Our Team
The people behind White Globe Initiative's research program.
Gazi Quamrul Hasan
Director, White Globe InitiativeGazi is a Senior Lecturer of Economics at East West University and an associate researcher at the Policy Research Institute (PRI). His work centers on macroeconomics and debt sustainability. He prepared macroeconomic stability frameworks for the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 and the Perspective Plan (2020-2041).
Recent work
A Tale of the Financial Inclusion-Growth Nexus
with B.K. Nandi & M.H. Kabir · Journal of Financial Economic Policy, Vol. 14(3), 2022
On the Motor Vehicle Agreement
with Karim · BIISS Journal, Vol. 36(2), 2015
Univariate Time Series Forecasting
with B.K. Nandi & M. Chaudhury · East West Journal of Business and Social Studies, 2015
Biplob Kumar Nandi
Director, White Globe InitiativeBiplob is a Senior Lecturer of Economics at East West University and an associate researcher at the Policy Research Institute (PRI). He specializes in macro-fiscal policy, tax reform, and economic modeling, with research collaborations at the Copenhagen Consensus Center, the International Growth Centre (IGC), and the World Bank.
Recent work
Crude Oil Price Hikes and Exchange Rate Volatility in Bangladesh
Resources Policy, 2024
Bangladesh's Tax Paradox: Low Efforts but High Expenditures
with Bazlul H. Khondker · PRI Policy Insights, Oct 2025
The Bitcoin Saga
with Gazi Quamrul Hasan · PRI Policy Insights, 2018
Atikur Rahman
Research Associate, White Globe InitiativeAtikur is a Research Associate at White Globe Initiative. He holds a B.S.S. in Economics from East West University and is currently pursuing his M.Sc. in Mathematics at Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology.
Current projects
Inflation Targeting Under Fiscal Dominance: A Non-Linear Debt-Inflation Nexus
with Biplob Kumar Nandi & Gazi Quamrul Hasan · under review
The Optimal Health-Investment Share
A calibrated planner's problem for chronic disease burden
Wealth Index for Bangladesh
Based on HIES 2022 microdata
Apurbo Roy Chowdhury
Executive Member, White Globe InitiativeApurbo is a Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Data Science at East West University. He holds an M.S. and B.S. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Dhaka, graduating top of his class in both. His research spans machine learning, scientific machine learning, climate science, seasonal climate forecasting, and mathematical modeling.
Recent work
Robust and Transparent IoT Anomaly Detection via Feature Selection and Explainable Machine Learning
with S.S. Rupai, T.H. Saykat, S.S. Kabir & M.A.R. Ruman · IEEE ICMLANT, 2025
Hybrid Modeling of COVID-19 Dynamics Using Machine Learning and Neural ODEs
24th International Mathematics Conference, 2025
Seasonal Forecast of Monsoon Rainfall over Bangladesh Using Machine Learning
with M.A. Samad, S.M.Q. Hassan & M.A.K. Mallik
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