BIGD Executive Director Dr. Sultan Hafeez Rahman had several meetings in November 2016 with a number of distinguished personalities such as prominent academics, policy makers and researchers regarding the research collaborations and other relevant issues of BIGD. Dr. Rahman had meeting with Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, Chairman of BRAC; HE Mr. Munir M.Merali, Resident Diplomatic Representative to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh of AKDN; Radwan Siddiq, National Consultant of the UNDP- Bangladesh regarding National Governance Assessment Framework (NGAF); Sylvia Bitter, Director, Sharique, HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation Bangladesh; Ashikur Rahman, Senior Economist, Policy Research Institute; Prof. Dr. Selim Raihan, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and Lady Syeda Sarwat Abed, Director of BRAC Institute of Languages.
Dr. Rahman along with Prof. Niaz Ahmed Khan and Dr. Shanawez Hossain, Research Fellow of BIGD, also attended a meeting with Dr. Mohan Manandhar, senior official from the Government of Nepal about possible areas of collaboration. He also participated in the 63rd Academic Council (AC) meeting, BRAC University and Awards Ceremony of BRAC University. Dr. Rahman also met with the Leader of the Myanmar delegation of the 8th Joint Trade Commission between Bangladesh and Myanmar H.E. Mr. Toe Aung Myint, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Commerce of Myanmar. He also attended the SDC's Board meeting at Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh. Beside these, Dr. Rahman had several Skype meetings with Ana Bellver, Senior Public Management and Governance specialist of the World Bank and Anish Mahta, Senior Advisor of Behavioural Insights Team (BIT).