Individual Project-related activities
2022-2023
Serving as Principal Investigator (PI) of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Bangladesh funded Capacity Utilization Programme Under Special Allocation for Science and Technology Research Project entitled, “Assessment of ecosystem services and their drivers of change under human-dominated pressure in the hilly areas of Bandarban district, Bangladesh“.
2022-2023
Working as Principal Investigator (PI) of Bangladesh Accreditation Council (BAC) funded project on, “Status of the current practices and challenges of implementing outcome based education (OBE) in some selected universities of Bangladesh”.
2021-2024
Working as Principal Investigator (PI) of the Research Management Wing (RMW) of BSMRAU funded Research Project on, “Assessing adoption, challenges and dissemination in small scale farming of Cashew nut in the Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh”.
2021-2022
Serving as Principal Investigator (PI) of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Bangladesh funded Capacity Utilization Programme Under Special Allocation for Science and Technology Research Project entitled, “Assessing the extent of tobacco cultivation in CHT and its impact on human health and environment“.
2020-2021
Worked as Principal Investigator (PI) of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Bangladesh funded Capacity Utilization Programme Under Special Allocation for Science and Technology Research Project entitled, “Assessment of Vermicomposting as an environment-friendly waste management technology and a livelihood alternative in some areas of Bangladesh”.
2017-2020
Served as Principal Investigator (PI) of the Research Management Committee (RMC) of BSMRAU funded Research Project on, “Assessing future forest area change and crop production practices in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) area of Bangladesh future”.
2014-2017
Fellowship
Land use land cover changes in rapidly urbanized Bangladesh (Scholarship provided by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China).
2012-2014
Served as Alternate Sub Project Manager (ASPM) of the World Bank funded and Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP)-University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh coordinated two projects entitled with, “Self Assessment of Postgraduate Program of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU) for Quality Assurance” and “Self Assessment of Undergraduate Program of Faculty of Agriculture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU) for Quality Assurance”.
2013-2014
Served as Principal Investigator (PI) of the Research Management Committee (RMC) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Gazipur, Bangladesh funded Research Project entitled with, “Farmers’ Response towards Floating Agriculture for Sustainable Development and Food Security”.
2012-2013
Served as Principal Investigator (PI) of the Research Management Committee (RMC) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU) funded project entitled “Rural livelihood pattern and crop production practices of the selected riverine islands (char) people”.
2011-2012
Served as Project Director (PD) of the University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh funded project captioned “Food and economic security through homestead vegetables production by women in flood affected “char” lands in Manikganj district”.
Education
2014-2017 (PhD)
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Resource Management (Ph.D.)
Institution: Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China.
Dissertation: “Land use land cover changes in the rapidly urbanized Bangladesh”
2002-2004 (MS)
Degree: MS in Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
University: Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Gazipur, Bangladesh.
MS Thesis: “Farmers’ response towards Integrated Plant Nutrition System for increasing soil fertility”
1997-2001 (BSc Ag Hons)
Degree obtained: Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Honours)
University: Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Bangladesh.
BSc Thesis Title: “Effect of preservatives on the post-harvest life of cut flowers”.