his research was Prof. Dr. Peter Shephard, Professor, Department of Public Administration, American Independent University, California, USA. At the end of his vast research with the recommend of president of the concerned university, the board of trustees gave the Ph.D. degree.

Md Faridul Islam is an officer of BCS admin cadre of 11^th batch.He is an academic careearistics. He obtained B.Sc in agriculture degree from the agriculture department of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh. His two research was published in international journal earlier.

He is the eldest son of a school teacher Md. Latifur Rahman of village Beshargati under Begerhatsadarupazila.He is second of his five brothers and sisters.