Pradip Ranjan Chakrabarty

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Pradip Ranjan Chakrabarty is the Chairman of the Bangladesh Competition Commission. [1] He is a former member of the Bangladesh Planning Commission. [2]

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Early life

Chakrabarty was born in Natore District. [3] His father was Kamini Kumar Chakraborty, martyred intellectual in the Bangladesh Liberation War. [3] He did his bachelor's and master's in Zoology at the University of Dhaka. [4]

Career

In 1986, Chakrabarty joined the Bangladesh Civil Service. [5] [6]

On 20 December 1989, Chakrabarty joined the Pabna District Commissioner's Office. [3] He had served in the National Disabled Development Foundation and the Bangladesh Tourism Board. [3]

Chakrabarty was the additional secretary of Security Services Division under the Ministry of Home Affairs. [7] [8]

In May 2020, Chakrabarty was appointed a member of the Bangladesh Planning Commission. [4] He replaced Shahin Ahmed Chowdhury who went on retirement. [8] He then became a member of the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division. [9]

Chakrabarty led a team of the Ministry of Planning to visit Swiss School of Business and Management Geneva. [10] He was appointed chairperson of Bangladesh Competition Commission in November 2022 with the rank of a government secretary. [4] He had gone on post-retirement leave before his appointment. [5] He recommended action against bottled water manufacturers for price fixing and gouging. [11] He also worked to raise awareness about the commission. [12]

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