The British Council in Bangladesh and Institute of Development Studies jointly organised a development talk on Gender and Human Development in the 21st Century at British Council Dhaka University campus office on Tuesday, 8 August 2017. The talk was organised by the Institute of Development Studies Alumni Association, Bangladesh with the support of Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK. Dr. Selim Jahan, Director of Human Development Report Office, UNDP, New York, spoke at the discussion. IDS Alumni Ambassador in Bangladesh Motasim Billah gave the welcome speech, Mahmuda Rahman Khan, an alumnus, moderated the discussion session while another alumnus Bushra Hasina Chowdhury made the concluding remarks.