Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Uttam Sinha was elected as the chair of a Working Group on Water Dispute Resolution Mechanism in Bangkok on November 4, 2012. The Working Group has been set up by the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University, Washington DC. It comprises members like former Water Resource Minister, Dipak Gyawali; Director General, BIISS, Major General Muhammad Imrul Quayes and President BIPSS, Major General ANM Muniruzzaman.