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
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
Book Launching Ceremony of “Integrated Assessment for the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100: Analysis of selected interventions”
Date: 19-01-2020
Best Paper Presentation Award at the International Conference on Disaster Risk Management (ICDRM 2019)
Date: 26-01-2019
BUET Professor nominated as a Lead Author for the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6)
Date: 09-04-2018
Current Students
ACADEMIC INFORMATION
The Institute offers post graduate degrees for the professionals and fresh graduates.
NOTABLE ALUMNI
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.