Tareq Ahmed is currently the Director of Dhaka DocLab. He has extensive knowledge of producing audiovisual programs for local and international development agencies for around two decades. He was the Director of International Short & Independent Film Festival, Bangladesh, the oldest festival in this category in whole South Asia. Besides, he led a media and communication organization, which particularly worked for grassroots media and media professionals.

Besides, he attended workshops and trainings on cinema and the medium at home and abroad. Ahmed also authored a number of books on cinema and the medium.