Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura is a government official. He was the chairman of the

Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board The Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board is a government agency established in the 1970s by ''the then'' president of Bangladesh, Ziaur Rahman, in response to the Shanti Bahini—led insurgency, the armed wing of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samh ...

. He served as secretary of

Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs The Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs (; ''Pārbatya caṭṭagrāma biṣaẏaka mantraṇālaẏa'') is the government ministry of Bangladesh responsible for Chittagong Hill Tracts. The Chittagong Hill Tracts have been inhabited by var ...

from 2011 to 2018. He served as an ambassador at the

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from 2010 to 2011. Before that, he held the position of additional inspector general of the

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, which is the second in command within the organization.

Education

Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura was born at

Rangamati Hill District Rangamati District (), officially Rangamati Hill District, is a district in south-eastern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chattogram Division, and the town of Rangamati serves as the headquarters of the district. By area, Rangamati is the larg ...

. and he completed his primary and high school education in Rangamati. After that, he went to

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and participated in the

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. He completed undergraduate and graduate studies in English language at the

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Career

In 1982, Tripura joined as assistant superintendent of police (ASP) of

after completing the Bangladesh Public Civil Service Exam. While serving as Bangladesh's first mission deputy contingent commander in the US-led "

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in Haiti" in the Western Hemisphere in 1994, he was awarded by the

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's "Commanders Award for Public Service" for outstanding performance. (UNMHA) and won the United Nations Medal. During the

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rule from 2001 to 2006, Tripura was denied promotion along with other religious minorities and people from Gopalganj District who were viewed as being loyal to the opposition

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. He was the deputy commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police in 2001. He was posted to the Criminal Investigation Department in 2002 as special superintendent. He was afterwards transferred to Khulna Range. He was then posted at the Bangladesh Police Academy and Detective Training School. He was sent to study at the National Defence College in 2005. In 2007, he was appointed Additional Inspector General of Bangladesh Police. Tripura has held important positions of commanding, staff and instruction. He was twice elected president of the Bangladesh Police Service Association. He was the managing director of the Bangladesh Police Co-operative Society and editor-in-chief of the "Intelligence Department" from 2007 to 2010. He was appointed in March 2007 as the national project director of the Police Reform Program and held the post until 6 October 2010, when he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was appointed the acting secretary of the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs on 16 June 2011. In 2012, he was made a full secretary of the government of Bangladesh. Tripura was elected chairman of the

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is a regional intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental learning and knowledge sharing centre founded in 1981, serving the eight regional member countries of the Hindu ...

(ICIMDD) board of governors in 2016. The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, an intergovernmental regional organization, was established in 1983 with eight regional members - Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Myanmar and Bangladesh. Tripura was the secretary of the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs from 16 June 2011 to 28 February 2018. From December 2013 to February 2018, he was the chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board (CHTDB). He was reappointed chairman of the board in March 2018.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tripura, Naba Bikram Kishore Living people 1956 births People from Rangamati District Politicians from Chittagong Division Bangladeshi police officers Bangladeshi civil servants Tripuri people Bangladeshi Hindus National Defence College (Bangladesh) alumni ICIMOD people