Mr. Dipal C. Barua, Founder & Chairman of Bright Green Energy Foundation (BGEF) has devoted more than 35  years of his life, finding sustainable market-based solutions for the social and economic problems faced by the   rural people. He is the Founding Managing Director, Grameen Shakti and the Co-Founder & Former Deputy   Managing Director of Grameen Bank. He is one of the co-founders of Grameen Bank, and occupied the number   two position of this Nobel Prize Winning organization up to December 2009.

Grameen Bank was initiated in his own village Jobra, Chittagong, and he worked in developing and designing   Grameen Bank from day one, as a student volunteer of Chittagong University in the late seventies. Eventually   he  took up increasing responsibility with the growth of the bank.

Mr. Barua has been with Grameen Bank from day one since his student days and has played a key role in the  development of the Grameen Bank Model. He took part in the Rural Development Project as from 1974 to 1978   and as the coordinator of the “Jobra Tevhaga Khamar”. A three share system of agricultural farming for the  local farmers, was started in his own village, Jobra, in 1974-75, He was the Principal Officer of the Tangail   Project – the first expansion of Grameen Bank.

He is one of the key forces in expanding renewable energy technologies in Bangladesh. He designed and  implemented one of most successful models for taking solar PV technology to the rural people on a mass  scale. His model has been adopted by the World Bank to expand solar technology through Infrastructure  Development Company Limited (IDCOL). Over 6.5 million Solar Home Systems have been successfully  installed  in Bangladesh till July 2025, benefitting over 35 million rural people. He has successfully  demonstrated that renewable energy technology especially solar technology is a viable alternative for the rural  people –they can be reached through a market based model.

Founding President: Bangladesh Solar & Renewable Energy Association: In 2011 Mr. Dipal Chandra Barua was  elected the first President of Bangladesh Solar and Renewable energy Association (BSREA). Till today, he has   been dedicatedly contributing for the expansion of the use of renewable energy technology in Bangladesh.  Under the leadership of Mr. Dipal C. Barua, Bangladesh will become the first solar nation by 2050.

He is the Founding Managing Director of Grameen Shakti where he developed a replicable and sustainable   model for promoting renewable energy technologies around the world. Under his vision and leadership,   Grameen Shakti has grown into one of the largest and fastest growing rural based renewable energy  companies.

Mr. Barua is actively involved in research and publication to develop and disseminate best practices in the   international arena. He is the author of the book titled “The Poor Always Pay Back”, published from Kumarian   Press, USA, which explains and analyzes the development of Grameen Bank from a Classic to Generalized  System.