Rehman Sobhan

Rehman Sobhan (Bengali: রেহমান সোবহান; born 1935) is a Bangladeshi economist and freedom fighter. He played an active role in the Bengali nationalist movement in the 1960s. He was also a member of the first Planning Commission in Bangladesh and a close associate of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Presently, Rehman Sobhan heads the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a non-governmental research organization in developing countries.

Education and career

Sobhan attended St. Paul's School, Darjeeling in India and then later the Aitchison College in Lahore, Pakistan where he later became a School Prefect and winner of Churchill Medal for the best performance in HSC that year and then he went on to Cambridge University to earn his bachelor's degree. Subsequently, he attended London School of Economics for a doctoral degree in economics but returned without completing the degree. His cohorts at Cambridge included prominent economists of the Indian subcontinent such as Amartya Sen, Manmohan Singh and Mahbub ul Haq. He taught economics at the University of Dhaka. After the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971, Rehman Sobhan was appointed a member of the Planning Commission. He quit when he, along with others, fell from the grace of Sheikh Mujib in 1975. Later he worked as the Director General of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies. After retirement from BIDS, he set up Centre for Policy Dialogue in 1993, a high-profile private sector think-tank, where he works as its Executive Chairman .

Rehman

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Surnames

Sobhan

Sobhan (died January 6, 2008) was a Telugu director best known as director of the hit movie Varsham. Sobhan suffered a heart attack at Bhoomika Chawla's house and when she and her husband took him to hospital he died.

Career

I always wanted to be a part of the film industry. I went to Chennai on this mission in 1989. I worked for a film called Rowdyism, which was stalled after 10days of shooting. I then joined Ram Gopal Varma as a co director for Anaganaga Oka Roju. Later I started my profession as a writer for Krishna Vamsi's film Sindhuram and also worked with him for Murari, and also acted in films like Kshana Kshanam, Oka Raju Oka Rani. During the making of Murari I was in touch with Mahesh Babu and that lead to the film Bobby. Shoban was known for his able hand in scripting. He helped many directors during the script sessions of many super hit films.

Death

Sobhan suffered with cardiac arrest. Bhumika and her husband Bharath Takur immediately rushed him to Image Hospitals in Madhapur. Doctors declared he was brought dead. He was 40. He is survived by a wife Soujanya and two sons. Before his death, his Kannada film, Mayoora, with Puneeth Rajkumar as the hero was recently launched. His brother and comedian Lakshmipathi too died at that year.