Digbijoy Dey is a Senior Programme Officer in IRC’s South Asia Regional Programme. He is an environment professional with over 12 years’ experience in the field of water and environment. He is IRC’s Country Representative in Bangladesh and works as a Sanitation Specialist. He has worked for countries outside South Asia such as Benin, Cambodia, China, Ethiopia, Togo and Vietnam. He has been working for IRC since 2018.
Before joining IRC, he worked on BRAC’s water and wastewater treatment programme, on faecal sludge management and water quality testing procedures. He has done his Masters in Environmental Management at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. He has substantial research experience in Bangladesh and the Netherlands. He has published more than 12 scientific publications in international journals.
BRAC and Dutch NGOs SNV, Simavi and the Max Foundation share experiences and identify priority actions for the new Bangladesh platform. Read more...
ADM-LAB Living labs for Adaptive delta management in Bangladesh Read more...
An international conference in Bangladesh highlights the need for a more holistic approach to water management. Read more...
How does water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) fit within Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) how does this link up with the Sustainable... Read more...
Launching a four-year Dutch-funded BRAC-IRC project Read more...
Developing a sustainable model for WASH services in Delta Plan hotspots. Read more...
Service monitoring is key. Read more...
Insight in the progress of the implementation of WASH component of the Pro-Poor Strategy at subnational level in Bangladesh. Read more...
Insight in the present WASH service monitoring systems and practices at subnational level in Bangladesh. Read more...
WASH organisations successfully lobby to include more questions about WASH in the 2022 National Population and Housing Census. Read more...
A central role for the youth and nature based solutions. Read more...
Report of a validation and dissemination meeting Read more...
Informing Local Government Institutes about the strategy and how to adopt action plans for the implementation of the strategy. Read more...
Water resources management, equitable access and hygiene receive due attention. Read more...
A pro-poor strategy has been approved and a new national strategy is on its way. Read more...
A waste-to-energy solution for the co-treatment of faecal sludge, municipal solid waste and agri-waste in combination with aerosol can recycling. Read more...
Spreading the cost of faecal waste removal over a series of monthly payments could make it more affordable for poor households and help kick start... Read more...
Sharing a sanitation facility with just one to two other households can increase the risk of moderate-to-severe diarrhea (MSD) in young children,... Read more...
Decision-support tool to aid the identification of potentially appropriate drinking water methods for arsenic- and salt-mitigation in Bangladesh... Read more...
The report provides an overarching recommendation for the development of national capacity development strategies that have high-level political buy-... Read more...