C.V OF MD. MONIRUL ISLAM

I. KEY EXPERIENCES

Master’s in Agricultural Economics from Agricultural University, . Most of the time in two national research institute ( Bangladesh rice Research Institute and Bangladesh Jute Research Institute) and Government of Bangladesh funded research project of Ministry of Food, more than five years in international development project; funded by Canadian International Development Agency and more than two years in an international research institute ( International Irrigation Management Institute). Of my total professional period I have spent most of my working time in the field of development activities like project planning & approval process, project operation/ implementation and monitoring & evaluation through stakeholder participation and research. Having an innovative mind, fully equipped & committed to build a challenging career.

II. PERSONAL DETAILS

Name : Md. Monirul Islam Father Name : Md Mozaffar Hossain Mother Name : Most. Rabea Khatun Present Address : 805/1, Monipur (2 nd floor), Mirpur, -1216. Tel- 02-9294135(Off.), 02-9038687 (Res.), 01712-226986 (Mob) Permanent Address : Village: Prosadpur Dakbanglapara, P.O Rohanpur District: Chapai Nawabganj Nationality : Bangladeshi (by birth) Date & place of birth : 27 April 1963, Rohanpur, Chapai Nawabganj Marital status : Married with wife and one son & one daughter.

III. WORK EXPERIENCES a) With a National Research Institute

Authority : Bangladesh rice Research Institute (BRRI) Position : Principal Planning Officer and Head Posting : Planning and Evaluation Division, BRRI, . Duration : 30 January, 2005 to date

Brief job Description:

- Work as a head of Planning and Evaluation Division, BRRI - Working as a Coordinator of Continued Rice Research Program ( CRRP) on additional duties - prepare Development Project Proposal (DPP)/ Revised DPP and assist for approval - Prepare Project Completion Report (PCR) and assist for approval - Assist and supervise BRRI’ all project / program implementation work (like procurement of various lab, farm & office equipment, vehicle & other by tender/quotation, recruitment of project staff & consultant etc) - Supervise BRRI’ all project / program monitoring & evaluation work - Work as a tender Evaluation Committee (TEC) s Member of BRRI - Work as an external TEC’ Member of other institute

1 - Prepare work plan and annual procurement plan - Prepare annual budget, fund released proposal and surrender - Coordinate among the different concern Ministries and Agencies (like Planning Committee, steering Committee, Tender Evaluation Committee, officer, Staff & Consultant Recruitment Committee etc. b) With a GoB Research Project

Project Title : Jute Research Strengthening Project Authority : Bangladesh Jute Research Institute Position : Senior Scientific Officer Posting : Economics & Marketing Research Division Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Dhaka. Duration : July, 2003 to June, 2004.

Brief job description :

- Designing, conducting and analyzing the data on jute marketing situation of Bangladesh - Supervising and monitoring the activities carried out by the regional station - Coordinating the activities of different jute/jute product promotion organizations - Close liaison with jute growers targeting improved cultivation and marketing c) With Government Project

Project Title : Strengthening of Early Warning and Food Information Authority : Ministry of Food ( Implementing Agency–Food Planning and Monitoring Unit) Position : Senior Assistant Chief Posting : Ministry of Food, Dhaka. Duration : April, 1998 to December, 2002.

Brief job description :

- Play role as a deputy of the project - Assist project implementation work ( like office hiring, procurement of various equipment, furniture, vehicle & other by international/local tender/ quotation, recruitment of project staff & consultant - Supervise project vehicle schedule & maintenance and roster of driver movement - Supervise overall project administration and accounts & audit - Prepare annual budget, fund released and surrender - Prepare project implementation plan (work plan) - Data collection & analysis - Participate to prepare food situation and all other progress report - Assist consultant to prepare research report/technical report - Assist the consulting team as well as the team leader and consultants - Coordinate training program, seminar & workshop on research outcome of the project - Organized different project meetings like as project implementation Committee, Steering Committee, Procurement Committee, Officer, Staff & Consultant Recruitment Committee etc.

2 d) With an International Development Organization

Organization : Integrated Food Assisted Development Project (IFADEP-1) A EEC financed poverty alleviation project Under the Department of Women Affairs Position : PIU Assistant/Field Supervisor ( Junior Consultant) Posting : Project head office, Dhaka. Duration : January 1998 to March 1998

Brief job description :

- Participate to prepare base line survey questionnaire for VGD women’s program - Participate field test of questionnaire - Prepare training materials - Attend different meeting and workshop - Data entry and analysis in computer - Supervise data collection and monitoring e) With another International Development Organization

Organization : Northeast Regional Water Management Project (FAP-6), A CIDA financed water resources project collaborated with Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) Position : Research Officer cum Community Organizer

Posting : i) Rajngar thana of district (Fish-pass project) ii) Ajmirigonj & Lakhai thana of Hobigonj district and Austogram thana of district ( Kalni-Kushiyara River Improvement Project)

Duration : March 1995 to December, 1997.

Brief job description:

- Integration with the community - Identification of community problems and data collection & analysis - Information camping on water, sanitation, health etc for Feasibility study - Prepare possible village platform maps in the area - Organize community and involve the peoples in the development project on different stages like planning, designing, surveying, construction and O & M - Study on wave erosion protection method at the haor villages - Organize women’s groups and committees - Organize training program and field meeting & workshop - Prepare field report and participate in preparing final report - Work as a field office in-charge and maintain field accounts f) With another International Development Organization

Organization : North-west Hydraulic Consultants Ltd ( A CIDA financed Small Scale Water Control Structure Project collaborated with BWDB) Position : Community Organizer Posting : Trishal thana of Duration : November 1992 to February 1995

3 Brief job description :

- Integration with the community - Identification of farmers’ social and other problems - Data collection and analysis - Information campaign on health, water, sanitation, etc for feasibility study - Prepare village maps through people’s participation - Organize community organization - Conduct election of executive committee for O & M samity - Assist the samity for by-laws preparation and registration in the Department of Cooperative - Supervise savings, credit and IGA programme of the samity - Involve the farmers in the development project on different stages like planning, designing, surveying, land acquisition, construction and O & M - Organize training on O & M for community development with special reference to small scale water control project - Organize field meeting and workshop - Prepare field report - Work as a field office in-charge and maintain field accounts g) With an International Research Institute

Organization : International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). A Collaborated project with BRRI-IRRI-BWDB Position : Field Research Officer Posting : , (Ganges-Kobadak Irrigation Rehabilitation project) Duration : July 1989 to October 1991.

Brief job description :

- Implementation canal irrigation system command area development on rice farming project entitled ‘An Experiment on Water Rotation in the Ganges- Kobadak (G-K) Irrigation project' - Organize training course for farmers & field staff and class taking - Work in close cooperation with the Project Director and other senior officers of G-K project for the implementation of water rotation experiment - Coordinate the activities of farmers groups and various officials in rice farming project - Organize field meeting and workshop - Supervise field staff - Work as a field office in-charge and maintain field accounts h) With a Domestic Research Institute

Organization : Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) Position : Scientific Officer Posting : Sonagazi, Feni (Regional Station of BRRI) Duration : January to June 1989

Brief job description :

- Preparation of questionnaires for field level data collection from rice farming project - Supervise field staff

4 - Data collection and analysis - Preparation field report

IV. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

Master’s:

Master's in Agricultural Economics (Specialization in Production Economics and Farm Management) in 1991 (held in 1997) from Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh and was placed in second class.

Completed a Thesis on “ SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SYSTEM REHABILITATION –A STUDY IN G-K IRRRGATION PROJECT”

Graduation with Honors:

Graduation In Agricultural Economics with Honors in 1986 (held in 1989) from the Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology in Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh and was placed in second class.

H.S.C Passed second division in science group form Board in 1981.

H.S.C Passed first division in science group form Rajshahi Board in 1979.

V. TRAINING:

a) Completed a training course on "Agricultural Project Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation" conducted by Chiang Mai University, Thailand, Finance by NATP, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council b) Completed a training course on "Administration and Financial Management" conducted by Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD), Finance by NATP, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council c) Completed a training course on "Project Development and Management" conducted by Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council d) Completed a national training “Public Procurement Management” conducted by CPTU of IMED and assisted by International Training Centre (Turin) of ILO e) Completed a training course on “Development Project Planning and Management” conducted by Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD), f) Completed a training program on “Logical Framework Approach Course” conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture (Embassy of Denmark Financed)

g) Completed a training program on "Management Development for Poverty Alleviation" conducted by Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD), Sponsored by Ministry of Establishment

h) Completed a training program on "Training for Trainer (TOT)" conducted by Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD)

5 i) Completed basic computer training course on MS Word, MS Excel, Access, power point Internet, E-mail, Hardware and Trouble shooting organized by Bangladesh Institute of Administration Management (BIAM) and Ministry of Food

j) Completed a training course on “Cooperation Organization, Management and Law” conducted by Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD), Comilla (CIDA Financed)

k) Successfully Preformed a training program on COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS conducted by Northeast Hydraulic Consultants Ltd (CIDA Financed )

l) Completed a training course on “Gender in Community Development” conducted by Northeast Regional Water Management Project- FAP-6 (CIDA financed) VI. COMPUTER and KNOWLEDGE

MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, Access, SPPS, Access etc and use available ICT facilities

VII. MEMBERSHIP

a. Member of the Bangladesh Krishibid Institution (BKI), Bangladesh. b. Member of the Bangladesh Agricultural Economists’ Association (BAEA), Bangladesh.

IX. LIST OF REPORTS / PUBLICATION

PUBLICATION

1. M.M. Islam and M.J. Kabir, July 2011. An Economic Assessment on Major Rabi Crops in Farm Profitability: A Case of Babugonj Upazilla of District, Eco- Friendly Agriculture Journal, Volume 04(07):633-639. 2. MD. JAHANGIR KABIR and MD. MONIRUL ISLAM, March 2012. Study on Agronomically and Economically Dominant Cropping Patterns in Some Selected Areas of , Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Research, Volume 37, Issue 1:55-65. 3. M.D. Huda, M.M.I. Chowdhury, M.A. Alam and M.M. Islam, June, 2010. Moisture Sorption Isotherms for Lentil ( LENS CULINRIS L),Journalof Agricultural Engineering, The Institution of Engineers,Volume 38/AE, Number 1:9-18. 4. M Jahangir Kabir, M Elahi Baksh, M.M. Islam, Hossain and MA Alam, January 2009. Ex-Ante Impact of Research on newly Developed Wheat Varieties Bijoy and Prodip, Bangladesh Journal of Progressive Science and Technology, Volume 7, Issue 1:97-100. 5. M Elahi Baksh, M Jahangir Kabir, M.M. Islam, MSN Mandal and Akbar Hossain, January 2009. Socio-Economic Study on Sustainability of Wheat Production in Northern Region of Banladesh, Bangladesh Journal of Progressive Science and Technology, Volume 7, Issue 1:105-108. 6. M.J. Kabir, M.M. Islam, M.S.N. Mandal and K.S Sarker, December 2004. A Comparative Economics of Indigenous and Exogenous Variety of jute Cultivation, journal of Socioeconomic Research and Development (JSERD), Volume 1, Issue 1:19-26.

6 7. MA Quasem, MGK Bhuiyan, AKMS Islam, MD Huda and M.M. Islam, October 2006. Mobile Rice Huller: An Alternative Source of Income for Rural Areas, International journal of BioResearch, Volume 1 Number 4:31-34. 8. MD Huda, MA Haque and M.M. Islam, July 2006. Test and Evaluation of SRR-1 Dryer in Bangladesh, International journal of BioResearch, Volume 1, Issue 1:21-29. 9. M.J. Kabir, M.N. Haque, M.M. Islam and M.S.N. Mandal, April 2005. An Economic Study on Winter and Summer Maize in Some Selected Areas of Bangladesh, Journal of Socioeconomic Research and Development (JSERD), Volume 2, Issue 1:26-31. 10. SM. Moniruzzaman, M.N. Nabi, MD. A. Alim, MD. Monirul Islam and E.R Choudhury, 2000-2003. Marketing of Jute form Growers to Secondary Market Level in Selected Areas of Bangladesh, Bangladesh journal of Jute and Research, Volume XXXIV, No. 1-8:111-117.

REPORTS

- Production Forecast of Foodgrains for 2000-2001and 2001-2002 by Trend Analysis - Analysis of Prices and Trends of Food grains in Bangladesh. - Regional Differences in Production and Requirement of Food grains in Bangladesh. - Analysis of Prices Behaviour and Price Trends of Food grains in Bangladesh. (1986- 02) - Procurement Planning and Price Stabilization for the public Food grains Distribution System in Bangladesh - Analysis of public Food grains stock and Distribution System in Bangladesh - Socio-Economic Impact of system Rehabilitation – a study in G-K Irrigation Project (Unpublished MSc. Ag. Econ. thesis) - Project Completion Report of Strengthening of Early Warning and Food Information System Project

Contribution on Report Writing

- An Experiment on Water Rotation in the Ganges-Kobadak ( G-K) Irrigation Project. - The role of Farmer Organization in Irrigation Management. - Irrigation service Fee Collection Efficiency. - Water Management for Improving Irrigation System Performance in Bangladesh. - Feasibility Study of Boka-beel Community based O & M sub- Project. - By-laws of Boka-beel sub- Project O & M samobay Samity, Trishal, Mymensinh. - The Community-based O & M Pilot Program. - Feasibility study of Fish-pass Pilot Project. - Feasibility study of Kalni-Kushiyara river Improvement Project.

(Md. Monirul Islam)

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