Ananya Raihan | D.Net, Bangladesh
Dr. Ananya Raihan is currently the Executive Director of D.Net and Member Secretary of Executive Committee of D.Net. Dr. Raihan completed his MS in Economics (specialization: Economic Cybernetics) in 1990 and was awarded Ph.D. in Economics in 1994 from V.M. Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics, National Academy of Science, Ukraine. Dr. Raihan started his professional career at Kharkov State University, Ukraine as an Assistant Professor in 1993. He also served as a Research Fellow, at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a civil society think tank in Bangladesh, and immensely contributed at Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) as an Associate Professor and Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) as a consultant.
He performed professional works for a number of international and regional organizations including UNCTAD, WTO-ITC, SAARCFINANCE, OXFAM, CENTAD, SAPANA, SCCI, UNESCO and ICTSD. He has a diversified research interest which includes access to information and knowledge, international trade, financial sector reform, corporate social responsibility and SME development. Dr. Raihan was awarded the Ashoka Fellowship in 2004 in recognition of his contribution as a social innovator in the area of ICT for the rural community. He was one of the founder members and first Secretary General of Bangladesh Telecentre Network (BTN), which aims to build up information and knowledge system for the poor and marginalized by 2011 under its Mission 2011. Dr. Raihan is instrumental in developing the “Pallitathya Model”, concept of “Benefit on Investment (BOI)” and many other social development models. He is currently the chair of core group of Global IK-Mediary Network. He is a member of Digital Bangladesh Task Force. He is also a member of Community Informatics, a global Journal.