International Institute of Bengal Basin IIBB( Ghosh Research Associates International)

The International Institute of Bengal Basin (IIBB) is a nonprofit organization, registered in the US and India. It works on environmental and ecological issues in Bengal Basin.  IIBB also supports educational, health, housing and human rights in Bengal Basin as well as in other areas where its services are needed. IIBB hopes to use its Bengal Basin experience as a working model for  emerging economies. Founded by Dr. Rash B. Ghosh, a Bengali-American scientist, the Institute has attracted a wide range of experts who are ready to assist IIBB in finding solutions to the various problems that exist throughout the Bengal Basin.  Dignitaries associated with the Institute have included Nobel Laureates Linus Pauling and Glenn Seaborg.  The Institute is currently receiving advice from Nobel Laureate Charles H. Townes, a prominent spokesman for Bengal Basin issues.  The IIBB is headquartered in Berkeley, California, with chapters in England, Bangladesh and India.

 

The International Institute of Bengal Basin offers pro bono environmental consulting services to industries, landowners, and citizens both in the US and abroad including the Indo-Bangla Subcontinent. Two-hour sessions are available with additional hours for community organizations such as nonprofit organizations and political institutions. Confidentiality is assured. Expert advice is available from some of the best institutions in the United States, Europe, and Indo-Bangla Subcontinent.

 


Nobel Laureate Charles  H. Townes, physicist, (IIBB co-founder and Adviser of IIBB), and Dr. Rash B. Ghosh, founder of  IIBB (Charles Townes professor of Water and Environmental Chemistry)

 

Executive Board

            Sterling Bunnell, M.D Vice Chairman and President, Internal medicine, Environment 

 

           Niranjan Roy Ph.D Engi  Vice president 

          

            Derek Whitworth, PhD Secretary General and Co-Founder of IIBB, Treatment plant           design,    Hazardous waste management, Enforcement and toxic Regulations

            Rosalie Y. Say Executive Director and Treasurer and Co-founder, Participatory planning, rural development, training

            Melissa Dworkin Director, Resource Mobilization, Business Management

            Jason Ravitz, PhD Director, Education

         Chairman  Vacant

 

Advisers

         Nobel Laureate Charles H. Townes

            Co-founder and Convener of the International Convention of Crime against Humanity 2002

         Dr. Rash B. Ghosh

            Founder and Nobel laureate Charles Townes  Professor

            Professor Richard A D Pattrick Head of School, Earth, Atmospheric, Environmental and Mineral Sciences, University of Manchester, U.K.

            Professor Afrozi Younus Professor of Physics, Zahangirnagar University, Bangladesh

            Professor Dilip Kumar Sinha Co-Founder of IIBB, Former Vice Chancellor of Visva Bharati, Mathematical modeling of Bengal Basin, Environmental Aspects

            Professor Kabir Chowdhury Co-Founder of IIBB, National Professor of Bangladesh

            Abdul Hamid, MP Former Speaker and Deputy Leader (Opposition) of Bangladesh Parliament

            Abdur Razzak Former Water Resources Minister Government of Bangladesh

            Amit Chakraborty, PhD Senior Executive Vice President, Tara Bangla Television, India

            Writer Sunil Ganguly Writer, West Bengal, India

            Suranjit Sengupta Advisor of IIBB, Bangladesh

United States Office

            Megan Timberlake Editor and Events Coordinator

            Dr. Kenneth H. Thompson Senior Researcher and Staff Writer

           Ashfaque Swapan Technical Writer

           Tista Nath East-West Training Coordinator

United Kingdom

          Hari Chowdhury, MD  President, IIBB-UK

          R.C. Basinab, MD  Vice President

         Nirmal Saha, M.D. Surgeon, Secretary

         Volunteers Sandra Chowdhury, Alex Chowdhury, Niserr Ahmad, Naim Joy Chakroborty

India

         Nirupum Mazumder  President and Co-founder, IIBB-India

         Professor Aftab Zaman Vice president and Regional Coordinator, IIBB-India, Head of the Department of Agronomy VCKB, West Bengal, India

         Rupsha Roy Organizing Secretary and Research scientist

         Shampa Chattarjee Office Administrator

         Dr.Sukla Das Sr. Research Scientist of IIBB

         Aparajita Dutta Research Assistant

         Monica Bardhan Co-founder, Coordinator and General Manager