Palash Mahmud

Professional Profile

Palash Mahmud is a senior journalist with more than 15 years of experience in report writing, editing and publishing across newspaper, online and digital platforms. He has led online and digital teams at reputed media houses including Kalbela, Jugantor, Manabzamin, Somoy TV, RTV and Desh TV, and currently serves as Editor of Asia Post. He specialises in newsroom leadership and audience-based digital and data journalism. Alongside journalism, he has more than a decade of experience in voluntary work on consumer rights and currently leads several volunteer organisations.

Social Work

Under his leadership the Conscious Consumers Society (CCS) was founded in 2013. He has served as Executive Director of CCS for nearly 12 years and as President of Consumer Youth Bangladesh (CYB) for about 9 years. CCS works in coordination with the National Consumer Rights Protection Directorate (DNCRP), running consumer awareness activities in nearly 89 educational institutions, 61 districts and 335 police stations, with around 200,000 young volunteers. In 12 years CCS has completed 200+ events, filed multiple High Court writ petitions to protect consumer interests, and continues volunteer training, lab tests, research and campaigns.