Senior Programme Officer | Asia Regional Programme
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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.
This knowledge brief summarises discussions and provides recommendations on how to meet the financing gap for WASH in Bangladesh. Read more...
This Thematic Overview Paper provides water and sanitation sector professionals with a conceptual and practical overview of regulatory functions,... Read more...
This appropriateness assessment has provided insights into the strengths and weaknesses of the existing water and sanitation service models in three... Read more...
This project brief is a baseline assessment for drinking water and sanitation in four climate hotspots in Bangladesh. 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...
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...
Over the past 15 years, a Cambodian NGO has successfully implemented a community-driven bottled water initiative in rural communities. There are,... 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...
A number of tools for water, sanitation (faecal waste) and solid wastes can be used to develop a decision support/advocacy tool which can help... 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...
Informing Local Government Institutes about the strategy and how to adopt action plans for the implementation of the strategy. 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...
BRAC WASH has researched how to develop a viable process for faecal sludge-based organic fertiliser. Read more...
