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Dinner Reception by the CPD Board of Trustees to Felicitate Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus

24 January 2007

 

 

The Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) accorded a reception to Professor Muhammad Yunus, a founding trustee of the CPD, to celebrate his award of Nobel Peace Prize 2006. The reception was held on January 24, 2007 at the Spectra Convention Centre.

In his speech Professor Yunus thanked the CPD for organising the reception ceremony and recalled the support with great appreciation he received in the past to launch Grameen Bank and turn it into a world class visionary organisation. Congratulating Professor Yunus, on behalf of the CPD family, CPD Chairman Professor Rehman Sobhan recalled his exceptional contribution towards empowerment of the poor in Bangladesh. Professor Sobhan presented Professor Yunus a Uttarya and a Commemorative Memento especially made for this occasion. Eminent citizens of the country including CPD Trustees, current and former advisors of the Caretaker Government, former Ministers and MPs, political leaders, high level government officials, professionals, academics, development practitioners and civil society leaders attended the reception ceremony. CPD professionals presented a cultural programme on the occasion. CPD Executive Director Debapriya Bhattacharya conducted the reception ceremony.