BIGD Executive Director Dr. Sultan Hafeez Rahman had several meetings in December 2016 with a number of distinguished personalities such as prominent academics, policy makers and researchers regarding the research collaborations and other relevant issues of BIGD. Dr. Rahman had meeting with Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, Chairman of BRAC; Dr Anindya Chatterjee, Regional Director, Asia of International Development Research Centre (IDRC) regarding program review and future work plan; Mr. Md. Shahidul Haque, Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Dr. Nasiruddin Ahmed, Commissioner of Anti-Corruption Commission; Mr. David Rinnert, Program Manager of DFID from the UK, regarding BCURE's capacity building program; Mr. Jonathan Rose and Dr. Ahmad Ahsan of World Bank; and Dr. Abu Shonchoy, Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economics, IDE-JETRO.
Dr. Rahman had also meeting with Dr. Zafrul Islam, Lead Procurement Specialist, Governance Global Practice, Public Integrity and Openness; Mr. Masud Mozammel, Sr. Communications Officer, Washington office; A.N.M. Mustafizur Rahman, Consultant and Mehrin A. Mahbub, Communications Officer of World Bank regarding PPRP II project. Beside this Dr. Rahman also attended different board meetings, skype meetings and dinner meetings.