ABOUT IWFM
Bangladesh is predominantly a floodplain country where water is key to socio-economic development and sustainability of the eco-system. Flood, drought, cyclone, river erosion, siltation, and water scarcity in dry season have made water management a challenging task. The gradual degradation of the environment due to human interventions is adding further complexities to water management.
UPDATES
HIGHLIGHTS
The Bengal Water Machine: A nature-based solution to sustaining irrigation in the alluvial plains of Asia
Date: 18-09-2022
Proceedings from the 8th International Conference on Water and Flood Management (Published by Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020)
Date: 18-04-2022
Congratulations to Dr Sonia Binte Murshed for joining as an Associate Professor of the Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET.
Date: 15-01-2022
Congratulations to Dr A.K.M Saiful Islam for joining as the Director of the Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET.
Date:
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between IWFM, BUET and LGED
Date: 30-09-2021
BUET Professor nominated as a Representative in the Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA) Board
Date: 21-10-2020
Proceedings from the 7th International Conference on Water and Flood Management (Published by Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020)
Date: 19-07-2020
ENabling Humanitarian Attributes for Nurturing Community based Engineering (ENHANCE)
Date: 17-02-2020
Current Students
ACADEMIC INFORMATION
The Institute offers post graduate degrees for the professionals and fresh graduates.
Professional Services
Prof Dr Mohammad Rezaur Rahman
Member of the Steering Committee, Himalayan University Consortium (HUC)
January 2020 – Present
Member of the academic rules, regulations and syllabus preparation committee, and the Institute of Water and Environment, Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET), Gazipur, Bangladesh
September 21, 2019 – Present
Member of the Joint Technical Committee (JTC) for conducting the Feasibility Study of the Ganges-Padma Barrage Project with Alternate Option Analysis for Optimum Utilization of the Water received under the provisions of Ganges Water Sharing Treaty, 1996, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of Bangladesh
October 15, 2019 – Present
Expert member, Syllabus Committee, Department of Coastal Studies and Disaster Management, University of Barisal
December 10, 2019 – Present
Prof Dr Md Munsur Rahman
Member of the Executive Committee, Faculty of Disaster Management, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh
2018- present
Member of the Editorial Board, Progress in Disaster Science, Journal Elsevier
2017- present
Focal point, Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100
Expert member, Panel of Selection Board, Department of Civil Engineering, RUET
2012- present
Prof Dr Mashfiqus Salehin
Member of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for the project titled as ‘Support to the Implementation of the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100’, General Economic Division (GED), Bangladesh Planning Commission
March 2020 – Present
Member, Ministerial Committee of the Focal Points, Bangladesh Delta Plan, General Economic Division (GED), Bangladesh Planning Commission, Planning Commission.
2016
Member, Bangladesh National Committee of ICID (BANCID), Ministry of Water Resources
July 2020 to date
Member of the committee for preparing the master plan regarding the contamination prevention and increasing navigability of several rivers around Dhaka along with the Kanaphuli river, Chattogram (Prime Minister’s Office)
2018 to date
Member of the Technical Committee for Water Valuation, Prime Minister’s Office
2019
Member of the committee for ensuring the optimal use of water received under the Ganges water-sharing treaty (Joint River Commission, Ministry of Water Resources)
2018 to date
Member, Panel of Experts, Sustainable Development Goal 6, Prime Minister’s Office
2016
Member, Bangladesh Team, Water Resources Secretary Level Meeting between Bangladesh and India, Ministry of Water Resources.
August, 2019
Member of the Joint Technical Committee (JTC) for conducting the Feasibility Study of the Ganges-Padma Barrage Project with Alternate Option Analysis for Optimum Utilization of the Water received under the provisions of Ganges Water Sharing Treaty, 1996, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of Bangladesh
2019 to date
Member, Committee for preparing ‘Flood Forecasting and Warning’ as a part of enhancing Bangladesh-India Cooperation, Ministry of Water Resources
2019 to date
NOTABLE ALUMNI
Dr Sayed Mohammed Nazim Uddin
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; HEAD OF SCIENCE AND MATH; ASIAN UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN
suddin@uvic.ca / sayed.uddin@auw.edu.bd
+880 172 113 0505 / +1 778 587 8120
Duration: 2009-2012
Professor Sayed Mohammed Nazim Uddin’s research interests include wastewater/greywater treatment and management; Global Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) and Health; solid waste management; sustainable sanitation; resource and energy recovery; community-based research; social innovation and water resources management; and disaster/hazard risk reduction.
Education: P.D.F. in Geography, University of Victoria, Canada | Ph.D. in Environmental Science & Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China. | M.Sc. in Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Japan | NUGELP Certificate in Water and Waste Management, Nagoya University Global Environmental Leaders Program, Japan | M.Sc. in Water Resources Development, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh | Int. Diploma in Community Development, Asian Social Institute, Philippines | Int. Course in Environmental Accounting and Management, Beijing Normal University, China | B.Sc. (First Class Honors) in Environmental Sciences, National University, Bangladesh
Dr. Animesh Kumar Gain
again@mit.edu
Not Available
Duration: 2010-2020
Environmental Policy and Planning Group (EPP), Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Dr. Gain has research interest in the broad field of social ecological systems, coastal management, water resources management and climate change adaptation. Specifically Dr. Gain contributed to the assessment of flood and water scarcity risks integrating both hydrological and socio-economic factors. In addition, he published several articles in the field of Vulnerability Assessment, Integrated Water Resources Management, Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Security Nexus and Climate Change Adaptation.
Dr. Ali Mohammad Rezaie
Assistant Professor, University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka, Bangladesh
arezaie@uap-bd.edu
Not Available
Duration: 2015-2019
Ph.D. in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, George Mason University, USA, 2020 | M.Sc. in Water Resource Development, IWFM, BUET, Bangladesh, 2015 | B.Sc. in Water Resources Engineering, BUET, Bangladesh, 2012