Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura

Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura is one of the prominent government official who holds different position during his government service holder. He was the Chairman of Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board.[1][2] He served as Secretary of Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs from 2011 to 2018..[3] He served As an Ambassador at Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bangladesh) from 2010 to 2011.[4] Before that, he was holding the position of Additional Inspector General.[5] of Bangladesh Police which is the Second in Command on Bangladesh Police.

Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura
নব বিক্রম কিশোর ত্রিপুরা
Chairman Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board
In office
December 2013 – April 2021
Preceded byUshwe Sing
Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs
Secretary
In office
16 June 2011 – 18 February 2018
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bangladesh)
Ambassador
In office
10 October 2010 – 2011
Bangladesh Police
Additional Inspector General
In office
2007 – 6 October 2010
"Intelligence Department"
Editor-in-Chief
In office
2007–2010
Personal details
Born (1956-03-01) March 1, 1956 (age 68)
Rangamati, East Pakistan
Alma mater
AwardsCommanders Award for Public Service by United States Department of Defense
ReligionHinduism

Education edit

Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura was born at Rangamati Hill District and he completed his Primary and High School Education from Rangamati. After that he went to Dhaka College and participated in Bangladesh Liberation War. He completed undergraduate and graduate studies in English Language at the University of Dhaka.[6]

Career edit

In 1982, Tripura Joined as Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) of Bangladesh Police after completing Bangladesh Public Civil Service Exam.[7]

While serving as Bangladesh's first mission deputy contingent commander in the US-led "Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti" in the Western Hemisphere in 1994, he was awarded by the US Department of Defense's "Commanders Award for Public Service"[8] for outstanding performance. (UNMHA) and won the United Nations Medal.

During the Bangladesh Nationalist Party rule from 2001 to 2006, Tripura was denied promotion along with other religious minorities and people from Gopalganj District who were viewed as being loyal to the opposition Awami League.[9] He was the deputy commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police in 2001.[9] He was posted in the Criminal Investigation Department in 2002 as special superintendent.[9] He was afterwards transferred to Khulna Range.[9] He was then posted at the Bangladesh Police Academy and Detective Training School.[9] He was sent to study at the National Defence College in 2005.[9][7] In 2007,[citation needed] he was appointed Additional Inspector General of Bangladesh Police.[10]

Tripura, in his long career has held important positions of commanding, staff and instruction. He was twice elected President of the Bangladesh Police Service Association. He was the managing director of the Bangladesh Police Co-operative Society and Editor-in-Chief of the "Intelligence Department" from 2007 to 2010.[7] He was appointed in March 2007 as the National Project Director of the Police Reform Program and held the post until 6 October 2010, when he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was appointed the acting Secretary of the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs on16 June 2011.[11] In 2012, he was made a full secretary of the government of Bangladesh.[12]

Tripura was elected Chairman of the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMDD), Board of Governors in 2016.[7] The International Center for Integrated Mountain Development, an intergovernmental regional organization, was established in 1983 with 8 (eight) regional members - Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Myanmar and Bangladesh.

Tripura was the Secretary[13] of the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs from 16 June 2011 to February 28, 2018. From December 2013 to February 2018, he was the Chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board (CHTDB).[14] He was reappointed Chairman of the Board in March 2018.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Chairman's CV". Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Tripura made CHT Dev Board chief again". Daily Asian Age. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Secretary of the CHT Affairs Ministry Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura, NDC, among others, at a dialogue on 'Proposed National Budget 2015". The Daily New Nation. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Nabo Bikram Tripura to be made ambassador". Bangla News 24. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Home Secretary Abdul Sobhan Sikdar, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Nur Mohammad and AIG Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura spoke on the occasion". The Daily Star. 2 April 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Humble life and small miseries". The Daily Star. 2011-09-17. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura" (PDF). CHT Board. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Nabo Bikram Tripura received "Commander's Award for Public Service"" (PDF). Bangla News 24. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  9. ^ a b c d e f Ahsan, Zayadul. "Pariahs in police". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  10. ^ "Speakers at a consultation programme". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  11. ^ "Kishore Tripura is acting CHT secy". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  12. ^ "Naba Bikram made full Secy". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  13. ^ "CHT Affairs Secretary Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura delivered the welcome address in the inauguration ceremony of the 4000th Para Kendra in Mitingachhari of Rangamati's Kaptai". The Daily Star. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Independence Cup Fencing starts". The Daily Star. 2019-03-12. Retrieved 2022-09-28.