BIGD’s ED Dr. Sultan Hafeez Rahman had several meetings in October 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. Nasir Uddin Ahmed, Commissioner, Anti Corruption Commission (ACC); Dr. Shah Md. Ahsan Habib, Director (training) Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management; Dr. Syed Mushfeque Rahman, Additional Commissioner (Customs) and Deputy Project Director, VAT Online Project, National Board of Revenue (NBR); Mr. Mohammad Anisur Rahman, Joint Director, Foreign Exchange Operation Department, Bangladesh Bank; and Mr. Golam Sarwar, Assistant Programmer, NBR regarding a project on Money laundering. He also met with Mr. Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby, National Governance Assessement Framework - Expert at UNDP; Professor Dr. Syed Saad Andaleeb, Vice Chancellor, BRAC University; Dr. Zeaul Alam, Secretary, Cabinet Division regarding a project collaboration; Mr. Robert Gallagher, Visiting Fellow, regarding research programme on urban, Climate Change and Environment; Dr. Malay Kanti Mridha, Associate Professor, BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health regarding research programmes on Nutrition Governance. Dr. Rahman had also attended a Skype meeting on Developing Public Policy course with Dr. Samar Verma, Senior Programme Specialist, International Development Research Centre (IDRC); Professor Ramkumar Mishra, Director, and Dr. P Geeta, Associate Professor, of Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE); and Mr. Mohan Das Monandhar, Chief Advisor of Nepal Administrative Staff College.
He also attended a meeting with Mr. Vinay Sharma, Director, Governance Global Practice, the World Bank (WB) and Dr. Zafrul Islam, Lead Procurement Specialist and Task Team leader, PPRP-II, WB office regarding BIGD's Role in Dimapp project.