BIGD’s ED Dr. Sultan Hafeez Rahman had several meetings in May 2017 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 meetings with Dr. Muhiuddin Alamgir, consultant of Asian Development Bank (ADB); Dr. Fouzul Kabir, Managing Director, Keystone Consultant Ltd; Mr. Faruqe Hossain, Director General, Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU), Ministry of Planning; Ms. Paula Steele, Global Public Sector Manager- Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS); Dr. Ahmad Ahsan, Senior Economist, World Bank; Ms. Sunhwa Lee, ADB’s Principal Social Development Specialist; Bruno Carrasco, Director, Finance and Governance, South Asia Department, ADB, Manila; Mr. Peter D’Souza and Dr. Stuart Davies, Senior Economic Adviser of Department for International Development (DFID) Bangladesh. He also attended several Skype meeting throughout the month.