It is with deep sadness that we let you know that the first female Mathematician and Academician Professor Rowshan Ara Rashid, mother of Mr Anir Choudhury, founder member and Governing Body member of D.Net is no longer with us (Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'oon). She passed away in the morning on July 30, 2010 at the Square Hospital. She was suffering from bronchitis.
She spent most of the time of her life for achieving knowledge and in teaching. She started her professional life as Lecturer at Eden Collage in 1967 after completing her education in 1966. Then she successfully fulfilled her duty as Vice Principal, Responsible Principal and Principal in this college. She retired in 2002 from her loyal duty. Her body had laid to rest at Mirpur Intellectuals Graveyard after Asar prayer at 30th July.
May her soul rest in eternal peace, and may the healing effect of time help her family bear this misfortune with the grace that she always embodied.
About Us
D.Net (Development Research Network) is a non-profit organization, which envisages to use information and communication technology (ICT) for economic development of Bangladesh. Incepted in January 2001, D.Net obtained legal status under the Societies Act 1860 with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, Bangladesh. Working with interfaces of all development use, D.Net thrives to build up itself as a multi-disciplinary organization.
Membership/Affiliation
D.Net is member of a number of global and national initiatives. These affiliations benefit D.Net to promote its views on various development issues to the stakeholders and contribute towards achieving desired development outcomes. As a “networked” institution, expressed through its slogan “ Development Research Network”, D.Net believes in maximizing outcome through collaboration. These affiliations give opportunities for finding partners for co-working.
D.Net is a young team working in three divisions. D.Net generally follows a rigorous recruitment procedure which starts with posting job advertisement mainly on the web. We accept job application only through Internet. D.Net has a dedicated Internship programme for sharing D.Net views on development with young people and make them aware of the modern job environment. A volunteer team also gives their time and energy for some initiatives. Please see the profiles of D.Net team under several links.
D.Net (Development Research Network) successfully completed its fifth year of operation in June 2006. The initial five years were the period of expansion, recognition and consolidation. D.Net celebrated its fifth anniversary with the endorsement of civil society and eminent citizens. During FY 2006 D.Net received international recognition through receiving Gender and ICT Award 2005 sponsored by Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) and APC WNSP. The recognition came in the World Summit of the Information Society in Tunisia in November 2005. D.Net started to play a visible role in the research arena within national boundary and in South Asia and through involvement with SAPANA, CENTAD, ICRIER. D.Net also has gone beyond South Asia thro
To work for development of the ICT network through out Bangladesh.
To disseminate knowledge among the poor and SMEs of Bangladesh for using ICT to participate actively.
To work for using ICT for agriculture, health, education, legal right, awareness building and capacity building for development.
To organize different activities to develop resource pool which can be shared over the Internet and other ICTs.
To conduct action and policy oriented research on ICT for development mainly in the context of Bangladesh.
To function as an agency for undertaking and promoting study, research and dissemination of knowledge in development economics and others related fields to planning for national development and poverty alleviation through use of ICTs.
To become a premier Organisation in Bangladesh and beyond through undertaking research and various programs in the areas, where information and knowledge can contribute to poverty alleviation, economic growth and peace.
Vision
A society where information and knowledge play its designated role of facilitation in participation of all stakeholders for generation of wealth and its equitable distribution for poverty alleviation.
