Mr. SM Shaikat leads SERAC-Bangladesh, that is advocating and implementing programs on democratic participation of youth in Bangladesh. He was elected to the UN-Habitat Youth Advisory Board in 2015 and has been a speaker at the opening plenary of the 9th World Urban Forum in Malaysia, and 11th World Urban Forum in Poland. Shaikat is the founder of the Bangladesh Urban Youth Councils Network that is initiating youth councils in city corporations across the country, and is also member of the World Urban Forum Advisory Committee. He was nominated by the U.S. Department of State to the International Visitors Leadership Program in 2013, and Asia Young Leader for Democracy in 2015.