Pradip Ranjan Chakrabarty

Last updated

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

Contents

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]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adamjee Cantonment College</span> Co-educational College in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Adamjee Cantonment College also known as ACC is an educational institution in Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The institution was established in 1960 following the ideology of originally renowned public schools of England – Eton and Harrow. It is managed by the Bangladesh Army. and primarily for the children of army personnel. But civilians' students can also study in this college.

Kazi Farms Group' is one of the biggest businesses of the poultry industry in Bangladesh. Kazi Zahedul Hasan, the managing director, was awarded Business Person Of The Year for 2004 in Bangladesh. It runs most of its office computers on free and open-source software such as Linux.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hasan Mahmud (politician)</span> Bangladeshi politician

Muhammad Hasan Mahmud is a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs in Fourth Hasina Cabinet in 2024. Hasan was a former Member of National Parliament representing the Chittagong-7 constituency.. In 2019 he was appointed as Minister of Information and Broadcasting in Third Hasina Cabinet.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rokia Afzal Rahman</span> Bangladeshi politician (died 2023)

Rokia Afzal Rahman was a Bangladeshi banker and entrepreneur. She was the first woman bank manager in Bangladesh. She served as one of advisers of the caretaker government of Bangladesh in 2001.

Farhad Hossain is a Bangladesh Awami League politician who is a former minister of public administration and a former Jatiya Sangsad representing the Meherpur-1 constituency.

Bangladesh Competition Commission is a Bangladesh government statutory body responsible for encouraging competition in the market. Pradip Ranjan Chakraborty, former Secretary of the Planning Division is the Chairperson of Bangladesh Competition Commission. He joined this position on 8 November 2022.

Canadian University of Bangladesh is a private university in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This university is known as "Canadian University". The university is affiliated to the University Grants Commission. Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat is the chairperson of the board of trustees. H. M. Jahirul Haque is the vice-chancellor of the university.

Central Medical Store Depot is a Bangladesh government agency under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare that is responsible for procuring medical equipment for public hospitals.

Atanu Chakraborty the chairperson of HDFC Bank. He was appointed by the Reserve Bank of India in April 2021. He is a retired 1985 batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service and Gujarat cadre, and served as Economic Affairs Secretary of India until his retirement in April 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kabir Bin Anwar</span> Bangladeshi civil servant

Kabir Bin Anwar is a retired Bangladeshi civil servant. He was the 23rd Cabinet Secretary of Bangladesh Government, serving for a short period of time from 15 December 2022 until he went to post-retirement leave on 3 January 2023. Prior to that, he was Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Water Resources. Kabir is the chairperson of the Board of Directors of Centre for Environmental and Geographic Information Services. He was the 28th President of Bangladesh Administrative Service Association. He is the chairperson of non-profit Issabela foundation, named after his mother.

Hedayetullah Al Mamoon is a retired senior secretary at the Ministry of Finance of Bangladesh and the chairperson of Janata Bank.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Md. Touhid Hossain</span> Bangladeshi foreign secretary and adviser (born 1955)

Md. Touhid Hossain is a former foreign secretary of Bangladesh. He is a former high commissioner of Bangladesh to South Africa. He has been serving as an adviser to the 2024 Bangladesh interim government.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Md. Mahbub Hossain</span> Bangladeshi politician

Md. Mahbub Hossain is a Bangladesh civil servant and incumbent Cabinet Secretary of Bangladesh. Prior to this position, he was Senior Secretary of the Energy and Mineral Resources Division of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources. He also served as the chairperson of Titas Gas and Gas Transmission Company Limited. He is the chairman of Omera LPG as nominee of MJL Bangladesh Limited. He is a director of Karnaphuli Fertilizer Company Limited.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sunil Kanti Bose</span>

Sunil Kanti Bose is the former Secretary of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology and the former chairperson of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission. During his term as chairman of the regulatory commission he blocked YouTube due to the controversial Innocence of Muslims film.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mohammad A. Arafat</span> Bangladeshi academic and political intellectual

Mohammad A. Arafat is a Bangladeshi academic and politician. He is a former minister of state for information and broadcasting and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-17 constituency in 2023–2024.

Md Abdul Aziz is a former Cabinet Secretary of Bangladesh.

Md Humayun Kabir Khandaker is a Bangladeshi civil servant and the senior secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. He is the former Election Commission Secretary.

Kazi Wasi Uddin is the Ministry of Housing and Public Works secretary. He is a former additional secretary to the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock.

Khondoker Bazlul Hoque is a professor of International Business at the University of Dhaka. He is the chairman of the governing body of Tejgaon College. He is the president of Bangladesh Paribesh Andolan. He is the vice-chairman of Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship Center of the University of Dhaka.

References

  1. ↑ "Pradip Ranjan appointed as chairperson of competition commission". The Business Standard. 2022-11-08. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  2. ↑ "Govt appoints Pradip Ranjan as new member of Planning Commission". Daily Sun. May 2020. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Chairperson". Bangladesh Competition Commission . Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 "Pradip Ranjan Chakraborty, new chairperson of competition commission". The Daily Star. 2022-11-08. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  5. 1 2 "প্রতিযোগিতা কমিশনে যোগ দিলেন প্রদীপ রঞ্জন চক্রবর্তী". Jagoo News. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "সাবেক সচিব প্রদীপ প্রতিযোগিতা কমিশনের নতুন চেয়ারপারসন". dhakapost.com (in Bengali). 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  7. ↑ "Chawkbazar fire: 'Responsible persons to be brought to book'". The Daily Star. 2019-02-24. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  8. 1 2 "Pradip Ranjan new member of Planning Commission". The Business Standard. 2020-05-27. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  9. ↑ "30 govt offices to move for 100pc e-GP". businesspostbd.com. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  10. ↑ "Ministry of Planning Bangladesh Visit". Swiss School of Business and Management Geneva. 2022-05-11. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  11. ↑ "Competition Commission for action against bottled water price hike". Dhaka Tribune . 3 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  12. ↑ "BCC raises awareness of Competition Act | Daily Sun |". daily sun. June 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.