Dr. Sultan Hafeez Rahman, the Executive Director of BIGD, held several meetings in August 2015 with number of distinguished personalities such as prominent academics and researchers regarding the research collaboration and other relevant issues. Among others, Dr. Rahman had meeting with Dr. Mushtauqe Khan, Professor of Economics, SOAS, University of London, and Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, Advisor to the Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP); Professor Farid Uddin Ahmed, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Dhaka, Pauline Tamesis, UNDP Country Director; Dr. Tayabur Rahman of Planning Ministry; and Jaap M. de Heer, Netherlands regarding Developing Research proposal and Research collaboration; Professor Fahad Khalil, University of Washington, USA; and Dr. Monzur -ul- Amin Chowdhury, President, Forum for Peoples Voice, Chittagong regarding Advocacy work.
Dr. Rahman had also met with Anindya Chatterjee, Regional Director, IDRC and had a Working Lunch.