Academic Background 

Institution

University of Dhaka

Dhaka College, Dhaka

Govt. Laboratory High School, Dhaka

 

                            Education     

Work Experience 

EMPLOYER 1: Mott Macdonald

July 2019-February 2023

POSITION HELD: Natural Resources Economist 

DUTIES: Worked as a consultant (intermittent) for the SIBDP project in Dhaka. Helped to prepare a detailed report on people’s participation in water management in the perspective of the Delta Plan 2100.

EMPLOYER 2: FAO

Sept. 201-Oct. 2013

POSITION HELD: Monitoring & Evaluation Adviser

DUTIES: Worked as a short-term adviser in a project on “Enhancing Food and Nutrition Security and Reducing Disaster Risk through the Promotion of Conservation Agriculture,” being implemented by the Government of Timor-Leste; conducted a socio-economic baseline survey and wrote the report; designed a monitoring and evaluation system for the project Description.

EMPLOYER 3: FAO

July 2012-March 2013

POSITION HELD: Team Leader

DUTIES: Support to development of an integrated project for sustainable agriculture in the Chittagong Hill Tracts for the Ministry of Agriculture; leading a multidisciplinary team to prepare a technical report addressing socio-economic situation of the local ethnic communities, farming systems, natural resource base including watersheds, population and labour force projection, employment generation, market & value chain, and nutrition & gender.

EMPLOYER 4: FAO

SEPT 2011-JUN 2012

POSITION HELD: Socio-economic Specialist

DUTIES: Preparing a masterplan for agricultural development for the southern region (14 coastal districts) for the Ministry of Agriculture, including an investment plan, population, and labour force projection; involved as a core member of the study team in stakeholder consultations, data analysis and report writing.

EMPLOYER 5: IFPRI

JULY 2011-OCT. 2011

POSITION HELD: Team Leader

DUTIES: Study on institutional arrangements for polder development and credit services for small farmers, fishers, and livestock holders in the southern districts of Bangladesh.

EMPLOYER 6: LDC Watch, Kathmandu

APRIL 2011-MAY 2011

POSITIONS HELD:  Consultant

DUTIES: Co-authored “Global Civil Society Report and Recommendations to the 4th UN Conference on the LDCs”, held in Istanbul in May 2011.

EMPLOYER: LDC Watch, Kathmandu

MAR 2011-MAR 2011

POSITION HELD: Consultant

DUTIES: Prepared a research paper on impact of climate change in the least developed countries.

EMPLOYER 8: Social Association for Rural Advancement (SARA)

OCT. 2010-DEC. 2010

POSITION HELD: Consultant

DUTIES: Carried out a baseline survey of households covered under a SARA project on “Justice and Human Rights for Underprivileged People”.

EMPLOYER 9: Social Association for Rural Advancement (SARA)

OCT. 2010-DEC. 2010

POSITION HELD: Consultant

DUTIES: Carried out a baseline survey of households covered under a SARA project on “Justice and Human Rights for Underprivileged People”.

EMPLOYER 10: National Endowment for Democracy, Washington, DC

AUG. 2010-OCT.2010

POSITION HELD: Consultant

DUTIES: Prepared Bangladesh country report on Laws and Regulations Regulating Civil Society Organizations.

EMPLOYER 11: Niwano Peace Foundation (NPF), Tokyo

APRIL 2007-MARCH. 2010

POSITION HELD: Capacity Building Consultant

DUTIES: Monitored activities of two local NGOs in Netrokona and Bandarban districts supported by the NPF under a project on capacity building and training need of Indigenous communities.

EMPLOYER 12: Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB)

May 2009-SEP 2009

POSITIONS HELD:  Team Leader

DUTIES: Project evaluation

EMPLOYER 13: BETS

OCT 2009-NOV 2009

POSITIONS HELD: Consultant 

DUTIES: Carried out a cost-benefit analysis of project interventions in Char Ziauddin, Noakhali, implemented by CDSP -III, a joint endeavor of the Governments of Bangladesh and the Netherlands implemented by BWDB, DAE, DPHE, LGED and the Ministry of Land.

EMPLOYER 14: Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB)

MAY 2008-May 2008

POSITIONS HELD:  Consultant

DUTIES: Edited the TIB report on the Household Corruption Survey 2007

EMPLOYER 15: Sungkonghoe University, Seoul, Korea

MAR 2007-FEB 2008

POSITIONS HELD:  Visiting Professor, Co-Director-MA in NGO Studies

DUTIES: Teaching

EMPLOYER 16: South Asia Partnership – Bangladesh (SAP-Bangladesh)

Dec. 2006-Jan. 2007

POSITION HELD:  Consultant

DUTIES: Undertook a country study for Bangladesh on Violence against Women in Politics

POSITIONS HELD:  Consultant

DUTIES:  Prepared a report on Non-profit Sector in Bangladesh, supported by the Ford Foundation and published by BFF and Allavida (London, 2002).

EMPLOYER 17: Arcadis-Euroconsult/ MIPS

FEB 2002-JUN 2006

POSITIONS HELD:  Senior National Expert / Co-Team Leader

DUTIES Worked in the Program Development Office (PDO) for the Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan (ICZMP), a project of the Ministry of Water Resources, supported by the government of the Netherlands; coordinated surveys and studies, involved in population and labor force projection, wrote project reports, coordinated public consultation meetings in 19 coastal districts and liaised with government agencies, donors, academia, NGOs and CBOs as head of the “Livelihood Task Force” of the project.

EMPLOYER 18: Bangladesh Freedom Foundation (BFF)

JUL. 2001-NOV 2001

POSITIONS HELD:  Consultant

DUTIES: Prepared a report on Non-profit Sector in Bangladesh, supported by the Ford Foundation and published by BFF and Allavida (London, 2002).

EMPLOYER 19: DFID

MAR. 2001-MAY 2001

POSITION HELD: Consultant

DUTIES: Evaluated DFID’s Flood Relief Assistance in 2000/2001 through six NGOs including OXFAM, Action Aid, Concern, Uttaran, BRAC and Samata. 

EMPLOYER 20: CDP, Netherlands

JAN. 2001-MAR. 2001

POSITION HELD: Consultant

DUTIES: Prepared a cost-benefit analysis of a proposed polder in Hatiya Island in Noakhali for CDSP-II.

EMPLOYER 21: CDP, Netherlands

JUL 1999-DEC 2000

POSITIONS HELD: Consultant

DUTIES: Coordinated a series of baseline surveys collecting data on agriculture, socio-economic aspects, institutions and physical infrastructures in nine project areas of CDSP-II where landless households were settled by the project.

EMPLOYER 22: CDP, Netherlands

JUN 1997-MARCH 1997

POSITION HELD: Co-Team Leader

DUTIES: Worked with CDSP-1; involved in planning, co-ordination and monitoring of physical infrastructure, land settlement, productive and social development activities implemented by the Ministry of Land, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives, Department of Fisheries, Department of Agriculture Extension, Department of Livestock, Department of Health, Department of Primary Education and three local NGOs

EMPLOYER 23: Pakistan Institute of Labour Education & Research (PILER)

1. 1997-SEPT. 1997

POSITIONS HELD:  Consultant

DUTIES: Worked as a member of a mission to evaluate Child Workers’ Education Program and vocational training of PILER in Karachi and Lahore.

EMPLOYER 24: SNC Lavalin/ Northwest Hydraulics

NOV. 1992-JUNE 1997

POSITIONS HELD:  Social Planner/ Senior Social Anthropologist

DUTIES: Worked for the Northwest regional Project (FAP-6) of the Governments of Bangladesh and CIDA.  Provided socio-economic inputs to project studies, assisted and supervised field-based Community Organizers, acted as the Project Implementation Team’s liaison with community leaders and local institutions including NGOs, advised and assisted in forming local committees and organized public consultation meetings at each stage of the project.

EMPLOYER 25: UN World Food Program (WFP)

NOV.1991-NOV.1992

POSITIONS HELD:  Analyst

DUTIES: Involved in integration of management information activities, monitoring and evaluation of food-assisted field programs targeted to destitute women and landless, undertook special studies to meet the objective of strengthening institutions for food-assisted programs

EMPLOYER 26: Delft Hydraulics/ Euroconsult

Jan 1985- Mar 1986

POSITIONS HELD:  Consultant

DUTIES: Carried out a socio-economic study for the Ministry of Water Resources as part of the Sandwip Cross-Dam Feasibility Study

EMPLOYER 27: Delft Hydraulics/ Euroconsult

NOV. 1986- JUN. 1991

POSITION HELD: Economist

DUTIES: Worked in the Land Reclamation Project (LRP), a joint project of the Governments of Bangladesh and the Netherlands; planned, monitored and evaluated land settlement and social development programs for landless and poor settlers on newly accreted land in the southeastern delta, liaised with government and non-government agencies, coordinated feasibility studies, socio-economic surveys and special studies.

EMPLOYER 28: Asian Development Bank (Manila)/ IDSS (Melbourne)

OCT 1988- DEC. 1988

POSITIONS HELD:  Consultant

DUTIES: Worked as the Study Director for Bangladesh on a Regional Study on Cooperation with NGOs in Agriculture/Rural Development Projects involving a study on seven Asian countries.  Examined the prospects of Government-NGO collaboration in the field of agriculture and rural development through tapping latent human resources released via a participatory approach; identified possible areas for Government-NGO collaboration to promote economic and institutional development of the poor; identified effective and potential NGOs in order to help establish an effective and sustainable link between government services and the poor.

EMPLOYER 29: OXFAM, UK

APR.1986- OCT. 1986

POSITIONS HELD:  Consultant

DUTIES: Coordinated a study to determine social and economic feasibility of a land settlement and water management project in Hatiya, an offshore island of Bangladesh.

EMPLOYER 30: Bangladesh-German Technical Co-operation

MAR 1986- MAY 1986

POSITIONS HELD:  Consultant

DUTIES: Evaluated Mothers’ Club activities under the mother and Child Health (MCH) and Family Planning Project in Munshiganj District to assess the feasibility and sustainability of the project under local conditions.

EMPLOYER 31: SDC, UNDP, ILO

APR 1984- DEC 1984

POSITIONS HELD:  Research Associate

DUTIES: Worked in the Special Public Works Program (SPWP), a project of the Ministry of the Local Government, Rural development & Co-operatives in collaboration with SDC, UNDP and ILO.  Coordinated several studies on public works experiences with people’s participation, such as, road maintenance by destitute women (Jessore district), road maintenance and roadside tree plantation (Savar region), pond aquaculture by youth (Rajshahi district), etc.

EMPLOYER 32: Delft Hydraulics / Euroconsult

JUL. 1983- DEC 1983

POSITIONS HELD:  Consultant

DUTIES: Coordinated an economic study of a land accretion trial implemented by the Land Reclamation Project (LRP) of the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) in Noakhali District.

EMPLOYER 33: Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC)

JUN 1983- JUL 1983

POSITIONS HELD: Consultant

DUTIES: Undertook a study for the Swiss Development Co-operation / Bangladesh-Swiss Agriculture Project of 10 CBOs organized by five NGOs in order to appraise how NGOs operate with the poor at the grassroots level.

EMPLOYER 34: NORAD/ Christian Michelsen Institute

FEB 1983- JUN 1983

POSITIONS HELD: Field Researcher 

DUTIES: Worked in the Country Boat Study, a project of NORAD/ Christian Michelson Institute/ Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA). Investigated, among others, changes in socio-economic conditions in the country boat sector in the wake of mechanization and competing road transportation.

EMPLOYER 35: S.F. Ahmed & Co

NOV. 1981- NOV. 1982

POSITIONS HELD:  Research Assistant

DUTIES: Worked in the Rural Finance Experimental Project (RFEP), a joint project of Bangladesh Bank and US AID; studied issues and concerns related to micro finance.

EMPLOYER 36: Delft Hydraulics / Euroconsult

APR. 1981- OCT 1981

POSITIONS HELD:  Consultant

DUTIES: Coordinated a Socio-Economic Study for the Land Reclamation Project (LRP) of the BWDB for polder development and land settlement for the landless in the coastal region.

EMPLOYER 37: BRAC

SEP. 1977- JUN. 1980

POSITIONS HELD:  Program Organizer

DUTIES: Implemented social sector development programs like health and family planning, nutrition, adult functional education, micro credit and training for capacity building targeted to the poor (landless and women). Undertook baseline surveys and special studies and wrote routine project reports.

WORK UNDERTAKEN THAT BEST ILLUSTRATESYOUR CAPABILITY TO HANDLE THIS ASSIGNMENT

Worked as a consultant for a host of projects and activities implemented by Government agencies and supported by bilateral and multilateral donors. Duties mainly include policy and program planning and management of development projects, coordination of social sector activities targeted to human resource development, employment generation, livelihoods skill development, financial and economic analysis, population and labor force projection, liaison with government agencies and NGOs, capacity building of partner local NGOs and community based institutions, information management, monitoring and evaluation using tools like survey, PRA and FGD, baseline surveys and thematic studies and so forth. These projects mainly dealt with land settlement, physical infrastructures (protection against flood, cyclone, salinity intrusion, water and sanitation and human security), agricultural, social, economic and institutional development of the people, particularly the poor, women and youth. Among the agencies worked with are WFP, FAO, DGIS, DFID, CIDA, SDC, NORAD, German Technical Cooperation, IFPRI and so forth.  Worked with FAO in different capacities, (a) as Monitoring & Evaluation Adviser for a project on Enhancing Food and Nutrition Security and Reducing Disaster Risk Through the Promotion of Conservation Agriculture implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries of the Government of Timor-Leste with technical support of FAO; (b) as Team Leader to develop a masterplan for agricultural development and resource management in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT); (c) as Economist to prepare a masterplan for the southern region  of Bangladesh (14 coastal districts). Worked with a host of NGOs as staff and consultant to carry out specific tasks/studies. Among these NGOs are BRAC, Community Development Library, Bangladesh Freedom Foundation (BFF), Caritas-Bangladesh, Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB), South Asia Partnership-Bangladesh, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), Social Association for Rural Advancement (SARA), Niwano Peace Foundation (Tokyo), Oxfam (UK), South Asian Alliance for Poverty Eradication-SAAPE (Kathmandu), LDC Watch (Kathmandu), National Endowment for Democracy (Washington, DC), Center for Not-for-Profit Law, ICNL (Washington, DC). Tasks mainly included human resource training and development, monitoring and evaluation, baseline survey, population and labor force projection, training need assessment and thematic studies.  Worked as a Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of NGO Studies of Sungkonghoe University, Seoul; founder-co-Director of the course on M.A. in NGO Studies (MAINS).