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She started her career as an architect and then worked as urban planner in the UNDP funded Dhaka Metropolitan Dev. Planning Project for 4 years. She has served with reputed international and local consultants. She then served with the UN for over 12 years in Bangladesh, Indonesia & Pakistan.

During the last 32 years, he has designed various projects ranging from large urban academic campuses to small rural training centres made of mud blocks and from multifamily urban apartments to low cost housing for the rural poor. He also has vast experience in industrial building designs. He often draws inspiration from traditional art and culture.

Jalal has won a number of prestigious awards for design excellence & prizes in a number of architectural competitions, including Franco-German Embassy at Dhaka Int. Competition (2009), North South University Campus Int. Competition (2002) and Mujib Nagar Memorial Open Design Competition (1984).

Projects and articles by Jalal Ahmed have been featured in leading international architectural journals. He has presented numerous papers and studies on architectural issues in different international and national seminars & workshops.

He served as a part time faculty at the Departments of Architecture, of BRAC University, American International University Bangladesh & University of Asia Pacifica.

He has been elected as the Vice President, Asia of the Commonwealth Association of Architects for 2016-19 and is currently the Vice President (National Affairs) of the Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB). He also has served as Honorary Secretary of Architects Regional Council Asia (ARCASIA) during 2009-10. He is a founder member of the architectural research group CHETANA, established in 1981.