BUET-IWFM

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, Board of Governors, Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB)

Member, Task Force on Water Sector, Institution of Engineers (IEB), Bangladesh

Member, External Advisory Board of the NIHR Global Health Research Center for NCDs and Environmental Change

Member, Technical Advisory Committee, Support to the Implementation of the Bangladesh Delta Plan (SIBDP) Project

Member, Committee of the Focal Points, Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100

Member of Bangladesh Delegation, Water Resources Secretary Level Meeting between Bangladesh and India (August 2019, Dhaka; March 2021, New Delhi; August 2022, New Delhi)

Member of Bangladesh Delegation, the 38th Meeting of the India- Bangladesh Joint Rivers Commission (August 2022, New Delhi)

Member, Committee for identifying solutions for optimum utilization of water received under the provisions of Ganges Water Sharing Treaty 1996, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of Bangladesh

Member, Committee for Expansion of Bangladesh-India Cooperation on Flood Forecasting and Warning, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of Bangladesh

Member, Joint Technical Committee (Bangladesh-India) for Feasibility Study for optimum utilization of the Ganges Water and sustainable development of the Ganges Dependent Area (GDA) under the provisions of Ganges Water Sharing Treaty, 1996

Member, Bangladesh National Committee of ICID (BANCID)

Member, Panel of Experts, Action Plan for Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 6

Member, Technical Valuing Water Committee, Prime Minister’s Office

Member, River Master Plan Committee, Ministry of Local Government

Member, Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) Technical Committee, under the UNFCCC Technology Transfer program, implemented by Department of Environment (DoE), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Member, Project Evaluation Committee, ‘Operationalizing Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Compliance with the Bangladesh Water Rules, 2018’ project, Water Resources Planning Organization, Ministry of Water Resources

Member, Technical Committee, ‘Water Security Assessment in South-West Coastal Region of Bangladesh’ project, Water Resources Planning Organization, Ministry of Water Resources

Member, Expert Panel on “Operationalizing Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Compliance with the Bangladesh Water Rules, 2018: Determining Safe Yield of Aquifer and Identifying the Water Stress Area”, Water Resources Planning Organization, Ministry of Water Resources

Member, ITN-BUET Research Committee (ITN: International Training Network, Centre for Water Supply & Waste Management)

Prof Dr G M Tarekul Islam

Director, Directorate of Planning and Development (P & D), BUET, Dhaka

January 2019

Member of the Board of Governors, Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh

August 2019 – Date

Member of the Syndicate, Victoria University of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

January 2019 – Date

Member of the Governing Board, Bangladesh National Scientific and Technical Documentation Center (BANSDOC), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

September 2018 – date

Member of the Governing Board, National Museum of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

July 2018 – date

Member of the Board of Governors, Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies (IDMVS), Dhaka University

August 2016 – date

Member, Research and Academic Committee (RAC), Institute of Appropriate Technology (IAT), BUET.

May 2019 to date

Member, Special Task Force on Sustainable Mountain Education, Himalayan University Consortium (HUC), International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal

December 2018 – date

Member, Thematic Work Group on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Resilience, Himalayan University Consortium (HUC), International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal

December 2018 – date

Principal Focal Person, Himalayan University Consortium (HUC), International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal

December 2018 – date

Coordinator, Mission Idea Contest, University Space Engineering Consortiums (UNISEC), Tokyo, Japan

March 2012 – date

Point of Contact, University Space Engineering Consortium (UNISEC)-Global, Tokyo, Japan

March 2012 – date

Member, Selection Committee, Center for River, Harbor and Landslide Research (CRHLSR), Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), Chittagong

July 2019 to date

Member, Selection Board for the appointment of Assistant Professor and Lecturer of the Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability (IDMVS), Dhaka University

August 2018 – date

Member, Selection Board for the appointment of Assistant Professor and Lecturer of the Institute of Water and Environmental Sciences (IWES), Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET), Gazipur

May 2017- date

Member, Academic Council, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET), Khulna

April 2011 – date

Member, Board of Trustees, Benevolent Trust Fund, BUET

October 2018 to date

Member, Agreement / Memorandum of Understanding Review Committee, BUET

December 2016 – date

Member, Monitoring Committee for primary evaluation of research projects for approval by the Center for Advanced Studies and Research (CASR) of BUET

September 2016 – date

Member, Innovation Team, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

October 2017-date

Member, Library Development Committee, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

October 2017- date

Adviser, Swimming, Gymnastics and Squash, Athletic Club, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

February 2011 – date

Prof Dr M. Shahjahan Mondal

Provost, Ahsan Ullah Hall, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh

18 Sep 2018 to 11 Jan 2021

Prof Dr Mohammad Asad Hussain

Member of the Technical Committee, Joint River Commission (JRC)

November 6, 2019 – Present

Prof Dr A.K.M Saiful Islam

Lead author, Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), Working Group I, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

April 2018 – Present

Technical Editor, International Journal of Oceanography and Marine Ecological System

2015-2016

Coordinator, Climate Change Study Cell, BUET

2007-present

Member, Technical Committee, International Conference on Disaster Risk Management 2019 (ICDRM – 2019), BUET-JIDPUS

2019

Member, Advisory group, Creating a political and social climate for climate change adaptation Project, Research Council of Norway

2017-2018

Member, Impact and Science Advisory Board, International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), The Earth Institute at Columbia University, USA

2020-present

Member, Technical Committee, IABSE-JSCE Conference o Advances in Bridge Engineering-IV

2020-present

Assistant Provost, Suhrawardy Hall, BUET

2009-2011

Dr Sara Nowreen

Member, Board of Governance, Engineering University High school and College (2017–to date)

Member, International Editorial Board (IEB), Mountain Research and Development (MRD)

for 2020-2023

Review Editor, Editorial Board of Water and Climate (speciality section of Frontiers in Water)

Member, Thematic Working Groups on Water of Himalayan University Consortium (HUC)

Member of the organising committee, International Conference on Disaster Risk Management 2019 (ICDRM – 2019), BUET-JIDPUS