Aroma Dutta A roma Dutta is the Executive Director of the PRIP Trust, a national NGO working to meet the development needs of the poor in Bangladesh since 1989. She has expertise in management, institutional development, planning, monitoring and evaluation, gender and development and governance/local governance. Ms. Dutta is also an Executive member of a number of national and international organizations working for poverty reduction and upholding human rights for the poor and disabled persons including the Interna- 66 tional Center for Non-Profit Law (ICNLUSA); Proshika; Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE). She also worked for NORAD, USAID in the field of women in development, health and family planning, small scale cottage industry, rural development, rural credit programmes. Ms. Dutta completed her Masters in International Management from E.I.L., Vermont, USA and in Sociology from the University of Dhaka. She started her career as a Lecturer at Dhaka University.