Dr. Anjan Kumer Dev Roy
Chief (Additional Secretary
General Economics Division
Bangladesh Planning Commission
Biography & Professional Overview
Dr. Anjan Kumer Dev Roy is a distinguished civil servant and researcher specializing in natural resource economics, environmental planning, and sustainable climate policy. Currently serving as the Chief (Additional Secretary) of the General Economics Division (GED) within the Bangladesh Planning Commission, he plays a pivotal role in formulating macro-economic frameworks, long-term development strategies, and national sustainable development planning for Bangladesh.
Dr. Roy bridges the gap between high-level policymaking and empirical field research. His extensive background spans domestic governance, macro-planning, and international advisory roles. He has previously collaborated with institutions like the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) as an Adjunct Research Fellow and has served as an Environment Advisor for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). His research primarily centers on the intersection of community-led conservation, property-rights regimes, and the economic valuation of ecosystems, with a heavy emphasis on the southwest coastal regions and the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest.
Academic Credentials
Dr. Anjan Kumer Dev Roy holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Economics from the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) in Australia, where his doctoral research specifically focused on environmental planning, sustainable forest management, and property rights configurations. Alongside his doctorate, his academic foundation includes a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Environment and Natural Resource Economics as well as a Master of Commerce (M.Com.), establishing a robust multi-disciplinary expertise bridging corporate financial principles with advanced ecological economics.
Core Skills & Expertise
Dr. Roy possesses comprehensive expertise in macroeconomic planning and national policy formulation, specifically in designing structural frameworks aligned with Bangladesh’s Five Year Plans (FYPs) and long-term sustainable development targets. His technical competencies heavily feature natural resource management (NRM) with an emphasis on community-based conservation, participatory forestry, and ecosystem sustainability. Furthermore, he is highly skilled in climate change adaptation policy, coastal vulnerability assessments, and analyzing property-rights regimes using theoretical frameworks to transition public resource protections from rigid state structures into collaborative co-management systems.
Research Profile & Impact Metrics (via ResearchGate)
According to his official research profile on ResearchGate, Dr. Roy has cultivated a strong academic footprint within the global development and environmental economics community, garnering over 2,940 research reads and receiving more than 370 academic citations. His published works reflect a history of deep scholastic impact and cross-border partnership, working closely alongside recognized co-authors and researchers such as Professor Jeff Gow and Professor Khorshed Alam from the University of Southern Queensland to address complex socioeconomic dependencies on natural resources.
Labeled Publications & Technical Reports
The peer-reviewed scholarly portfolio authored by Dr. Roy includes multiple high-impact journal articles investigating governance and environmental conservation. In his 2018 publication titled A critical assessment of employing democratic and deliberative ideals in the environmental planning process in Bangladesh, co-authored with Jeff Gow, he evaluates the environmental targets within national macro-plans to address gaps in grassroots stakeholder engagement. His 2017 study, An investigation into the major environment and climate change policy issues in southwest coastal Bangladesh, explicitly breaks down how human activity and natural disasters intersect with ecosystem management along the vulnerable coastline. Focusing heavily on community perspectives, his 2016 work, Local community attitudes towards mangrove forest conservation: Lessons from Bangladesh, implements property-rights frameworks to map household perceptions regarding the preservation of the Sundarbans. This was preceded by his 2015 article, Attitudes towards current and alternative management of the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest, Bangladesh to achieve sustainability, which investigates the persistent socioeconomic tension between administrative state preservation and the economic survival of forest-dependent communities. His earlier foundational works, including Sustainability Through an Alternative Property-Rights Regime for Bangladesh’s Mangrove Forest in 2013 and Participatory Forest Management for the Sustainable Management of the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest in 2012, both co-authored with Khorshed Alam, mathematically and structurally analyze community participation models and the potential of shifting from public monopolies to co-ownership arrangements to protect regional biodiversity.
Selected Technical & Institutional Reports
In addition to traditional academic journals, Dr. Roy has generated critical institutional and policy-oriented reports designed to guide real-world governance and environmental mapping. He authored the comprehensive technical paper, Report on “An Investigation into the Major Environment and Climate Change Policy Issues in Southwest Coastal Bangladesh” published directly by the General Economics Division (GED) of the Bangladesh Planning Commission, which outlined vital policy response options for salinity, waterlogging, and climate-induced migration to the Ministry of Planning. Beyond domestic frameworks, his international research capacities are demonstrated in his field report titled An investigation into the targeted community engagement in environmental management in Condamine Catchment, Australia, published alongside the Condamine Alliance, which deployed structured random sampling techniques to evaluate landholder attitudes toward collective land care and spatial resource planning.