Farida Akhtar (born 1953) is an adviser to the 2024 Bangladesh interim government and the executive director of UBINIG (Policy Research on Development Options).

[2] She is also an advisor to the current interim government in its Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock.

[3] Farida Akhtar was born on 1953 in Harla village of Chandanaish Upazila, Chittagong District, Bangladesh.

[4] She studied Economics at Chittagong University.

She is married to writer, columnist, and poet Farhad Mazhar.