United Development Initiatives for Programmed Actions

UDDIPAN continues to operate as a large-scale microfinance and development organization while managing economic pressures and rising operational costs.

Began in 1984; microfinance programme launched 1989. Md. Emranul Huq Chowdhury joined as Founder Executive Director & CEO in May 1989 (co-founder). Md. Shahid Hossain Talukder cited by a secondary source as a founding figure but not corroborated by an official source, so founder records the verifiable name. Homepage counters: 921 branches, 6,082 staff, 953,446 members (666,260 borrowers), 64 districts. MRA-regulated per official site and Prothom Alo coverage of MRA-regulated NGOs; specific MRA licence number not located, so registration_ref is null. Loan portfolio not published on consulted pages.