Congratulations to D.Net Co-founder

Congratulations to D.Net Co-founder Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya for being elected as a Permanent Representative in UN mission and WTO in Geneva

D.Net's Founder Chairperson and Governing Body Member Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya has been appointed as the next ambassador and permanent representative of Bangladesh to the UN Offices and the WTO in Geneva. D.Net family is proud and congratulates him on his achievement.

As a governing body member Dr. Debapriya played important role in providing guidance and promoting D.Net in different fora. He was the first Chairperson of D.Net and promoted D.net during 2001-2004.

Dr. Bhattacharya studied at St Gregory's High school, Dhaka and Dhaka College. He did his MSc in economics with distinction and PhD in economics from the Plekhanov Institute of National Economy, Moscow. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford.

Bhattacharya was a Senior Fulbright Fellow at the Centre for Global Development, Washington DC in 2004-05. He was also a visiting fellow at the United Nations University-Institute of New Technology, Maastricht and Department of Economics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He was the general secretary of the Bangladesh Economic Association for three consecutive terms. He is a member of the governing body of the BRAC. He also sits in the Academic Council of the BRAC University. He undertook assignments for a number of international organizations, including 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.