Rehman Sobhan, a recipient of Shadhinata Puraskar, Bangladesh’s highest civilian award, is founder and chairman, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). He served as a member of the first caretaker government in Bangladesh in 1991 and a member, Bangladesh Planning Commission 1972–75. He was a Professor, Economics Department, Dhaka University, and Director General, BIDS, Bangladesh. He was actively associated with the Bengali nationalist movement during the 1960s and the Bangladesh liberation struggle in 1971. His publications include Challenging the Injustice of Poverty: Agendas for Inclusive Development in South Asia (2010), Untranquil Recollections: The Years of Fulfilment (2015) and Untranquil Recollections: Nation Building in Post-Liberation Bangladesh (2021).