| Shamsul Alam | |
| Native Name: | শামসুল আলম |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Office: | State Minister of Planning |
| Term Start: | 18 July 2021 |
| Term End: | 29 November 2023[1] |
| Primeminister: | Sheikh Hasina |
| Minister: | Muhammad Abdul Mannan |
| Successor: | vacant |
| Birth Date: | 1 January 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Matlab North, Chandpur, Bangladesh |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Awards: | full list |
| Occupation: | Economist |
| Office1: | Advisory Council Member of Bangladesh Awami League |
| Termstart1: | 24 May 2022 |
Shamsul Alam (born 1 January 1951) is a Bangladeshi economist, and a former State Minister of Planning of Bangladesh from 19 July 2021 until 19 November 2023. He retired as a member and the Senior Secretary of the Bangladesh Planning Commission.[2] He is also one of the syndicate members of Sylhet Agricultural University. In recognition of his contribution in economics, the government of Bangladesh awarded him the country's second highest civilian award Ekushey Padak in 2020.[3] He is the member of Awami league Advisory council.
Alam was born on 1 January 1951 at Matlab Uttar in Chandpur of the then East Bengal (now Bangladesh).[4] He graduated in 1965 from the then East Pakistan Agricultural University (now Bangladesh Agricultural University) with a degree in agricultural economics and received his post-graduate degree in 1973.[4] In 1983, he received a post-graduate degree in economics from Thammasat University and obtained his PhD in the same subject from Newcastle University in 1991.[4]
Alam served as a faculty member of Bangladesh Agricultural University during 1974–2009. He worked as a member of General Economics Division (GED) from 2009 until 30 June 2021.[5]