Nationality Bangladeshi Fields Economics Education University of Oxford | Role Economist Name Debapriya Bhattacharya | |
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Born 29 April 1956 (age 67) ( 1956-04-29 ) Alma mater Plekhanov Institute of National Economy, Moscow
Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford Books Fisheries Subsidies and Marine Resource Management: Lessons from Bangladesh | ||
Rupantar economist dr debapriya bhattacharya with punam priyam
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).
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- Early life
- Career
- References
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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. Bhattacharya attended St Gregory's High School and Dhaka College. He earned his MSc and PhD in economics at the Plekhanov Institute of the National Economy, Moscow.
Career
Bhattacharya served as an executive director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). In 2007 Bhattacharya was appointed Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the WTO and UN Office in Geneva. A year later he resigned from the post citing "moral and ethical grounds". He is the Chairman of Southern Voice (Think Tank Network)