Seema Ahmad

Seema Ahmad (Bengali: সীমা আহমদ; born 22 January 1969), is a lawyer, author and grassroots social activist.MIRS She is an executive member of the Michigan Democratic Party and a candidate for State Representative in Michigan's 7th House District in 2026.^[1]

Seema Ahmad was born in Bangladesh, but as the daughter of a diplomat, is well travelled and was raised both in Europe (Sweden, France, Switzerland and Romania) and Bangladesh. She immigrated to the US in 1995 after her marriage and settled in Michigan in 2000 after completing a master's in public policy from Harvard University. Seema transitioned to law studies and completed her Graduate Diploma in Law from BPP University in 2024. She then completed her Bar-at-Law studies and LLM from the City Law School, City St George's University of London in 2026 joining the alma mater of Gandhi, Nehru, Jinnah, Thatcher and Blair. She is also a member of Lincoln's Inn in London.^[1]

Before her political engagement in Metro Detroit, Seema worked for local government as a bureaucrat through the City of Detroit's Department of Planning and Development, Human Rights and Health. She also worked as a turnaround consultant for local and federal government through Public Strategies Group.^[2][1]

In 2021, Seema authored and published Bridge Over Troubled Waters,^[3] a Daughter's Memoir of the Man Behind North South University (NSU).^[4][5] In the memoir, she weaved her own recollection with those of her friends and family to present  a unique account of the history of North South University and the man who shepherded its formation.^[6] In 2022, Seema hosted a book launch for her memoir which earned media coverage from 10 television stations & 17 newspapers.^[4] She served as a member of the board of trustees at NSU from 2022 to 2024.^[6]

In 2000, Seema founded the non-profit Center for Education & Development to assist in building Presidency University in Bangladesh where she was a board member. She also worked with World Computer Exchange to send hundreds of computers to 10 non-profit organizations in 2002. Subsequently, Seema partnered with JAAGO Foundation in Bangladesh to deliver refurbished laptops and build a computer lab for impoverished students at a school in Korail slum exclusively serving students from low-income households. In 2022, Seema delivered robotics education to the same maginalised students as a coach and had the JAAGO Robotics team represent Bangladesh at the World Vex Robotics competition in Texas. The organization, renamed Manik & Sefi Foundation , supports orphaned and abandoned children in efforts to combat child labor.^[7]

Seema is married and is the mother of three adult children. She is the daughter of late Muslehuddin Ahmad^[8] and late Shaista Ahmad^[3] who were diplomats and founder trustees at North South University, the first private university in Bangladesh. Seema's father served as the first Vice Chancellor at NSU and Presidency University, and was also ambassador of Bangladesh to France and Romania.

1)Ahmad, S., 1996 “ Rural Development in Terms of Urban Development: An Urban Perspective, Urban Journal.

(2) Ahmad, S., 1995 "Determinants of Land Prices in Dhaka City", Oriental Geographer.

(3)Ahmad, S., 2021 “Bridge Over Troubled Waters: A Daughter's Memoir of the Man Behind North South University,” Academic Press & Publishers Library.