Meghna Guhathakurta is a retired professor of international relations of the University of Dhaka.[1][2] She is the executive director of Research Initiatives, Bangladesh.[3][4] She is a member of the executive committee of the Ain o Salish Kendra.[5] She is a member of the advisory panel of the Interdisciplinary Institute of Human Security & Governance.[6]
Guhathakurta's father, Jyotirmoy Guhathakurta, was killed in the Bangladesh Liberation War.[7] She was a member of the National Human Rights Commission, Bangladesh.[6] She is an advisor to the International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission.[6]