Bangladesh Institute of Research & Development (BIRD)

  1. Name of the Organization: Bangladesh Institute of Research & Development (BIRD)
  2. Address of the Organization: Fishery Gate, Primary School Road, Chandpur.

i)Head Office: Village: Kumerdogi, Shahatoli, Chandpur Sadar, Chandpur.

ii)Branch Office of Chandpur District:

  1. Chandpur Sadar Branch b) Chandra Bazar Branch c) Rupsha Bazar Branch d) Hazigonj Bazar Branch e) Shahatoli Branch f) Motlab Branch
  2. Year of Establishment: 1997
  3. Name of the Chief Executive: Anil Chandra Acharjee
  4. Contact Person: Md. Tareq Hassan
  5. Contact: a) Land phone: 084166406 b) Mobile no: 01818504095/01678013115/01845956917
  6. a) E-mail: ,,

a)Web address:

  1. Working Areas:

District / Upzilla / UP/Municipality / Number of Village
Chandpur / Chandpur Sadar / 31 / 53
Matlab (N &S) / 09 / 29
Shaharasti / 03 / 07
Hazigonj / 09 / 30
Faridgonj / 14 / 51
6 / 66 / 170
  1. Registration (with Legal status)

SL No / Registration Authority / Registration No / Date
1 / Social Welfare, Chandpur District, Chandpur. / Chand/497/2003 / 03/12/2003
2 / NGO Buorue , Dhaka / 1928 / 10/05/2004
3 / Micro Credit Regulatory Authority (MRA), Dhaka. / 00015-00125-00084 / 01/02/2008
  1. Ongoing Activities:

SL No / Project Name / Duration / Fund/Donor’s Name / Inplementing Area / Terget People
1 / Micro Finance / 2004 – till today / Member Savings & EC Member Investment / 6 Upzillas
2 / Sanitation / 2008-2011 / 2 Upzillas
3 / Housing / 2009 – till today / 6 Upzillas
  1. Main Activities of last 3 Years:

SL No / Project Name / Number of Beneficiaries/Target People / Comments
1 / Micro Finance / 6204 / Small Traders, Landless People, Day Labour, Rickshaw Puller, Small Agri-famers.
2 / Sanitation / 500 / Vulnerable Groups
3 / Housing / 363 / Remote village houseless groups.
  1. Number of Beneficiaries: 7067

Total Beneficiaries / Male / Female
7067 / 179 / 6888
  1. Total Staff in Chandpur & Head Office:

SL No / Permanent Staff / Project Staff / Volunteers / Total
01 / Male / Female / Male / Female / Male / Female / Male / Female
32 / N/A / N/A / N/A / N/A / N/A / 32 / N/A
  1. Donor’s Name: Not Applicable
  2. Partner Organization: Not Applicable
  3. Network Membership:

SL No / Name of the network/Form / Name of the field of working
01 / Coordination Meeting / Ideas sharing and creative discussion
02 / Liaison and Linkage with GO & NGo / Policy and current activity acknowledgement.
  1. Budget: 12,00,00,000 for the fiscal year 2015-2016.
  2. Others:

Group/Dol Formation,SME Training, Micro Credit for Income Generation Activities (IGA), Non-formal Primary, Adolescent and adult Education, Water & Sanitation Project, Programme on Arsenic, Low Cost Housing Project, Programs for Strengthening the role of female members, Local Resource Mobilization, Solar Energy, Family Planning, Health of Mother & Child Care, Human Rights, Good Governance, Disaster Management, Reconstruction & Rehabilitation, Legal Aid Support, Arbitration & Mediation Programs, Women Empowerment and Gender Development. ICT & Software Development Training, Woman Focus Activities: (Home Gardening Project, Poultry and Livestock Project), Group Member Awareness Training, Dowry & Early Marriage and Functional Education.