Mahmuda Akhter is the Executive Director of the Institute of Child and Human Development (ICHD). She is also the Vice-Chair of Bangladesh ECD Network (BEN) and the Convener of South Asia Forum of Early Childhood Development Professionals (SAFECDP). She is a member of the National ECCD Technical Committee under the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs. She is a Member of the Management Board of Bangladesh Shishu Academy which is the National Academy for Children. She was the founding Head of the ECD Resource Centre at BRAC Institute of Educational Development, BRAC University from 2005 to 2011. She was also a member of the Asia-Pacific Regional Network for Early Childhood (ARNEC) Steering Committee (2008-2016). Under the guidance of Ms. Mahmuda Akhter, a significant number of research studies were conducted in the field of Early Childhood Development. She had a lead role in designing and developing the Post Graduate Certificate, Diploma, and Master Degree Program in Early Childhood Development at BRAC IED jointly with Columbia University USA and Open Society Institute London. She has been working as a faculty in this program of BRAC IED, BRAC University since 2008.