Dr. Ananya Raihan

Dr. Ananya Raihan, Director, Dnet Global and CEO, iSocial, started his career in academia and policy research and subsequently engaged in social entrepreneurship. He has blended multi-disciplinary knowledge in generating insights for decision making for enterprises he led and also for other institutions. The multidisciplinary mesh includes Mathematical Modelling, Economics, Finance, Entrepreneurship, Women Empowerment, Anthropology, and Digital Media. Dr. Raihan led design of products and services which have scaled up for millions of beneficiaries and clients in Bangladesh, specially marginalized communities. His approach towards sustainability is a hybrid of market-based approach and public goods approach. He led design of monitoring and evaluation framework and real time monitoring system for large scale projects. ‘Systems thinking’ and ‘design thinking’ are two core methodologies Dr. Raihan applies in designing solutions for any problem. His current works include digitally integrated BoP supply chain development, digital financial inclusion and “data and insight as a service.”