Mr. M. A. Baqui Khalily is a renowned academician and finance scholar of national and international repute. He retired from the University of Dhaka as aProfessor of Finance in 2012. In addition, Mr. Khalily held many important administrative positions such as Executive Director of Institute for Inclusive Finance and Development (InM), Acting Vice Chancellor and Pro Vice Chancellor of Presidency University, Chairman of Department of Finance, University of Dhaka, Director at Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited, Independent Director at Bank Asia to name a few. Professor Khalily currently teaches at Department of Business Administration, University of Asia Pacific.He has a large number of publications, especially on rural finance, financial inclusion, and microfinance and SME development in prominent national and international journals. He also authored/co-authored of many books and research monographs. Dr. Khalily had an MSc and a PhD in Finance and Development from Ohio State University, USA.