Dear Alochoks:
I learned in today's Daily Star that Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, our representative to the World Trade Organization is leaving for Switzerland today. From the article (listed below), it is clear that this man is highly qualified and an expert in international trade negotiations. It is great to see such able and highly qualified people are being selected to represent and fight for Bangladesh's trade interests.
Interestingly, I also read a week ago that a professor from BUET has filed a case against the nomination of Dr. Bhattacharya on the grounds that his wife is a Russian citizen. Isn't it amazing?! Who knows what this BUET professor's agenda is. Perhaps he has a legitimate reason. But it is sad example of how poisonous the environment in our country is! Every good deed has a million enemies!
It also makes me appreciate the work of the good people in our nation - from Dr. Yunus to the common villager trying to help his community. Doing good in Bangladesh is very, very difficult and yet these people somehow find the courage and perseverance to do the right thing.
- M. Raheem
I learned in today's Daily Star that Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, our representative to the World Trade Organization is leaving for Switzerland today. From the article (listed below), it is clear that this man is highly qualified and an expert in international trade negotiations. It is great to see such able and highly qualified people are being selected to represent and fight for Bangladesh's trade interests.
Interestingly, I also read a week ago that a professor from BUET has filed a case against the nomination of Dr. Bhattacharya on the grounds that his wife is a Russian citizen. Isn't it amazing?! Who knows what this BUET professor's agenda is. Perhaps he has a legitimate reason. But it is sad example of how poisonous the environment in our country is! Every good deed has a million enemies!
It also makes me appreciate the work of the good people in our nation - from Dr. Yunus to the common villager trying to help his community. Doing good in Bangladesh is very, very difficult and yet these people somehow find the courage and perseverance to do the right thing.
- M. Raheem
Debapriya flies to Geneva today for UN job
Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, who was recently appointed ambassador and permanent representative of Bangladesh to the World Trade Organisation and the UN Office at Geneva, flies to Switzerland today to take over his new assignment.
Debapriya, a noted macro-economist and civil society activist, has also been accredited to represent the country at UN agencies in Vienna and will concurrently act as Bangladesh's ambassador to the Vatican.
He had been a long-time executive director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) -- a leading think tank in South Asia --before being chosen for the new posts late September.
Born in 1956, Debapriya studied at St Gregory's High School in Dhaka and at Dhaka College. He did his MSc in Economics with distinction and PhD from Plekhanov Institute of National Economy, Moscow.
He was a post-doctoral fellow at Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford.
Before joining CPD, Debapriya worked as a senior research fellow at Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) and was a senior Fulbright fellow at the Centre for Global Development (CGD), Washington D.C. in 2004-05.
He was also a visiting fellow at United Nations University-Institute of New Technology, Maastricht, and at Department of economics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
Debapriya has conducted joint research with Institute of Developing Economics (IDE), Tokyo, and Institute of Development Planning and Management (IDPM), Manchester.
He undertook assignments for a number of international organisations, including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO, UNCTAD, ILO as well as bilateral development agencies from the USA, Japan, the UK, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Sweden.
He has more than one hundred publications to his credit, including chapters in books, monographs, journals, articles and research reports.
Debapriya was a member of the official Bangladesh delegation to the fourth ministerial meeting of the WTO in Doha (2001) and the second meeting of the LDC trade ministers held in Dhaka (2003).
He played a critical role in the national preparatory process for the WTO ministerials held in Cancun (2003) and Hong Kong (2005) and helped organise the pre-WTO ministerial international civil society forums on LDC interests, held in Dhaka in 2003 and 2005.
He was the general secretary of Bangladesh Economic Association for three consecutive terms and is a member of the governing body of Brac, the world's largest NGO.
He also sits on the academic council of Brac University.
In the recent past, Debapriya played a leading role in promoting good governance in the country and, particularly spearheaded the civil society campaign for "Clean and Competent Candidates" for parliamentary elections in Bangladesh.
He is married to Dr Irina Shebanova, an economist, with a daughter, Alexandra Bhattacharya, who is studying Law at London School of Economics.
Debapriya, a noted macro-economist and civil society activist, has also been accredited to represent the country at UN agencies in Vienna and will concurrently act as Bangladesh's ambassador to the Vatican.
He had been a long-time executive director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) -- a leading think tank in South Asia --before being chosen for the new posts late September.
Born in 1956, Debapriya studied at St Gregory's High School in Dhaka and at Dhaka College. He did his MSc in Economics with distinction and PhD from Plekhanov Institute of National Economy, Moscow.
He was a post-doctoral fellow at Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford.
Before joining CPD, Debapriya worked as a senior research fellow at Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) and was a senior Fulbright fellow at the Centre for Global Development (CGD), Washington D.C. in 2004-05.
He was also a visiting fellow at United Nations University-Institute of New Technology, Maastricht, and at Department of economics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
Debapriya has conducted joint research with Institute of Developing Economics (IDE), Tokyo, and Institute of Development Planning and Management (IDPM), Manchester.
He undertook assignments for a number of international organisations, including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO, UNCTAD, ILO as well as bilateral development agencies from the USA, Japan, the UK, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Sweden.
He has more than one hundred publications to his credit, including chapters in books, monographs, journals, articles and research reports.
Debapriya was a member of the official Bangladesh delegation to the fourth ministerial meeting of the WTO in Doha (2001) and the second meeting of the LDC trade ministers held in Dhaka (2003).
He played a critical role in the national preparatory process for the WTO ministerials held in Cancun (2003) and Hong Kong (2005) and helped organise the pre-WTO ministerial international civil society forums on LDC interests, held in Dhaka in 2003 and 2005.
He was the general secretary of Bangladesh Economic Association for three consecutive terms and is a member of the governing body of Brac, the world's largest NGO.
He also sits on the academic council of Brac University.
In the recent past, Debapriya played a leading role in promoting good governance in the country and, particularly spearheaded the civil society campaign for "Clean and Competent Candidates" for parliamentary elections in Bangladesh.
He is married to Dr Irina Shebanova, an economist, with a daughter, Alexandra Bhattacharya, who is studying Law at London School of Economics.
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