Debapriya Bhattacharya is an economist and public policy analyst from Bangladesh. He was the first executive director of

Centre for Policy Dialogue The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) is a non-governmental think-tank in Bangladesh. It was established in 1993 by Rehman Sobhan, its founder chairman, with support from leading civil society institutions in Bangladesh History In 1993, Reh ...

in Dhaka. He also worked as a senior research fellow at

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies The Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) () is an autonomous multi-disciplinary public research organization that conducts policy research on development issues for Bangladesh. Supported by the Government of Bangladesh, BIDS funct ...

(BIDS).

Early life

Bhattacharya's father,

Debesh Bhattacharya Debesh Chandra Bhattacharya (3 November 1914 2 February 2004) was a Bangladeshi jurist who served at Bangladesh High Court and later at the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. Early life Bhattacharya was born on 3 November 1914 in E ...

, was a Supreme Court jurist. Bhattacharya's mother, Chitra Bhattacharya, was a nominated member of parliament of the

government of Bangladesh The government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh () is the central government of Bangladesh. The government was constituted by the Constitution of Bangladesh comprising the executive (the president, prime minister and cabinet), the ...

on a seat reserved for women during 1996 to 2001. Bhattacharya attended

St Gregory's High School St. Gregory's High School & College is a Catholic school in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was founded in 1882, when the city was part of British India, by Gregory De Groote, a Belgian Benedictine priest. The school, located on Municipal office street of t ...

and

Dhaka College Dhaka College (), informally known as DC, is a public educational institution of Bangladesh located in Dhanmondi, Dhaka. It is one of the oldest educational institutions in the subcontinent. It offers Honours degree, honours and Master's degree ...

. He earned his MSc and PhD in economics at the

Plekhanov Institute of the National Economy The Plekhanov Russian University of Economics () is a public research university in Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1907 by entrepreneur Alexei Vishnyakov as the first finance-specialized college in the Russian Empire. In addition to accr ...

, Moscow.

Career

Bhattacharya served as an executive director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). In 2007 he was appointed Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the WTO and UN Office in Geneva. A year later he resigned from the post, recognising "the privileges of the incoming elected government to choose its Permanent Representative in Geneva".

Publications

Books

Editor, co-editor, or co-author: * Bhattacharya, D., et al, 2022. ''Data for Policymaking in the Pandemic Period: The Bangladesh Experience.'' Dhaka: Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) * Bhattacharya, D. (Ed). 2019. ''Bangladesh's Graduation from the Least Developed Countries Group; Pitfalls and Promises''. London: Routledge. * Bhattacharya, D. and Ordonez A. (Eds.). 2016. ''Southern Perspectives on the Post-2015 International Development Agenda''. London: Routledge. * Bhattacharya, D. and Mikic, M. 2015. ''Least Developed Countries and Trade: Challenges of Implementing the Bali Package''. UN ESCAP. * Bhattacharya, D., Jahan, S. 2020. ''Global State of SDGs-Three Layers of Critical Action:'' Southern Voice.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhattacharya, Debapriya Living people Bangladeshi economists Dhaka College alumni People from Kalihati Upazila Permanent representatives of Bangladesh to the United Nations in Geneva Permanent representatives of Bangladesh to the World Trade Organization Year of birth missing (living people)