James Fruchterman, President and CEO of Benetech, visited CRBLP on December 6, 2006 during his brief stopover in Bangladesh. Mr. Fruchterman has recently been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, popularly known as the "genius grant" for his work on social entrepreneurship. The IEEE Spectrum magazine has recently profiled him. He met with Dr. Mumit Khan to learn of the various activities at the centre, and to discuss potential future collaborations with BRACU.