Research Funding

2020 (PI)

Boro rice health monitoring and yield forecasting using remote sensing (Funded by University Grants Commission)

2020-21 (PI)

Development of proximal sensing based crop health and yield  monitoring in Bangladesh (Funded by ICT inovation fund )

2019-21 (PI)

Exploring the utility of drone remote sensing in land degradation study (Funded by TWAS)

2018-23 (International Collaborating Expert for NASA funded Boston University’s MEaSURe ) A Moderate Spatial Resolution Data Record of 21st Century Global Land Cover, Land Use, and Land Cover Change

2018-20 (PI)

Geoinformatics for social forestry coverage estimation in Bangladesh (Funded by Ministry of Education Government of Bangladesh)

2017-18 (PI)

Potential land identification for agricultural intensification in coastal Bangladesh (Funded by University Grants Commission)

2016-18 (Co-PI salinity mapping)

Development of salt tolerant doubled haploid varieties utilizing coastal germplasm for better adaptation at climate vulnerable selected hot-spot areas of Bangladesh (Funded by CCTF, Ministry of Environment, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh)

2015-17 (Investigator representing BSMRAU- with Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute and Bangladesh Rice Research Institute)

Modeling Climate Change Impact on Agriculture and Developing Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Sustaining Agricultural Production in Bangladesh (Funded by Bangladesh Krishi Gobeshona Endowment Trust (BKGET)/KGFMinistry of Agriculture, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh)

2015-16 (Fellowship)

Enhancing Agricultural Water-use Efficiency for Drought Resilience: Opportunities and Challenges of Rain Water Harvest in Bangladesh. (Louisiana State University, Funded by United States Department of Agriculture)

2015-16 (Project Collaborator with Pakistan (PI), Sri Lanka, Cambodia, UK (Collaborator, Newcastle University )

Climate Smart Agriculture through Sustainable Water Use Management: Exploring New Approaches and Devising Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation in South Asia.(Funded by Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research)

2014-17 (CO-PI with Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute)

Development of Geo-database of Haor Region for Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture (Funded by Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh)

2014-16 (PI)

Rain Water Harvest for Climate Change Induced Drought Resilience for Homestead Agriculture: Opportunities and Challenges to Upscaling in Bangladesh (Funded by Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh)

2014-16 (Co-PI)

Remote Sensing Based Carbon Stock Measurement of Modhupur Sal Forest (Funded by Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh)

2013-14 (PI)

Mapping the Coastal Island and Charland of Bangladesh for Better Adaptation to Sea Level Rise (Funded by Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh)

2012

Special Research Fellowship at River Basin Research Center, Gifu University, Japan

2011

Received United Graduate School of Agriculture Travel Grant of 2500 USD to attend 96th annual meeting of Ecological Society of America (ESA) 7-12 August 2011 Austin convention center, Texas, USA. web link

Received travel grant 770 AUSD to attend 34th International Symposium for Remote Sensing of the Environment (ISRSE) 10-15 April 2011. Sydney, Australia.

2010

Received a competitive grant worth 5000 USD in the form of(100sq. KM. WorldView2 scene) The DigitalGlobe 8-Band Research Challenge for conducting research on Shipbreaking yard of Bangladesh. Principle Investigator. web link

United Graduate School of Agriculture, Gifu University. Graduate Research Assistantship.The year 2010 July-2011June. Graduate Research Assistant. web link

United Graduate School of Agriculture, Gifu University. Graduate Teaching Assistantship.Year 2010 April-2011March. Graduate Teaching Assistant. web link

Received living allowance scholarship from MEXT Japan web link

Received tuition waiver from MEXT Japan web link

2009

Received living allowance scholarship from MEXT Japan web link

Received tuition waiver from MEXT Japan web link

2008

Received living allowance scholarship from MEXT Japan web link

Received tuition waiver from MEXT Japan web link

Received travel grant to attend 29 Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS) in Colombo, Srilanka form 21st Center of Excellence (COE) programme [JPY240000]web link

River Basin Research Center, Gifu University. Graduate Tutorship. web link

2007

Received living allowance scholarship from MEXT Japan web link

Received tuition waiver from MEXT Japan web link