Zahidul Islam did his PhD on quality of industrial potato under the Department of Agronomy in Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University. He completed MS degree on Agriculture Extension and Information system from the same and B.Sc (Ag) degree from Bangladesh Agricultural University. He has about 18 years experiences in the field of agriculture and development sectors. During this period, he also completed Post Graduate Certificate Course on Seed Technology from Sher-e Bangla Agricultural University. He received Training of Trainers (TOT) on Sustainable Agriculture during the period for one month from International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), Philippines. Apart from these Zahidul Islam participated in various national, international workshops, seminars and symposium and received international training on various development issues. He has long working experiences with NGOs, GO-NGOs, Consulting organizations, Group of companies and other national & international organizations like UNDP, FAO, IRRI, USAID etc. His expertise’s on Sustainable development in the field of Ecological Agriculture, Integrated farm practice, Livelihood and Food security, Environment and Climate changes, HIV/AIDS, Child labor, Education, Health, Water and Sanitation, Human rights and good governance issues. He published various research papers in different national and international journals.