BIGD’s Executive Director Dr. Sultan Hafeez Rahman had several meetings in March with a number of distinguished personalities such as prominent academics and researchers regarding the research collaboration and other relevant issues of BIGD. Dr. Rahman had a meeting with Dr. Parul Agarwal, Associate Director-Financial Inclusion and Dr. Sitaram Mukherjee, Senior Research Associate, Centre for Microfinance of the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) regarding the IGC project “Natural calamities and social safety net programs: A feasibility assessment of the impact of mobile cash transfers to vulnerable populations in Bangladesh”. Dr. Rahman also had meeting with Dr. Atonu Rabbani, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka; Dr. Shamsul Alam, Member, General Econmic Division (GED) of Planning Commission; Mohammad Mejbahuddin, Senior Secretary, Economic Relation Division, Ministry of Finance; Dr. Prof. Jaap de Heer, Team Leader, Bangladesh Delta Plan; Prof. S. R. Osmani, Professor of Development Economics at the University of Ulster, United Kingdom; Mr. Stuart Davies, Senior Economics Adviser, DFID; Mr. Siamul Rabbany, Programme Officer - Political Governance, UNDP and Md. Siddiqur Rahman, President, BGMEA. Besides, Dr. Rahman also attended several dinner and Skype meetings BIGD stakeholders. .