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Non Resident Fellow, London Dialogue, Qatar
Former Minister of State for Education, the Republic of Maldives
Regional Director, Global Peace Institute, United Kingdom
Chairman, Sanober Institute, Pakistan
High Commissioner of Canada to Bangladesh
Deputy Head of Mission, Royal Norwegian Embassy in Bangladesh
Distinguished Professor, Illinois State University, USA
Project Director, European Partnership for Democracy, Belgium
Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Member of Parliament, Bangladesh
Tenured Researcher and Policy Analyst, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brazil
Founder and Managing Director, theBlueHeart gGmbH, Germany
Executive Director, Ngalasi Centre for Cohesion and Development, Nigeria
Director, Policy Entrepreneurs Incorporated, Nepal
Project Lead, Rishihood University, India
Former Army Commander, Indian Army, India
President, Institute of Global Studies, India
Vice President, International Federation of Consular Corps and Associations (FICAC), Bangladesh
Editor, Kantipur Media Group, Nepal
Former President of the Republic of Serbia
Professor, Georgetown University, USA
International Correspondent, Deutsche Welle, Germany
Independent Consultant, USA
Editor-at-Large, TIME Magazine, Singapore
Consultant, World Bank
Reporter, Mediapart, France
Senior Fellow, Centre for Social and Economic Progress, India
Moderator, N-tv, Germany
Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)
Professor and Chairman, Rabindra Bharati University, India
Former Minister of Defense, Republic of Madagascar
Founder Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies and Southeast Asian Women Peace Mediators (SEAWPM), Cambodia
Chief Executive Officer, Baker & York, Australia
Managing Director, SO.. Quantum Growth Agency, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Distingushed Fellow, Bangladesh Enterprise Institute, Bangladesh
Executive Director, Accountability Lab, Pakistan
Resident Representative, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Bangladesh
Assistant Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Ambassador, Embassy of Nepal to Bangladesh
Member of Parliament, Parliament of Montenegro
Research Fellow, Australia India Institute, Australia
Professor of Journalism, Daffodil International University, Bangladesh
Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Islamic University of Indonesia, Indonesia
PhD Researcher, University of Oxford, England
Executive Chairman, Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC), Bangladesh
State Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh
Ambassador of the Republic of Chad in India
CEO, Center for Research and Security Studies, Pakistan
Secretary General, The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), Bangladesh
PhD in International Relations and Security Analyst, Canada
Founder, Maritime Frontiers, Australia
Member of Parliament and Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ambassador, Embassy of Islamic Republic of Iran to Bangladesh
Chairman, International Security Industry Council Japan (ISIC), Japan
Head of Division, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), France
Founding Director, Trinco Centre for Strategic Studies (TCSS), Sri Lanka
Director, Persian Gulf Studies Group, Center for Scientific Research and Middle East Strategic Studies, Iran
Ambassador, Embassy of France to Bangladesh
Professorial Lecturer, George Washington University, USA
Senior Fellow, Agora Strategy Institute, Belgium
Managing Director, Starker Global Solutions, India
Director, Development Programmes, Consortium for Economic Research and Development Studies, Kenya
Senior Lecturer, Taylor's University, Malaysia
Senior Assistant Editor, The Hindu, India
Global COO and Executive Director of Academic Programmes, Tillotoma Foundation, India
Editor-in-chief, The Annapurna Express, Nepal
Professor, South Asia Studies Centre, University of Rajasthan, India
Principal Correspondent, ThePrint, India
Executive Director, Athens Riviera Forum, Greece
President, The Boym Institute, Poland
Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Kosovo in Bangladesh
Former Minister of State for External Affairs, India
Researcher, Wits University, South Africa
President, Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS)
Founder & CEO, ENTROGX AI Ventures, United Arab Emirates
Director General, Ministry of Education, Maldives
Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong
Editor, Prothom Alo
Country Director, International Labour Organization (ILO), Bangladesh
Professor of International Relations, Turkish National Defence University, Turkey
Gender Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Lead, Aus4Growth, Boston Consulting Group/DFAT, Thailand
Senior International Advisor, European Partnership for Democracy (EPD), Germany
Ambassador and Head, Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh
Head of Asia-Pacific Department, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Germany
Former President, the Republic of Maldives
Senior Advisor and Consultant (Principal Economist, Policy Analyst, and Regional Cooperation Specialist), Washington DC, USA
Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Mali
Managing Partner, Unitas Global Advisory, United Kingdom
Director, Blue Green Nexus Pvt Ltd, Pakistan
Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Bangladesh
Foreign Relations Advisor to the Mayor, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Turkey
Chief of Bureau, The Week, India
South and East Asia Director, Accountability Lab, Nepal
Ambassador, Embassy of Sweden in Bangladesh
Executive Director, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPCS), Cambodia
President, International Federation of Consular Corps and Associations FICAC and Honorary Consul of the Philippines in Greece
Adjunct Fellow, East-West Center in Washington, USA
Founder, Connect India Japan, Japan
Editor, New Age
Comedian, Educator, Thought Leader, Executive Coach, Live Learn Laugh LLP, India
Executive Director, Centre for Governance Studies (CGS)
Senior Advisor, Kingsrock, United Kingdom
Associate Senior Researcher, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Russia
Deputy Associate Dean, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Research Director, Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement, Nepal
Founder & Executive Director, Southeast Asia Institute for Accountability, Governance & Economics, Malaysia
Director, East West Management Institute, Australia
Founder & Principal Attorney, Mahaja Law LLC, USA
Ambassador, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to Bangladesh
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, Health Affairs, Bangladesh
Executive Director, Asian Confluence, India
Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh
Fellow, Hudson Institute, Japan
CEO and Co Founder, SOLshare, Bangladesh
Researcher, Latvian Institute of International Affairs, Latvia
Senior Research Fellow, Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS)
Head of Office, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Bangladesh
CEO & Director Sustainable Development, EMI Consultant, Bangladesh
State Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh
Founder & Executive Director, Mantraya Institute for Strategic Studies (MISS), India
Economist and AI/ML Researcher; Founder, Novelnomix, USA
President, Chintan Research Foundation (CRF), India
High Commissioner of the Maldives to Bangladesh
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Artificial Intelligence Training Expert, France
Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies & Analysis, India
Health Systems Researcher, Institute of Health Partners, Bhutan
Professor, OP Jindal Global University, India
Professor, O.P. Jindal Global University, India
Independent Policy Adviser and Consultant, India
Managing Director, Governance Guru Private Ltd, Sri Lanka
Head of Office and Representative in Bangladesh, UNESCO
Advisor, KBU Research Institute, Thailand
Consulting Editor, ABP Online, India
Co-founder, Jammu Kashmir Policy Institute (JKPI), India
Head, BRICS Expert Council, Russia
Partner, Oracle Advisory Group, USA
Secretary, Ministry of Digital Economy, Sri Lanka
Research Fellow, Rakuten Securities Economic Research Institute, Japan
Ambassador, Embassy of The State Of Palestine in Banglaesh
Member of Parliament and Adviser to the Prime Minister, Bangladesh
Host and Editor-in-Chief, Tactical Talk, Pakistan
Research Analyst, Henry L. Stimson Center, USA
President, CGS; Chair, Bay of Bengal Conversation, Bangladesh
Former Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Malaysia