Mr. Hossain completed his Masters in Statistics (DU), Masters in Public Policy (Dev. Economics) from GRIPS, Tokyo, Japan. He underwent professional training at IMF Training Institute at Pune, India, IMF Training Institute in Singapore and Asia Pacific Finance Development Centre at Shanghai, China. His area of specialization is Population Science and Development Economics and his areas of special interest are Statistics (Ancillary Statistics), Demography, Fiscal Policy and Monetary Policy.