Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – Dr. Atiur Rahman, Governor, Bangladesh Bank (BB), the country’s central bank, has been awarded the prestigious Indira Gandhi Gold Plaque 2011 by the Asiatic Society, Kolkata, India in recognition of his significant contribution to international co-operation towards human progress.
Professor Mihir Kumar Chakrabarti, General Secretary of the Asiatic Society, in his letter dated on February 29 informed that the award will be formally conferred upon Dr. Atiur Rahman in a ceremony scheduled on May 7 this year in Kolkata, a press statement said on Thursday.
First introduced in 1985, past awardees of the Gold Plaque include Ex-Swedish Premier Olaf Palme (1985), Mother Teresa (1987), Dr. Javier Perez de Cuellar (1988), Nelson Mandela (1989), Rev Desmond Tutu (1990), Yasser Arafat (1993), Prof Amartya Sen (1994), Aung San Suu Kyi (1995), Dr. Gabriel Garcia (1998), Gunter Grass (1999), Fidel Castro (2000) Pandit Ravi Shankar (2001), Ms Swaminathan (2002), Ustad Bismillah Khan (2003), Somnath Hore (2004), Ernst Steinkellner (2006), Dinkar Kowshik (2007), Pranab Mukherjee (2008) and Bangladesh Premier Sheikh Hasina (2009).
Earlier Dr. Rahman received Sheltech Award (2010) for his outstanding contribution in development of the financial sector of Bangladesh.
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