Shegufta Bakht Chaudhuri

Shegufta Bakht Chaudhuri (known as S B Chaudhuri; 1931 – 11 November 2020) was a Bangladeshi economist who served as the fourth governor of Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of Bangladesh, from 1987 to 1992, and was also the advisor of the first caretaker government of Bangladesh in 1996.

Early life and education Shegufta Bakht Chaudhuri was born on 1 September 1931 in Bongaon, Nabiganj Thana, Habiganj in the then Bengal Presidency, British India to Dewan Mamun Chaudhuri and Syeda Zebunessa Khatun. Dewan Mamun's father was Khan Bahadur Wasil Chaudhuri.

Chaudhuri passed his matriculation examination from Sylhet Government School, intermediate exam in arts from Murari Chand College, bachelor's (honours) in economics from the University of Dhaka in 1951 and masters in public administration from Harvard University in 1967). After the independence of Bangladesh, he briefly served as the Director-General of the Export Promotion Bureau. From 1973 to 1974, he resumed the role of Chief Controller of Imports and Exports for the Government of Bangladesh. Between 1974 and 1977, he served as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce and later as Secretary of the Internal Resources Division in the Ministry of Finance. He served as the chairman of the National Board of Revenue from 1981 to 1987. He was a Temporary Alternative Governor of the International Monetary Fund.

After Chaudhuri retired from Bangladesh Bank, he started a column with the Daily Star titled "Along My Way".

Chaudhuri died on 11 November 2020 in United Hospital, Dhaka.