Knowledge Discovery Consulting Limited - KDCL
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Knowledge Discovery Consulting Limited (KDCL), Centre for Research and Consulting Services, is an independent and unbiased social, development, marketing, management, accounting, finance and banking, agriculture, livelihood and livestock, legal & law, research, survey, study, and consulting organization in Bangladesh.

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Management

Advisory Board Member

Shahana Shumy

CA, MBA (Finance, DU), BBA (Finance & Banking, DU)

Chairman and Co-founder
Ms. Shahana Shumy has extensive working experience in the fields of financial management, internal control, and compliance. She also has widespread experience in licensing and obtaining permission from RJSC and other government authorities, trade licenses, VAT, TAX, IRC, ERC, trademarks, organizational internal control and compliance, company affairs, internal auditing, etc. She has proven track record in audits, special investigations, consultancy, and other issues in many multinational compani...
Ms. Shahana Shumy has extensive working experience in the fields of financial management, internal control, and compliance. She also has widespread experience in licensing and obtaining permission from RJSC and other government authorities, trade licenses, VAT, TAX, IRC, ERC, trademarks, organizational internal control and compliance, company affairs, internal auditing, etc. She has proven track record in audits, special investigations, consultancy, and other issues in many multinational companies, trading and manufacturing concerns, and liaison and branch offices. Ms. Shahana Shumy has audited many projects and programs of different donors, development partners, foreign-aided projects, and I/NGOs. Various assignments and activities are comprised of developing auditing monitoring and evaluation guidelines, M&E tools, analytical report writing, report presentation, and final report preparation. Ms. Shahana Shumy has successfully completed a Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA) in Finance and Banking from Dhaka University and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) in Finance from the same university. She has also successfully completed Charter Accountancy (CA) at Hoda Vasi Chowdhury & Co. She has engaged with different professional bodies.
Advisory Board Member

Waled Mahmud

MDS, M.Com.(Mgt.). PGD Mgt.

Managing Director and Founder
Mr. Waled Mahmud has more than 20 years of professional experience working in top-level management, administration, development, marketing, and development research, surveys, and studies, along with consulting in a diverse arena, including baseline, midline, and end-line surveys, impact evaluation, project monitoring, market feasibility studies, market share analyses, mystery shopping, opinion-pull surveys in the development, corporate, and industrial sectors, etc. He has considerable expertise...
Mr. Waled Mahmud has more than 20 years of professional experience working in top-level management, administration, development, marketing, and development research, surveys, and studies, along with consulting in a diverse arena, including baseline, midline, and end-line surveys, impact evaluation, project monitoring, market feasibility studies, market share analyses, mystery shopping, opinion-pull surveys in the development, corporate, and industrial sectors, etc. He has considerable expertise in conducting qualitative and quantitative research and studies, the development of technical and financial proposals and the expression of interest, the development of research tools and comprehensive analysis of primary data, analytical report writing and presentation,
monitoring and evaluation, baseline, midline, and end-line surveys, management and operation, strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat (SWOT) analysis, the development of case studies and success stories, articles for publication in international journals, participation in national and international conferences, workshops, etc., the review of government policy documents, and providing strategy guidelines. He also has significant experience in capacity development (institutional and technical development), project cycle management, and implementation, including planning, budgeting, monitoring, and evaluation.
Mr. Mahmud has worked with several international and national organizations, including the Water and Sanitation Program-South Asia (WSP-SA), the World Bank, IUCN, Verulam Associates South Asia Office, and ITN-BUET, Bangladesh. He has provided an enormous number of consultancy services under various organizations, including the World Bank, UNDP, UNHCR, ADB, WaterAid Bangladesh, Plan Bangladesh, Practical Action Bangladesh, UNICEF, ICDDRB, JICA, Water 1st, Water.Org, FHI 360, Caritas Bangladesh, Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF), etc.
Mr. Mahmud has a number of research reports, publications, and modules to his credit. He has an enormous number of publications, both national and international, in journals, magazines, papers, etc. He has also attended a number of training courses and participated in different national and international conferences, seminars, workshops, symposiums, etc. He has completed a Master’s in Development Studies (MDS) and also obtained a Master’s in Commerce (Management) and a Diploma in Management Consultancy (PgDMC) from IMC Bangladesh.
He is a member of several professional bodies, including the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), the World Toilet Organization (WTO), and the World Water Council (WWC). He is a life member of the University of Dhaka and an alumni of Global Campus 21, InWent: Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH. He has visited the United Kingdom (UK), India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and Thailand.