Dr. Sara Nowreen

 

 

Professor

Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM),

Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET)

Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.

Cell :     +88 01553 636 657 

Email :   snowreen@iwfm.buet.ac.bd

             sara.sohel@gmail.com

Website: http://snowreen.buet.ac.bd/

 

 

 

Education

 

 

PhD (April 2017) IWFM, BUET.

MSc (June 2010) in Water Resources Development, IWFM, BUET.

BSc (June 2005) in Water Resources Engineering, WRE, BUET. The position was 1st. 

HSc (1999) Viquarunnesa Noon School and College.

SSc (1997) Engineering University School, Dhaka.

 

Employment Record

 

Jun 2024 to date

Professor, Institute of Water and Flood Management, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.

 

 

 

Sep 2020-Jun 2024

Associate Professor, Institute of Water and Flood Management, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology.

 

 

 

Jun 2014-Sep 2020

Assistant Professor, Institute of Water and Flood Management, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology.

 

Mar 2011-Jun 2014

Lecturer, Institute of Water and Flood Management, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology.

Aug 2010-Mar 2011

Research Associate, Crossing Boundaries Project, IWFM, BUET.

 

 

Research Experience

 

Ongoing Projects

 

1.    Principal Investigator, Enhancing Climate-Resilient Groundwater Supply and Food Security Using Aquifer Storage and Recovery Technique (ECASRT) funded ($22662) by TWAS and Elsevier Foundation in collaboration with Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) (17 February 2023 – 16 February 2026).

2.    Co-investigator, Web-based Agricultural Information System (WebAIS) for Bangladesh in collaboration with TH, Koln (Lead) and TU Darmstadt of Germany and BAU of Bangladesh funded by BADC, Bangladesh and German Govt. (June 2024-June 2028)

3.    Co-Investigator, "Downscaling and analyzing satellite-derived data against in-situ measurements: A step towards sustainable groundwater use in Bangladesh", funded by RISE, BUET in collaboration with CSE, BUET (18 March 2023 - 31 March 2025).

 

Past Projects as PI

 

1.    Principal Investigator, Field Based Applied Research on “Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR)” technology for increasing cropping intensity of Bangladesh” funded (Tk. 87.58k) by Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KGF) under 4th Call for Competitive Grants Program (CGP) in collaboration with Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC), No. TF 74-NRM/20 (Dec 2020 – Mar 2024).

2.    Principal Investigator, ”Crop Yield Production with High-Resolution Satellite Image and Deep Learning Model: A Case Study in Naldanga Subdistrict, Natore, Bangladesh" $15,000 USD worth of Planet data access under the Art of the Possible Story - Earth Science Innovation Award category (22 September 2023 – 21 September 2024).

3.    Principal Investigator, “Aggravating Situation of Coastal Community Life in The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta During Post-Amphan and COVID – 19 Times” funded (£4992) by the UKRI GCRF Living Deltas Hub Rapid Response Fund (Jun 2021 – Mar 2022).

4.    Principal Investigator, “Development of IoT enabled data logger to monitor groundwater and analysis of the collected data” funded (Tk 20.00k) by ICT Division, GoB in collaboration with CSE, BUET (15 November 2019 - 15 November 2021).

5.    Principal Investigator, “Study on abstraction-induced recharge as an adaptation response to climate variation for shallow aquifer in Bangladesh” funded ($12,000) by International Foundation for Science (IFS) No. 2/I-2-W-5582-2-2018-S (15 October 2018 - 2 October 2021).

6.    Principal Investigator, “Diagnosing Water security in hard to reach mountainous areas with an environmental security framework” funded ($25,000) by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) under SDC HUC FOCUS GRANTS 2018 in collaboration with Sikkim University, India (August 2018 - November 2019).

7.    Principal Investigator, “Assessment of River Water Availability in Bangladesh for Off-stream Uses” funded ($12,000) by IFS Research Grant W5582 (October 2015 - December 2017).

8.    Country-lead, “Data collection and contribution to a comparative article on living polder strategies in deltas” funded (€4500) by Water, Climate & Future Deltas: Seed-money Call 2019 (Utrecht University) in collaboration with Utrecht University, Netherlands (Sep 2020 - Dec 2021).

 

Past Projects as co-PI

 

9.    Co-investigator, “REACH-WISER: Water insecurity, equity and resilience-Unravelling how intra-household dynamics impact on progress towards water security” funded with FCDO led by Oxford University; Bangladesh Lead -IWFM, BUET (Feb 2022- Sep 2024).

10.  Co-investigator, GCRF Living Deltas Hub (Co-lead in Work Package 1: Heritage, Livelihoods and Delta Living: pasts, presents and alternative futures) in collaboration with Newcastle University (UK) as the lead and 39 other partner organizations spread across 13 countries funded by the UKRI Global Challenges Research Fund (Feb 2019 – May 2024).

11.  Co-Investigator, “Towards sustainable urban water management in Hindukush Himalayan (HKH) Region: a participatory approach to improving water security in mountain cities” funded ($28000) by Asia-Pacific Network (APN) for Global Change Research (CRECS2020-06MY-Nowreen) in collaboration with Tribhuwan Univ., Nepal and TERI, India (Oct 2021- Oct 2023).

12.  Co-investigator, “Enhancing Coastal Resilience Through Nature-Based Solutions”, funded by Global Center on Adaptation in collaboration with URP. BUET (Oct 2022-Sep2024)

13.  Co-investigator, “GWMap: Applying Machine Learning to map groundwater levels in Bangladesh”, funded in the form of Microsoft Azure credits of $15000 USD under AI for Earth Microsoft Azure Compute Grant (2019-2021).

14.  Co-Investigator, “Engineering and flood risk through a gender lens: Expanding capabilities in remote sensing and raising awareness of gender-based vulnerabilities for improved flood risk management in Bangladesh” funded by Nuffic under Orange Knowledge Programme (OKP) 2020 in collaboration with HKV Lijn in water, Netherlands (Aug 2021 to Mar 2022).

15.  Co-Investigator, “How to MOOC? Developing online learning on Adaptive Delta Management in support of the Bangladesh Delta Plan” funded by Nuffic under Orange Knowledge Programme (OKP) 2020 in collaboration with Climate Adaptation Services (CAS), Netherlands (Sep 2020 and Sep 2021).

16.  Co-investigator, “Uptake of Climate Change Adaptation Research Results in South Asia: Evaluation of Adaptation Trials in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta and its Upscaling to Climate Financing (Bangladesh)” funded by International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (Jul 2020 – Dec 2021).

17.  Co-investigator, “Living Polders: dynamic polder management for sustainable livelihoods, applied to Bangladesh”, funded by NWO (Since October 2018 – June 2021).

18.  Co-investigator, “Developing Flash Flood Early Warning System (FFEWAS)” funded by International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Role: Hydrodynamic modelling of North-East Region using HEC-RAS 1D-2D model (Since December 2017 - April 2020).

19.  Co-convener, “Food, water, policy and people: evaluating the impacts of climate change and groundwater limitation on food security in NW Bangladesh, to guide policy for adaptation” supported by the Research Catalyst Grants at University College London, UK as part of 2015 BHP Billiton Sustainable Communities/UCL Grand Challenges Symposium Series, Project Lead: Dr William Burgess, UCL Earth Sciences (May 2015 - April 2017).

20.  Co-ordinator & researcher, “DEltas, vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA)” project under “Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA)” program by University of Southampton (UK), IWFM (BUET),  Jadavpur University (India), National Authority of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (Egypt), University of Ghana (Ghana) and 31 other university or institutions with jointly funded by DFID and IDRC (February 2014 – October 2014).

21.  Co-investigator, “An assessment of present and future changes of hydrological cycle of haor basin area – a case study” under the DFID research contract of "High-resolution Regional Climate Change Information for Bangladesh to inform Impacts Assessments, Vulnerability indicators and Adaptation Policies" by IWFM, BUET and Met Office, UK (June 2011 - February 2013).

22.  Focal person of IWFM for DeltaCap: “Capacity Building for the Implementation of Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100”, funded by Nuffic-NICHE, Role: workshop coordinator (Since May 2018 – December 2020).

 

 

Academic Visits 

1.    25 June - 28 June 2019: Sikkim University, India Worked on Water security for mountainous people.

 

2.    3 September–6 November 2016 & 9–28 January 2017: University College London, UK

Worked on groundwater recharge processes in an Asian Mega-Delta: evidence from high-frequency monitoring in the Bengal Basin

 

3.    01 February – 15 March 2013: University College London (UCL), UK

Worked on the analysis of projected changes in rainfall intensity within Bangladesh under the DFID research contract of “Groundwater resources in the Indo-Gangetic Basin: resilience to climate change and pumping”.  Work Plan

 

4.    2 July - 20 September 2012: Met Office Hadley Centre, UK

Worked on the assessment of present and future changes in hydrological cycle of Haor Basin area Work plan Achievement

 

 

Award and

Scholarship

 

(after college)

 

•      Two Publication Incentives 2020-2021 by BUET received on 28 January 2023

•      Best Oral Presentation award at ACEER Conference 2021 on 28 July 2021

•      Forum 86 Research Excellence Award 2020 in early career category received on 06 February 2021

 

Research Grants

 

•      Earth Science Innovation Award 2023: Art of the Possible Story by Planet on 23 Aug 2023 (secured 1st out of 38 applicants from 13 countries worth of services equivalent to $15,000)

 

•      Basic Research Grant Tk. 20k by BUET (2023-2024)

•      TWAS-Elsevier Foundation 2022 (1 of 8 Grants out of 163 applicants) $22662 (2023-26)

•      Competitive Grants 2020 (TF 74-NRM/20) Tk. 87.58k by KGF, Bangladesh (2021-2023)

•      Rapid Response Fund 2020 £4992 by UKRI GCRF Living Deltas Hub (Jun 2021–Dec 2021)

•      Innovation Fund 2019 Tk. 20,00,000 funded by ICT division, GoB (2020-2021)

•      SDC HUC focus Grant 2018 $25000 funded by ICIMOD (August 2018-November 2019)

•      The International Foundation for Science (IFS) Research Grant 2018 (W5582-2) $12,000 (October 2018-December 2020)

 

•      IFS 2014 (W5582-1) $12,000 (15 October 2015-31 December 2017)

•      CRECS 2020 (06MY-Nowreen) $28,000 from Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (Transferred to Nepal counterpart)

 

Education Fellowships

 

•      Commonwealth Split Site Scholarship 2014 (BDCN-2014-4) at University College London (UCL), UK (October 2014 – 2015).

 

•      Bangabandhu Fellowship on Science & ICT 2011 awarded by the Ministry of Science and Information and Communication Technology, GoB for PhD at BUET (July 2011- June 2014).

 

•      SAWA (South Asian Water) Fellowship 2008 awarded by the Crossing Boundaries Project, IWFM, BUET for M.Sc. (WRD) Program.

 

•      Deans’s List (2002), University Merit Scholarship (2000-2004), Technical Scholarship (1999 – 2004) awarded by BUET.

 

Visits / Training / Conference Grants

 

•      Charles Wallace Trust Professional Visit Grant 2016 (BC 2016/0484) for 3 months (September-October 2016 & January 2017) to University College London (UCL), UK.

 

•      ICIMOD (partial) Fund to attend HUC Third Water Group Meeting at Kathmandu, 6-7 Dec 2019 (Not Availed)

 

•      HUC Fellowship by ICIMOD for 14 days on Springshed Management (24th Mar–5th Apr 2019)

 

•      17th CAS-TWAS-WMO Forum on Ecohydrology and Climate Change in Beijing, China (17-21 September 2018)

 

•      WISA Professional Training 2018 for Early Career (RC) workshop under Imperial College London, UK at Istanbul, Turkey (19 -24 July 2018).

 

•      Commonwealth Split-site Sponsorship for poster presentation at the International Conference on Water Resources Assessment and Seasonal Prediction at Koblenz, Germany (13 – 16 October 2015)

 

•      ‘HighNoon Spring School’ programme 2012 at IIT, Delhi, India (2 – 6 April 2012).

 

•      RGCH Conference Grant 2016 supported by The British Council and the Thailand Research Fund for oral presentation in Bangkok, Thailand (8-11 February 2016)

 

•      Adaptation Futures Conference Grant 2012 for poster presentation at the University of Arizona, Tuscan, USA (29-31 May 2012)

 

•      International Expert Workshop Fund by SDC project, Uzbekistan for 5 days on Groundwater Management for 5-10 September 2019 (Not Availed)

 

•      Graduate Scholar Award 2012, Fourth International Conference on Climate Change, University of Washington, Seattle, USA for 12-13 July 2012 (Not Availed).

 

 

Publication

 

International Journal

 

1.    Ahmmed MH, Nowreen S, Moniruzzazaman M, Jamal HMSI, Moniruzzaman M, Majumder RK A Case Study of Appraising the Sustainability of Aquifer Storage Recovery (ASR) for Irrigation in Coastal Areas of Bangladesh: Harmonizing Blessings and Challenges (in preparation)

 

2.    Nowreen S, Qayum KA, Zzaman RU, Shamma TK,  Amin R, Hossain K, Mahmud R, Arif MTA, Ritu S, Agnew P, & Chowdhury N. Problem causation and solutions in watershed management from stakeholder perspectives: a case study in Bangladesh (in submission)

 

3.    Prodhan AAA, Mutahara M, Nowreen S, Masud MMA, Shamma TK,  Talukder A,  Rabby SH, Chowdhury N, Salehin M. Aggravated Livelihood Vulnerabilities and Risks in Post-Disaster Situation Amid COVID Pandemic (in submission)

 

4.    Ahmed SS, Zzaman RU, Jony SR, Himel FR, Sharmin A, Rahman AHMK, Nowreen S, Rahman S  GroundHog: Revolutionizing GLDAS Groundwater Storage Downscaling for Enhanced Recharge Estimation in Bangladesh (in preparation)

 

5.      Ahmed SS, Jony SR, Toufikuzzaman M, Sayed S, Zzaman RU, Nowreen S, M S Rahman A light-weight model to generate NDWI from Sentinel-1. Computer Science (in submission) https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.13357

 

6.      Zzaman R. U., Nayeem M.A., Nowreen S., Newton, I. H., Islam, A. K. M. S., Zahid A, & Rahman M.S. (2023) CIMCA: Infusing Computational Intelligence in Multi-Criteria Analysis to Assess Groundwater Potential. Environmental Modelling & Software, 169, 105812. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2023.105812 Impact factor 4.9 (2022)

 

7.    Nowreen, S., Misra, A. K., Zzaman, R. U., Sharma, L. P., & Abdullah, M. S. (2023). Sustainability Challenges to Springshed Water Management in India and Bangladesh: A Bird’s Eye View. Sustainability, 15 (6), 5065. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15065065 Impact factor 3.889 (2022)

 

8.    Shamsudduha, M., Taylor, R. G., Haq, M. I., Nowreen, S., Zahid, A., & Ahmed, K. M. U. (2022). The Bengal Water Machine: Quantified freshwater capture in Bangladesh. Science, 377(6612), 1315–1319. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm4730 2-yr Impact factor 63.714 (2021)

 

9.    Zzaman, R. U., Nowreen, S., Khan, I. M., Islam, M. R., Ibtehaz, N., Rahman, M. S., Zahid A., Farzana D., Sharmin A., & Rahman, M. S. (2022). A Machine Learning-based Approach for Groundwater Mapping. Natural Resources Research, 31, 281–299. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11053-021-09977-4 Impact factor 5.609 (2021)

 

10.  Nowreen, S., Chowdhury, M. A., Tarin, N. J., Hasan, M. R., & Zzaman, R. U. (2022). A participatory SWOT analysis on water, sanitation, and hygiene management of disabled females in Dhaka slums of Bangladesh. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 12(7), 542–554. https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2022.061 Impact factor 1.786 (2021)

 

11.  Chowdhury, M. A., Nowreen, S., Tarin, N. J., Hasan, M. R., Zzaman, R. U., & Amatullah, N. I. (2022). WASH and MHM experiences of disabled females living in Dhaka slums of Bangladesh. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 12 (10), 683–697.  https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2022.060 Impact factor 1.786 (2021)

 

12.  Kashem S., Tahsin N., Subah Z., Murshed S.B., Nowreen S., & Mondal M.S. (2022) Assessing Right to Water of the Urban Poor in Dhaka City under Changing Climate. GeoJournal, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-022-10804-3 H index -72, Scimago Journal Rank 0.48

 

13.  Nahin K. T. K., Islam S. B., Ahmed S., Mondal M. S., Murshed S. B., & Nowreen S. (2022) Voluntary immobility despite hazard: a case of Jamuna floodplain in Bangladesh. GeoJournal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-022-10820-3 H index -72, Scimago Journal Rank 0.48

 

14.  Zahid, A., Nowreen, S., Islam, M. K., Hassan, M. R., Hossain, M. J., & Abbassi, S. U. (2021). Assessment of hydraulic conductivity in the multi-layered aquifer system of the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh, by performing slug tests. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-021-02294-3 Impact factor 3.041 (2019); Five year impact factor 3.257 (2019)

 

15.  Zzaman, R. U., Nowreen, S., Billah, M., & Islam, A. S. (2021). Flood hazard mapping of Sangu River basin in Bangladesh using multi-criteria analysis of hydro-geomorphological factors. Journal of Flood Risk Management, n/a(n/a), e12715. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12715 (Impact factor 3.066)

 

16.  Nowreen, S., Newton, I. H., Zzaman, R. U., Islam, A. K. M. S., Islam, G. M. T., & Alam, M. S. (2021). Development of potential map for groundwater abstraction in the northwest region of Bangladesh using RS-GIS-based weighted overlay analysis and water-table-fluctuation technique. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 193(1), 24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-08790-5. Impact factor 1.903 (2019); Five-year impact factor 2.273 (2019)

 

17.  Abdullah, M. S., Nowreen, S., Zzaman, R. U., Hasnat, S., Satu, S. M., & Chowdhury, M. E. (2021). Urbanising Delta: What Lessons Dhaka Offers to Face Challenges. Journal of Policy & Governance, 01(02), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.33002/jpg010201

 

18.  Nowreen, S., Taylor, R. G., Shamsudduha, M., Salehin, M., Zahid A., & Ahmed, K. M. (2020) “Groundwater recharge processes in an Asian Mega-Delta: hydrometric evidence from Bangladesh.” Hydrogeology Journal, 28(8), 2917–2932. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-020-02238-3. Impact factor 2.641 (2019); Five-year impact factor 2.672 (2019)

 

19.  Nowreen S., Haque P., Mondal M. S., Zzaman R. U. (2020) Hydrological assessment for the availability of water for off-stream uses of Karatoa-Atrai River in Bangladesh. Water Policy, 22 (1): 70–84. https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2020.034. Impact Factor: 1.093 (2019)

 

20.  Mondal M. S., Nowreen S., Sakib M. N. (2020) Scale-Dependent Reliability of Projected Rainfalls over Bangladesh with the PRECIS Model. Climate 8(2):20 (article number). https://doi.org/10.3390/cli8020020.

 

21.  Arifin, S., Arifin, R., Pitts, D., Rahman, M., Nowreen, S., Madey, G., & Collins, F. (2015). Landscape Epidemiology Modeling Using an Agent-Based Model and a Geographic Information System. Land, 4(2), 378–412. https://doi.org/10.3390/land4020378. Impact factor: 2.429 (2019)

 

22.  Nowreen, S., Murshed, S. B., Islam, A. K. M. S., Bhaskaran, B., & Hasan, M. A. (2015). Changes of rainfall extremes around the haor basin areas of Bangladesh using multi-member ensemble RCM. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 119(1–2), 363–377. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-014-1101-7. Abstract Five-year impact factor 3.143 (2019).

 

23.  Nowreen, S., Jalal, M. R., & Khan, M. S. A. (2014). Historical analysis of rationalizing South West coastal polders of Bangladesh. Water Policy, 16(2), 264–279. https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2013.172. Abstract Download Impact factor: 1.603(2012).

 

24.  Nowreen, S., Murshed, S. B., Islam, A. K. M. S., Hasan, M. A., & Sarker, T. K. (2013). An Indicator of Climate Change in the South West Region of Bangladesh. The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, 4(3), 47–60. https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-7156/CGP/v04i03/37170. Abstract Download

 

25.  Nowreen, S., Khan, M. S. A., & Huq, H. (2011). Development of an Operational IWRM Framework in a selected SSWRDSP of Bangladesh. SAWAS Journal, 2(2), 6–26. Download

 

 

 

International Conference

 

1.    Sayed, S. & Nowreen, S. (2024) Assessing Spatial Thresholds of Indices-Based Water Mapping with Sentinel-2 for Ukhia and Teknaf of Bangladesh, BT - Water, Flood Management and Water Security Under a Changing Climate: Proceedings from the 9th International Conference on Water and Flood Management (A. Haque & A. I. A. Chowdhury, Eds.).

 

2.    Ahmmed, M. H., Nowreen, S., Zzaman, R. U., Sharmin, A., Akhtar, S. (2023) Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) technology for irrigation water supply in coastal Bangladesh. Case studies on ‘Climate Change and Health Policy’ by The Inter Academy Partnership (IAP), 5-7 September 2023, Strada Costiera 11, 34151, Italy. 

 

3.    Newton, I. H., Zaman, R. U., Nowreen, S., Islam, A. K. M. S., Razzaque, S., & Islam, G. M. T. (2020). Deciphering of Groundwater Recharge Potential Zones in Dhaka City, Bangladesh by RS and GIS Techniques BT - Water, Flood Management and Water Security Under a Changing Climate: Proceedings from the 7th International Conference on Water and Flood Management (A. Haque & A. I. A. Chowdhury, Eds.). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47786-8_5

4.    Zzaman, R. U., Nowreen, S., & Newton, I. H. (2020). Groundwater Fluctuation in Response to Annual Rainfall in North-West Region of Bangladesh BT - Water, Flood Management and Water Security Under a Changing Climate: Proceedings from the 7th International Conference on Water and Flood Management (A. Haque & A. I. A. Chowdhury, Eds.). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47786-8_18

5.    Nowreen, S., Misra, A. K., Zzaman, R. U., & Sharma, L. P. (2019). Sustainable Springshed water management from community perspectives: Case studies in India and Bangladesh. In D. S. Yü & E. De Maaker (Eds.), Trans-Himalayan Environmental Humanities (THiEH) Conference (pp. 182–194). Kunming, China.

6.    Nowreen, S., Mondal, M. S., & Haque, P. (2017). Flow characteristics and environmental flow requirements for the Dharla River, Bangladesh. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM 2017), 1, 105–114. Dhaka, Bangladesh. Abstract

7.    Nowreen, S., Jalal, M. R., & Khan, M. S. A. (2013). Chronological Analysis of Water Management Practices in the South-West Coastal Polders of Bangladesh. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM 2013), 2, 379–388. Dhaka, Bangladesh. Abstract

8.    Nowreen, S., Murshed, S. B., Islam, A. K. M. S., & Bhaskaran, B. (2013). Change of Future Climate Extremes for the Haor Basin Area of Bangladesh. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM 2013), 2, 545–556. Dhaka, Bangladesh. Abstract Download Link2

9.    Murshed, S. B., Nowreen, S., Islam, A. K. M. S., Hasan, M. A., & Sarker, T. K. (2013). Change of extreme precipitation indices for the eight hydrological regions of Bangladesh. International Conference on Climate Change Impact and Adaptation (I3CIA-2013), 461–471. DUET, Gazipur, Bangladesh: Center for Climate Change and Sustainability Research (3CSR). Abstract

10.  Nowreen, S., Khan, M. S. A., & Huq, H. (2011). Constraints and potentials in practising IWRM in the selected small scale water resources development sector projects of Bangladesh. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM 2011), 2, 713–723. Dhaka, Bangladesh. Abstract

 

Research Report

 

1.    Rahman, M., Haque, A., Salehin, M., Rahman, R., Murshed, S. B., & Nowreen, S. (2022). Uptake of climate change adaptation research results in South Asia. In Institute of Water and Flood Management of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Report. 187 pp. Download

 

2.    Nowreen, S. (2019). Diagnosing Water security in hard to reach mountainous areas with an environmental security framework. In International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Report, 62 pp.

 

3.    Nowreen, S. (2018). Assessment of River Water Availability in Bangladesh for Off-stream Uses. In International Foundation for Science (IFS) Report, W5582. 44 pp. Download

 

4.    Taylor, R. G., Burgess, W. G., Shamsudduha, M., Zahid, A., Lapworth, D., Ahmed, K., Mukherjee, A., & Nowreen, S. (2014). Deep groundwater in the Bengal Mega-Delta: new evidence of aquifer hydraulics and the influence of intensive abstraction. In British Geological Survey Technical Report OR/14/070. Keyworth, Nottingham. 24 pp. Download

 

5.    Islam, A. K. M. S., Hussain, M. A., Murshed, S. B., Nowreen, S., & Hasan, M. A. (2013). High-resolution Regional Climate Change Information for Bangladesh to inform Impacts assessments, Vulnerability indicators and Adaptation policies. In IWFM Report. Dhaka, Bangladesh. 122 pp. Download Link2

 

 

Editorial/Book/Book Chapter

 

1.    Shamsudduha, M., Bhanja, S., & Nowreen, S. (Eds.). (2024). Water Supply Sustainability and Challenges in Asian Megadeltas under Global Change. Frontiers in Water, 6, 1415097. https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2024.1415097

 

2.    Nowreen, S. (2024). Bangladesh - Aquifer storage and recovery technology for irrigation water supply. In InterAcademy Partnership (Ed.), Climate and Health: Science-based Policy Solutions (pp. 35-46). Trieste, Italy: InterAcademy Partnership. ISBN 978-88-9407-849-7.

 

3.    Salehin M, Chowdhury MMA, Clarke D, Mondal S, Nowreen S, Jahiruddin M, Haque A (2018) Mechanisms and Drivers of Soil Salinity in Coastal Bangladesh. In R. J. Nicholls, C. W. Hutton, N. W. Adger, S. E. Hanson, M. Rahman, & M. Salehin (Eds.), Ecosystem Services for Well-Being in Deltas (pp. 333–347). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71093-8_18 Download

 

4.    Nowreen S, Khan MSA (2012) Development of an Operational IWRM Framework in a Selected Small Scale Water Resources Development Sector Project. Germany: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing.

 

 

 

Poster Presentation

 

Nowreen S, Jalal R, Salehin M, Islam R (2015) Estimating Relationship between Groundwater Level Recovery and Rainfall for Shallow Unconfined Aquifers in North West Region of Bangladesh. International Conference on Water Resources Assessment and Seasonal Prediction. 13 – 16 October, 2015. Koblenz, Germany funded by Commonwealth Split-site Scholarship. Abstract

 

Nowreen S, Halder PK (2012) Response From The South West Coastal Region Of Bangladesh With The Changing Climatic Variability. Adaptation Futures 2012: International Conference on Climate Adaptation. 28 May - 31 May. Tuscon. Arizona. U.S.A. with full conference funding. Abstract

 

 

 

 

Oral Presentation

 

Nowreen S (2018) Hydrological Assessment for Off-Stream Uses of Karatoa-Atrai River in Bangladesh. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Ecohydrology and Climate Change in 17th CAS-TWAS-WMO Forum, 17-19 September, Beijing, China.

 

Nowreen S (2016) Groundwater responses to intensive rainfall in an Asian Mega-Delta: evidence from high-frequency monitoring in the Bengal Basin. Proceedings of the International Conference on Resilience of Groundwater Systems to Climate Change and Human Development, 8-11 February, Bangkok, Thailand. Abstract Download

 

 

 

 

Other Posters /Abstracts

 

1.    FI Mou, S Khadem, AKMS Islam, S Nowreen, NJ Zinia, and J Kristofer (2024) Assessing the Impact of Forest Coverage on Surface Hydrology in Bangladesh: A Case Study of the Chattogram Hill Tracts, H33U-02, AGU24, 9-13 December, Washington DC, USA

2.    S Sayed and S Nowreen (2024) Comparing Pan-sharpening methods for water mapping with Sentinel-2 for Ukyhia and Teknaf of Bangladesh, H43S-05, AGU24, 9-13 December, Washington DC, USA

3.    FR Himel, S Nowreen and MS Rahman (2024) Forecasting Groundwater Levels in Northwestern Bangladesh Under SSP Projections: A Multivariate Time-Series Approach with NeuralProphet, H03-07. AGU24, 9-13 December, Washington DC, USA

4.    KTK Nahin, S Nowreen and MH Lima (2024) Gendered Vulnerability Index for Flood in Brahmaputra River Floodplain, OS41D-0464, AGU24, 9-13 December, Washington DC, USA

5.    S Khadem, MS Hossain, S Sayed, S Sultana, NJ Zinia, J Kristofer and S Nowreen (2024) Assessing the Effects of Forest Coverage on Ground Water of Forested Watershed in Chattogram Hill Tracts, Bangladesh, H04-30A,  AGU24, 9-13 December, Washington DC, USA

6.    MS Hossain, N Tabassum, MS Khadem, M Moniruzzaman, S Sayed, N J Zinia, J Kristofer and S Nowreen (2024) Evaluating the Contribution of Forest on Watershed Hydrology Using  Evidences from Stable Isotope Analysis, AGU24, 9-13 December, Washington DC, USA

7.    Jaren, L. S., Sakib, S. N., Leya, R. S., Ahmed, S., Nowreen, S., & Chowdhury, A. I. A. (2023) Navigating Water Insecurity: How Does Riverbank Erosion Challenge Bankline Communities?, 9th ICWFM 2023, 14-16 October 2023, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

8.    Islam, M.R., Salehin, M., Nowreen, S., Chowdhury, A. I. A., & Islam, M. M. (2023) Water Security Assessment in Urban, Peri-Urban, and Rural Settings of Bangladesh Using the Water Insecurity Experience Scale. 9th ICWFM 2023, 14-16 October 2023, Dhaka, Bangladesh

9.    Rana, M. M., Salehin, M., Chowdhury, A. I. A., Nowreen, S., Murshed, S. B., & Haque, A. (2023). The Determinants of Livelihood Diversification Strategies for Sustainability in Different Socio-Ecological Systems in Bangladesh Coastal Zone. 9th ICWFM 2023, 14-16 October 2023, Dhaka, Bangladesh

10.  Prodhan, A. A. A., Nowreen, S., Masud, M. M. Al, Mutahara, M., Shamma, T. K., Talukder, A., & Rabby, S. (2022). Aggravated Situations and Livelihood Vulnerability of Bangladesh Coastal Communities in Post-Disaster and COVID-19 Pandemic. International Perspective on Water Resources and the Environment (IPWE-2023), Dhaka, Bangladesh and Reston, VA, USA, January 4-6, 2023, 87. Download

11.  Mutahara, M., Nowreen, S., Prodhan, A. A. A., Hafiz, A. M. I. (2022). Living polder strategies in deltas: Potentiality of tidal river management (TRM) in Bangladesh delta. IPWE-2023, Dhaka, Bangladesh and Reston, VA, USA, January 4-6, 2023, 44. Download

12.  Nahin, K. T. K., Lima, M. H., Nowreen, S. (2022). Assessment of gendered vulnerability to flood in Brahmaputra river floodplain. IPWE-2023, Dhaka, Bangladesh and Reston, VA, USA, January 4-6, 2023, 53. Download

13.  Tabassum, N., Nowreen, S., Moniruzzaman, M., Ahmmed, M.H., (2022). Isotopic and Hydrogeochemical Analyses to Assess Groundwater and Surface Water Attributes in Kushtia, Bangladesh. IPWE-2023, Dhaka, Bangladesh and Reston, VA, USA, January 4-6, 2023, 67. Download

14.  Ahmmed, M. H., Nowreen, S., Sharmin, A., Zzaman, R. U., Akhtar, S. (2022). An investigation of the existing managed aquifer recharge (MAR) systems in southwestern coastal Bangladesh as drinking and irrigation water supply solution. IPWE-2023, Dhaka, Bangladesh and Reston, VA, USA, January 4-6, 2023, 69. Download

15.  Chowdhury M. A., Zzaman, R. U., Tarin N. J., Islam S. L. U., & Nowreen S. (2022) Stakeholder’s Response to Morphological Change from Riverbank Erosion: A Case Study in Kurigram, Bangladesh. South Asia Water Competition (SAWAC) 2022, India.

 

16.  Islam, M.S., Akhter, T., Zzaman, R.U., Nowreen, S. (2021) Study on Abstraction-Induced Recharge as an Adaptation Response to Climate Variation for Shallow Aquifer in Bangladesh. AGU Fall Meeting 2021. Download

 

17.  Shamsudduha, M., Taylor, R. G., Haq, M. I., Nowreen, S., Zahid, A., & Ahmed, K. M. (2021). Sustaining Groundwater-fed Irrigation Through The Ganges Water Machine: Evidence From Bangladesh. AGU Fall Meeting 2021. Download

18.  Tahsin N., Subah Z., Kashem S., Mondal M. S., Nowreen S., Murshed S. B. (2021) Water Security in Selected Slums of Dhaka, Water Security and Climate Change Conference (WSCC 2021), 1-3 March 2021, Hanoi, Vietnam.

19.  Zzaman R. U., Nowreen S., Khan I. M., Islam M. R., Ibtehaz N., Rahman M. S., Zahid A., Farzana D., Sharmin A., & Rahman M. S. (2021) A Machine Learning Model for Groundwater Technology Mapping for the Shallow Aquifer in Bangladesh. 8th International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM 2021), 29-31 March 2021, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

20.  Rodrigues E. & Nowreen S. (2021) Changes in Waterlogged Areal Extent in "TRM" Executed Beels in South-West Bangladesh, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Water and Flood Management, 29-31 March 2021. Dhaka, Bangladesh.

21.  Rodrigues E. & Nowreen S. (2021) Farmer's Perspectives related to Organic Brown Cane Sugar and Refined White Sugar: A Case Study in Natore, Bangladesh, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Water and Flood Management, 29-31 March 2021. Dhaka, Bangladesh.

22.  Nahin K. T. K. & Nowreen S. (2021) Adaptation to Flooding Stress: Contexts of Location, Gender and Intersectionality, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Water and Flood Management, 29-31 March 2021. Dhaka, Bangladesh.

23.  Popy S. M., Nowreen S. & Nahin K. T. K. (2021) Gender friendly flood shelter and emergency health services for the char islands of Sirajganj, Bangladesh, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Water and Flood Management, 29-31 March 2021. Dhaka, Bangladesh. 

24.  Pieu, N. M., Khan, M. J. U., Islam, A. S., Lopa, M., Nowreen, S., & Akter, T. (2019). Hydrodynamic Modeling for Flash Flood Forecasting in the North Eastern Bangladesh Using HEC-RAS. Proceedings of the ICWFM 2019, 39–40. Dhaka, Bangladesh (ISBN: 978-984-34-6192-2).

25. Ahmed, K.M., Jahan, C.S., Zahid, A., Burgess, W. G., Shamsudduha, M, Nowreen, S, & Osborn, D. (2015). Water, climate and policy for food production in the Barind, NW Bangladesh. BHP Billiton Sustainable Communities/UCL Grand Challenges Symposium Series on Global Food Security: Adaptation, Resilience and Risk, 9-10 November, UCL, UK. Abstract Download

26.  Salehin, M., Mondal, M.S., Clarke, D., Lazar, A., Chowdhury, M.A., & Nowreen, S. (2014). Spatial Variation in Soil Salinity in Relation to Hydro-Climatic Factors in Southwest Coastal Bangladesh. Proceedings of the Deltas in Times of Climate Change II, International Conference, Opportunities for People, Science, Cities and Business, 94 (DD 4.6-4). 24 – 26 September. Rotterdam. The Netherlands. Abstract Download Poster 

 

 

 

Theses Titles

 

PhD: Nowreen S (2017) Mechanism of groundwater response to recharge and its quantification for shallow aquifers in Bangladesh. BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Abstract

 

MSc: Nowreen S (2010) Development of an Operational IWRM Framework in a Selected Small Scale Water Resources Development Sector Project. BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Download

 

BSc Engg. (WRE): Nowreen S (2005) Stability and Damage Study of Wave Protection Embankment at Mithamain. BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

 

 

 

 

Teaching

 

v  Groundwater Resource Assessment, April-2024, 2022, 2021, 2020; October-2019, 2018, 2017

v  Humanitarian Challenges and Climate Adaptation in Water Engineering, October-2023

v  Watershed Hydrology, April-2022

v  Interdisciplinary Field Research Methodology, October-2023, October-2021, October-2019

v  Hydrogeology and groundwater, April-2019

v  Gender, Water and Society, April-2024, 2021, 2019, October-2019, 2018

v  Groundwater Hydraulics, October 2022, Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST)

v  Gender and Development, Spring 2022, United International University (UIU)

 

 

 

Supervision /Examining

 

·        MSc Supervision of Iffat Jahan Shammee on Effectiveness of Multiple Recharge Wells in Aquifer Storage and Recovery System through Groundwater Modeling (Ongoing)

·        MSc Supervision of Sharfaraj Khadem Rafi on Impact of Anthropogenic Activities on Groundwater-Surface Water Interaction in Chattogram Hill Forest (Ongoing)

·        MSc Supervision of Faizur Rahman Himel on Data-Driven Groundwater Level Projections in Bangladesh: A Perspective on Hydrological Drivers under Climate Change (Ongoing)

·        MSc Supervision of Saifullah Sayed on Assessing Spatial Thresholds for Index-Based Water Mapping with Sentinel-2 Satellite Imageries over Eastern Hill Tracts (Completed in 2024)

·        MSc Supervision of Khadiza Tul Kobra Nahin on Gendered Vulnerability Index for Flood in Brahmaputra River Floodplain (Completed in 2024)

·        MSc Supervision of Md. Helal Ahmmed on Performance Evaluation of the Existing Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) Systems in Southwestern Coastal Bangladesh as Drinking and Irrigation Water Supply Solution (Completed in 2023)

·        MSc Supervision of Nabila Tabassum on Assessing Surface Water and Groundwater Interaction by Isotopic and Hydrogeochemical Analyses in Kushtia District (Completed in 2023)

·        MSc Supervision of Md. Rashed Uz Zzaman on Application of different remote sensing and GIS based multi-criteria approaches in mapping potential recharge zones of groundwater in the North-West of Bangladesh (Completed in 2021)

·        Research supervision of Md Arif Chowdhury on “WASH Practices in Slum Areas of Dhaka city: Challenges and Opportunities for Females with Disabilities” funded by Share-Net Bangladesh (Grant BDT 250,000 in 2019)

·        Research supervision of a Young Water Leader’s team on “Riverbank erosion and risk assessment using stakeholder participation and Morphological study: A Study in Kurigram district, Bangladesh funded by Trans-boundary Rivers for Our Sustainable Advancement (TROSA) project (Grant BDT 100,000 in 2020)

·        External Foreign Examiner, TERI University, India: Sourabh Shrivastava, PhD student, Department of Natural Resources

·        External MSc Thesis Examiner, DUET (2) in 2024, Jahangirnagar Uni. (1) in  2019, Bangladesh

·        External for student viva of BSc 3rd Semester (2019) in Environmental Science courses of Chittagong University, Bangladesh

·        Member, 6 MSc and 2 Doctoral Theses Examiner (2019-2022), IWFM, BUET, Bangladesh

 

 

 

Invited Talk

 

·        Keynote presentation, Compass Knowledge Sharing Event, Department of Forest, Dhaka, Bangladesh 29 September 2024

 

·        Lecture on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), General Economics Division (GED), Bangladesh Planning Commission, 20 March 2024

 

·        19th Training Course on "Research on Oceanography: Principles and Applications" 0n 14 Aug 2023

      Presentation Title: Field Based Applied Research on ASR technology

      Organized by National Oceanographic And Maritime Institute (NOAMI), Bangladesh

 

·        Policy Dialogue and Stakeholder Workshop Dhaka 2023: The Bengal Water Machine and Sustainable Groundwater Development in Bangladesh on 24th July 2023

      Presentation Title: Enhancing groundwater security through managed aquifer recharge:

      Technical dimensions.

     Organized by the Department of Geology, Dhaka University, Bangladesh

 

·        6th ICSD international conference on Sustainable Development on 19 February, 2023

Keynote Speaker: DeltaPlan2100: Challenges of Moving Forward Towards a Prosperous Bangladesh

Organized by the United International University, Bangladesh

 

·        International seminar on “A Regional Approach to Transboundary Water Issues, Pathways and Challenges” on 14 April, 2022

Online Presentation Title: Water Challenges in Bangladesh

Organized by the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) Pakistan

 

·        Training "Engineering and Flood Risk through a Gender Lens" on 3 November, 2021

Presentation Title: WASH and MHM for Disabled Girls / Women Living in Slums: A Participatory SWOT Analysis in Bangladesh Context

Jointly organised by HKV, Qpoint, IWFM (BUET) with Nuffic fund 

 

·        4th Webinar on BDP2100 & Adaptive Delta Management on 25 August 2021

Presentation Title: Journey towards ADM & BDP2100.

Organized by Delta Forum, UIU, IDSS

 

·        The 3rd International Conference on Advances in Civil and Ecological  Engineering Research (ACEER 2021) on 28 July 2021

Presentation Title: Groundwater recharge processes in an Asian Mega-Delta: hydrometric evidence from Bangladesh.

Organized by I-Shou University, Beijing, China

 

·        International Symposium on Living polder strategies for living deltas on 26 May 2021

Presentation Title: Tidal River Management in Bangladesh

Organized by Utrecht University, Netherlands

 

·        Live E-session on "Building an Impactful Alliance for Sustainable Mountain Education for the Hindu Kush–Himalayas" at SDGs Marketplace of the UNESCO World Conference on ESD hosted by HUC ICIMOD on 18 May 2021

 

·        International Webinar on Water, Health & Parasites on 23 March 2021

Presentation Title: Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) as a water management tool for Asian mega deltas

Organized by Department of Environmental Science, University of Kashmir, India

 

·        E-participation, Third Meeting of HUC Thematic Working Groups on Water, 6 December 2019, ICIMOD

 

·        Training Course on Adaptive Delta Management & Design and Execution of TOT

Presentation Title: Knowledge Gap and Integrated assessment

Organized by: DeltaCap, BUET at LGED on 9 July 2019

 

·        Workshop on Practical Adaptive Delta Management

Presentation Title: Knowledge Gaps documented in BDP2100 and its basic theory on integrated assessment

Organized by: DeltaCap, BUET on 24 October 2018; 2 October, 2021m(online)

 

·        11th Community Law Reform (CLR) Workshop on CLR Research and Research Methodology

Presentation Title: Environmental Issues/Concerns relating to Water Salinity in the Coastal Area of Bangladesh

Organized by: Empowerment through Law of the Common People (ELCOP)Climate on 11 December 2017

 

·        Groundwater and Agricultural Production: Barind area, NW Bangladesh

Presentation Title: Situation Analysis-The climate Context

Organized by Rajshahi University, Dhaka University, University College London (UK) on 9 November 2016

 

·        High-resolution Regional Climate Change Information for Bangladesh to inform Impacts Assessments, Vulnerability indicators and Adaptation Policies

Presentation Title: Case Study in the Haor Basin Area: An Assessment of Present and Future Condition of Hydrological Cycle

Organized by IWFM, BUET on 27 January 2013

 

·        Climate Modelling and Downscaling Techniques

Presentation Title: Hands on Exercise using Statistical Downscaling Model (SDSM)

Organized by IWFM, BUET on 18 – 22 February 2012

 

 

 

Professional

Training

 

Online

 

•      Global Climate Women - Professional Development Short Course organised by UNESCO-TWAS and Mind the Gap Research and Training (13-16 Jan 2025)

 

•      South Asian Water (SAWA) leadership programme online on Climate Change lecture series on ‘Interdisciplinary Field Research Methods’ and ‘Gender and Water’ Organized by SaciWATERs-India (29 September - 29 October 2020).

•      Online Training using Academic Curriculum for Adaptive Delta Management organised by BUET and IWM, Dhaka, Bangladesh (14, 21, and 28 October 2020)

•      As discussion facilitator in the online Course on Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Adaptive response to regional Hindu Kush Himalayan Challenges organized by ICIMOD (19 May – 04 June 2020)

 

Outside Bangladesh

 

•      Climate Women: training workshop in Beijing, China, 2- 6 September 2024

•      First authors' writeshop of the HKH Springs Outlook, Kathmandu and Dhulikhel, Nepal (4-8 June, 2024)

•      Research and writing collaboration Workshop hosted by the REACH programme, University of Oxford, UK (26 March – 2 April 2023)

•      International Workshop/Training on "Water Resources Management and Sustainable Development Strategies in Arid regions under a Changing Climate" in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (5 -10 September 2019-Not availed)

•      Regional Training on Springshed Management for Socio-Ecological Resilience in the Hindu Kush Himalayas organized by ICIMOD, Kathmandu, Nepal (24 Mar – 5 Apr 2019)

•      Safeguarding Training under UKRI GCRF Living Delta project in Hanoi, Vietnam (25 February - 1 March 2019)

•      International Training Workshop on Land-hydrological Processes Under Changing Climate by the 17th CAS-TWAS-WMO Forum on Climate Science (CTWF) in Beijing, China (20 -21 September 2018)

•      WISA (Water Initiative of South Asia) Professional Training held in Istanbul, Turkey hosted by Imperial College London, UK (20–22 July 2018)

•      'Regressions with R' at University College London, UK (11 – 12 May 2015)

•      ‘Introduction to Logistic Regression Analysis’ at University College London, UK (23 April 2015)

•      ‘2015 NGWA Groundwater Summit’ cum short course on ‘Estimating Rates of Groundwater Recharge’ organised by National Ground Water Association at San Antonio, TX, USA (16 -20 March 2015)

•      ‘Introduction to Statistics with R’ at University College London, UK (27 Feb, 2 -3 March 2015)

•      ‘Introduction to SPSS’ at University College London, UK (29 January 2015)

•      ‘Practical SPSS’ at University College London, UK (19 January 2015)

•      ‘HighNoon Spring School’ programme under EU funded project “Adaptation to Changing Water Resources Availability in Northern India with Himalayan Glacier Retreat and Changing Monsoon pattern” at IIT, Delhi, India (2 - 6 April 2012).

•      South Asia Water (SAWA) Fellows Training on ‘Participatory Field Research Methodology’ Organized by SaciWATERs-India and Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, held in Kandy, Sri Lanka (1 -13 September 2009).

 

Within Bangladesh

 

•      HUC Members’ Day in Chittagong University, Chittagong organised by ICIMOD, June 2-3, 2024

•      Unveiling insights & unlocking opportunities for Women organised by SheSTEM, March 9, 2024

•      Brainstorming Workshop on “Advancing Warter and Agriculture Sustainability through Local-scale Modelling in the Polders: The Ganges Delta Experiences.” organised by IWMI, IRRI, CGIAR, and IWM, Dhaka, March 5, 2024

•      Identifying investment gaps in agricultural water resources management at BARC, 3 March, 2024

•      Hands on Training on outcomes-based education (OBE) by the Board of Accreditation for Engineering and Technical Education (BAETE) at IEB during February 10-11, 2024

•      Participated in the validation workshop on ‘Numerical Modeling of Groundwater Flow and Salinity Intrusion in GBM Deltas’on 8 October, 2023 organised by UNDP at Dhaka University, Dhaka

•      Training to be an evaluator by BAETE from July 13-15, 2023 at Elenga, Tangail.

•      Consultation workshop of - Study on Resilience and Impact of the Surface Water Management Schemes on 22nd June, 2023 organised by FAO at Gulshan, Dhaka

•      “International Symposium on Quality Assurance in Engineering Education through Accreditation - III” during May 11-12, 2023, in Dhaka, Bangladesh

•      Workshop on “Baseline Survey on Climate Justice and Natural Resource Rights” organised by Science Connect Ltd. (12 March, 2023)

•      Training on 'Environment & Environmental Law' of Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) (4-8 September 2022)

•      An Expert technical committee Workshop on installation of rain water harvester in Barind Tract under EbA(Ecosystem-based Approaches to Adaptation in the Drought-Prone Barind Tract and Haor Wetland Area) project of DoE (23 August 2021).

•      NWO-UDW Adaptive Delta Management Stakeholder Workshop (27 January 2020).

•      ICEEST2020 pre-Conference Workshop on ‘Implications of aquifer poroelasticity for groundwater levels’ organised by UCL, UK; DU and BWDB (25 January 2020).

•      Hydro-social Deltas: Understanding flows of water and people, Dialoguing New Dhaka, organized by BCAS (19 November 2019)

•      Himalaya Water Conference 2019: Highland-Lowland Interactions, Dhaka (16-18, November 2019)

•      A workshop on “Gender, water and empowerment among ready-made garment women workers of Bangladesh” at Dhaka University (29 July 2019)

•      A 3-day-long Short Course on “Climate Input Data Processing and Analysis” at IWFM, BUET (19 – 21 June 2019).

•      A 3-day-long Short Course on “Weather Forecasting, Basin Hydrological modelling and River Hydrodynamic modelling for Flash Flood Forecasting” at IWFM, BUET (29 April – 2 May 2019).

•      Gender and Water Alliance Bangladesh Members’ Meeting VII: Policy Consultation about SDGs, with a focus on 5, 6, and 13 (3 November 2018).

•      A training course on "Introduction to Remote Sensing and its Application in Natural Hazard" at BUET-JIDPUS (13-15 December 2017).

•      "Training of Trainers Workshop on Adaptive Delta Management" at ITN Centre, BUET (16-19 September 2017).

•      Stakeholder Workshops of High End Climate Impact and Extremes (HELIX): Regional Focus on South Asia at IWFM, BUET (12 September 2017 and 20 August 2014).

•      An Expert Group Workshop on Aquifer poroelasticity in Bangladesh: observations, modelling and the implications for groundwater resources monitoring (23 February 2017).

•      A discussion of policy for groundwater in the Barind at Barind Multipurpose Development Authority, Rajshahi (10 November 2016).

•      Bangladesh-India Joint Dialogue Meeting (20th March 2014) at RIGS INN, Gulshan, Dhaka and Bangladesh country level dialogue meeting on “Transnational Policy Dialogue for Improved Water Governance of Brahmaputra River” at IWFM, BUET (21 August 2013).

•      Workshop on "Establishment of Monitoring Network and Mathematical Model Study to Assess Salinity Intrusion in Groundwater in Coastal Area of Bangladesh due to Climate Change" jointly organised by BWDB and IWM at BIAM auditorium, Dhaka (8 October, 2013) and at Ban Bhaban, Dhaka (24 January, 2016).

•      Seminar on “Challenges for Engineers to Combat Future Coastal Vulnerabilities: Bangladesh Context” organised by the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) at IEB Seminar room, Dhaka Centre (21 September 2013).

•      Seminar on “Water and Waste: Excreta Does Matter” organised by Centre for Science and Environment and Bangladesh Institute of Planners at Planners’ Tower, Dhaka (4 September 2013).

•      Final Workshop on Institutional Strengthening of Climate Change Study Cell at BUET at IWFM, BUET (26 August 2013).

•      Training Workshop on Urban Drainage Modeling for Coastal Towns of Bangladesh Considering Climate Change at IWFM, Dhaka (19 – 21 April 2013).

•      Seminar cum Workshop on “The security of deep groundwater in Bangladesh: observations and modeling in support of policy development” at Ruposhi Bangla Hotel, Dhaka (15 -16 January 2013).

•      Delta Lessons Seminar on ‘Turning Tides’ at IWFM, BUET (2 December 2012).

•      1st Half Yearly Workshop on “Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) Consortium Grant Project” at IWFM, BUET (27 – 29 November 2012).

•      Worked as a member in the organising committee and attended the “Stakeholder’s workshop on High-resolution Regional Climate Change Information for Bangladesh to inform Impacts Assessments, Vulnerability indicators and Adaptation Policies" at IWFM, BUET (8 March 2012).

•      Training cum Workshop on South Asian Disaster Knowledge Network (SADKN) as a nodal officer held at Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Agargaon (7 March 2012).

•      Workshop on “Environmentally-friendly Natural Resource Management” organised by CEGIS (12 February 2012).

•      Worked as a member in the organising committee and attended the Workshop on “Dutch-Bangla Research Initiative on Morpho Flood” at IWFM, BUET (30 January 2012).

•      Training Workshop on “Climate Change Adaptation” organized by Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP-II) at Mohakhali, Dhaka (24 - 25 October 2011).

•      Workshop on “Academic Innovation Fund (AIF)”, Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP), University Grants Commission of Bangladesh at BUET (19 June 2011).

•      Teachers Appreciation Workshop at BUET (11 – 14 April 2011).

•      Short Course on "Conservation of Riverine Ecosystems under Changing Environment" at DCE, BUET (2 April – 6 April 2011).

•      Training on Gender and Water at IWFM, BUET (11 - 13 July 2009).

•      Training on Water and Equity at IWFM, BUET (3 and 4 August 2008).

•      Training on Arc View software at WRE, BUET (Grade Earned: Excellent).

 

 

 

Other Institutional Responsibilities

 

v  Provost, Swadhinata Hall, BUET (17 August, 2024 – up to date)

v  BIIS Secretary; member secretary, RAC; member secretary, PG admission-2023 (June-July, 2023)

v  Member secretary, BRTC (October 2017 – up to date)

v  Tabulator (October 2017 – up to date)

v  Member, BoG, Engineering University High school and College (2017 – 2021)

v  Library and Database Management (February 2018 – up to date)

v  Coordinating Postgraduate Seminar Series (2011 – 2014; 2017 – up to date).

v  Mentoring South Asian Water (SAWA) Fellows (2013 – 2014).

v  Coordinating institutional courses evaluation from students (October 2012- 2014).

v  Bi-annual Newsletters, Brochures and Annual Reports (2011 - 2014).

v  Inaugural Session Conduction of ICWFM (2009-2013), worked as an organizer of various institutional conferences, training programs, workshops, seminars etc.

 

 

Professional Affiliations

 

·        Steering Committee Member, HUC (Himalayan University Consortium) (1 Nov 2024- 31 Oct 2027)

·        Associate Editor (2021 – to date), Water and Climate (specialty section of Frontiers in Water)

·        Member (2020-2025), International Editorial Board (IEB), Mountain Research and Development (MRD)

·        Chair (2024) and Reviewer (2023) AGU Horton Research Grant opportunity

·        Member (2020-2024), International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH)

·        Member, Thematic Working Groups on Water of HUC (Himalayan University Consortium) since Mar 2020

·        Member, OWSD (Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World)

·        Member, AGU (American Geophysical Union)

·        International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)

·        Member, GWA (Gender Water Alliance) since Jun 2019

·        Nodal Officer from IWFM, BUET for the South Asia Disaster Knowledge Network (SADKN) since August 2, 2011.

·        Base Member (2013), the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR).

·        Member, ELLA (Evidence and Lessons from Latin America) Learning Alliance on Climate Resilient Cities (Since 2012).

·        Associate Editor (2012), The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses - Volume 4.

 

 

Other

Activities

 

§  Visit the Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI) office in Bangkok, Thailand as the Executive Officer of the Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) Secretariat (6-8 Feb 2025)

 

§  Invited participant in a session titled "Global Sustainable Development: Reliable Assessment Based on Big Earth Data" at the Forum on Big Data for Sustainable Development (FBAS) 2024 on 7 September 2024, Beijing, China organised by International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS)

 

§  Panellist at the Science-Policy Dialogue in “Enablers and barriers for scaling Nature-based Solutions in Bangladesh” organised by ICIMOD on 29 May 2024

§  Panellist at United International University's conference on the theme, titled, "Bangladesh Delta Plan: The Pathway of SDGs Attainment", 19 February, 2024

§  Co-chair, National Seminar on “Enhancing Regional Capability for the Effective Management of Ground Water Resources Using Isotopic Techniques” under the IAEA RAS 7040 project, 30 April, 2024

§  Panellist at United International University's conference on the theme, titled, "Bangladesh Delta Plan: The Pathway of SDGs Attainment", 19 February, 2024

 

§  Co-chair, National Seminar on “Enhancing Regional Capability for the Effective Management of Ground Water Resources Using Isotopic Techniques” under the IAEA RAS 7040 project, 30 April, 2024

 

§  Distinguished Panelist in the Plenary Session on Bangladesh Delta Plan: The Pathway of SDGs Attainment of the 7th ICSD International Conference on Sustainable Development (19 Feb, 2024)

 

§  Chaired two sessions at the 9th ICWFM (15-16 Oct,2023).

 

§  Distinguished Panelist in the World Water Day 2022 webinar on “Making invisible visible: Groundwater issues in the Hindu Kush Himalaya” organised by ICIMOD (22 March, 2022).

 

§  Key Panelist in the Plenary Session on Bangladesh Delta Plan: Challenges of Moving Forward Towards A Prosperous Bangladesh of 5th International Conference on Sustainable Development (5th UIU-ICSD 2022) (19th February, 2022).

§  Chaired a session in the 5th International Conference on Sustainable Development (5th UIU-ICSD 2022) under Coastal Zone Management theme (20 Feb,2022).

§  Co-chaired in the technical session 7.1 of the Grassroots Institute’s Summer Field School [Online] on "Mountain Ecosystems and Resource Management" (26 Sep,2021). Also presented a paper as a delegate participant on “Urbanising Watershed: What Lessons Dhaka Offers to Face Challenges” in its technical session 3.2.

§  Co-chaired in the 7th session of the IWRA's on-Line Conference on "Addressing Groundwater Resilience under Climate Change" (30 Oct,2020).

§  Chaired a session in the 4th International Conference on Sustainable Development (4th UIU-ICSD 2020) under Integrated Water Resources Management theme (19 Feb,2020).

§  Chaired a prize giving ceremony session in the ‘annual science and technology fair’ and cultural ceremony of BUET school and College, Dhaka (26 January 2020).

§  Worked as a part-time employee for Barnet Overseas Students Association Ltd. (B.O.S.H.A), London, UK.

§  Worked as a Part-time teacher in Viquarunnesa Noon School, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

§  Taught ‘O’ Level and ‘A’ Level Mathematics Courses in Bangladesh.

§  Active member of the ‘Parents and Toddler’ group and Organizer of the international Cookery demonstration events in Nansen Village, London.

§  An Origami Workshop for graduate students (25th September 2013).

 

 

 

Computer Skill

 

Operating System: MS Windows, Linux.

 

Package Software: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, CorelDraw, Photoshop.

 

Computer Language: R (Expert), C/C++ (beginner), Python (beginner), MATLAB (beginner)

 

Specialized Software: SPSS (Statistical analysis), SDSM (Statistical Downscaling Model), RClimDex (Climate indices calculation Model), ArcGIS 10.2 (GIS mapping), HEC-RAS (River Analysis), PRECIS (Regional Climate Model), CROPWAT (irrigation planning and management), ILWIS (GIS and remote sensing), IHA (Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration), Rockworks (geological mapping).

 

 

 

Consultancy Services

 

Team Leader: Hydrology Expert, “Estimate forest coverage’s contribution as a land use to water balance for Bangal Halia and Nhila watersheds” Client: Compass Programe of US Forest Service, (18 April 2023 – 17 June 2024)

 

GIS Expert, "An Investigation on the Causes of Embankment Failure and Recommendations for Sustainable Solutions" Client: Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB), (12 October 2021 – 31 December 2022)

 

Team Leader: Groundwater Expert “Building Resilience to Landslides through Land Stabilization, Promotion of Alternative Livelihoods and the Establishment of Early Warning Systems in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh” Client: International Union for Conservation of Nature and natural resources (IUCN), (01 December 2020 – 31 March 2021)

 

Hydrologist “Feasibility study in terms of hydrology, morphology and water management of proposed three rubber dams on the Narasunda River in Sadar Upazila of Kishoreganj district.” Client: Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) (December 2020 – February 2021)

 

GIS Expert, “Design and development of mobile app and web interface for union wise suitable water supply options” Client: Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE), (17 April 2019 – 16 April 2020)

 

Data Analyst, “Feasibility Study for Flood Control, Drainage and Irrigation System at Gowainghat in Sylhet District” Client: Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB), Bangladesh (on going)

 

Design Engineer, “Feasibility study with ESIA for resuscitation of Ichamoti River in Pabna district” Client: Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB), Bangladesh (on going)

 

Co-modeller, “Hydrological and Morphological Study of several bridges in different districts of Bangladesh” Client: Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Bangladesh (December 2015; February 2016)

Role: Hydrodynamic modelling for Bridges over the Turag River in Savar Dhaka; the Kali River at Bhairab Upazila of Kishoreganj District; the Jhenai River in Basail Upazila of Tangail District; the Balu River in Rupganj Upazila of Narayanganj District using HEC-RAS 1D-2D model and input data processing for Delft-3D model.

 

 

 

Reference

 

Dr. Mashfiqus Salehin, Professor, IWFM, B.U.E.T. Dhaka. mashfiqussalehin@iwfm.buet.ac.bd

 

Dr. Richard Taylor, Professor, University College London, UK. richard.taylor@ucl.ac.uk

  

Dr. AKM Saiful Islam, Professor, IWFM, B.U.E.T. Dhaka. akmsaifulislam@iwfm.buet.ac.bd