Debapriya Bhattacharya
Debapriya Bhattacharya | |
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 Bhattacharya in 2013 | |
| Occupation | Economist |
| Parent(s) | Debesh Bhattacharya Chitra Bhattacharya |
Debapriya Bhattacharya is an economist and public policy analyst from Bangladesh. He was the first Executive Director of Centre for Policy Dialogue in Dhaka. He also worked as a Senior Research Fellow at Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS). [1]
Early life
Bhattacharya's father, Debesh Bhattacharya, was a lawmaker. He served as a Supreme Court jurist. Bhattacharya's mother, Chitra Bhattacharya, was a member of parliament of the Government of Bangladesh during 1996 to 2001.
Career
Bhattacharya served as an executive director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).[2] In 2007 Bhattacharya was appointed Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the WTO and UN Office in Geneva.[3] A year later he resigned from the post citing "moral and ethical grounds".[2] He is the Chairman of Southern Voice (Think Tank Network)[4]
References
- ^ "HLPF 2015 – Short Bios" (PDF). United Nations. June 26, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
- ^ a b "Debapriya resigns as permanent representative to UN office". The Daily Star. December 28, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
- ^ "Debapriya calls on president". The Daily Star. October 29, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
- ^ http://southernvoice.org/
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