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.
Key findings of the 2020 Bangladesh National WASH Accounts were shared and discussed during a Stockholm World Water Week 2024 session Read more...
How a lack of integrated planning and management is contaminating the surface and groundwater of Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Read more...
The lack of a post-handover operation and maintenance plan for handpumps has created an "install and forget" model. Read more...
Implementing a pro-poor WASH strategy in Bangladesh and setting up community-based service monitoring for sustainability Read more...
This note describes the approach followed to assist Local Government Institutions (LGI) of Bangladesh in improving service levels for people living... Read more...
Exploring the existing WASH service monitoring system at different levels in Bangladesh and how social mapping can help fill the gaps. Read more...
BRAC, IRC, Max Foundation, Simavi and SNV share experiences and identify priority actions for a 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...