Chowdhury Sarwar Jahan Ph.D. Professor, Dept. of Geology and Mining and Pro-Vice Chancellor University of Rajshahi, BANGLADESH Research Interest: Hydrogeology, Water Resource Management, Climate Change Effect and Adaptation, Sustainable Development and Water governance Personal Background Name : CHOWDHURY SARWAR JAHAN Place of Birth : Rajshahi Nationality : Bangladeshi Religion : Islam Pro-Vice Chancellor : From March 20, 2013 Education Ph.D. in Hydrgeology Moscow State Geological Prospecting 1997 Academy, Russia M.Sc. in Geology and Mining University of Rajshahi 1981 B.Sc (Hons.) in Geology and Mining University of Rajshahi 1980 Higher Secondary Certificate Rajshahi Board 1977 Secondary School Certificate Rajshahi Board 1975 Teaching Experience 30 years of Teaching, Research and Administrative activities in the University. Joined as Lecturer in Geology and Mining in 1984; Assistant Professor in 1987; Associate Professor in 1998 and Professor in 2004 at the University of Rajshahi. Professional Affiliations Member, International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) Fellow, Geological Society of India “FGS (Ind.)” Member, International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) Member, Bangladesh Geological Society Member, Institute of Landscape, Ecology and Ekistics, Dept. of Geography, Calcutta University, India Member, Association of Global Groundwater Scientists (AGGS), India. Members/Experts of National Committees Member, Peer Review Committee, National Action Programme (NAP) for Combating Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought 2015-2024, ‘Bangladesh: Revision and Alignment of National Action Program (NAP) with UNCCD 10 Years Strategic Plan and i Framework’, Ministry of Environment, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Member, Groundwater Task Force, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Member, Panel Expert (PoE), Institutionalization of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) Process in compliance with Bangladesh Water Act, 2013, Water Resources Planning Organization (WARPO), Ministry of Water Resources, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Administrative Experience and Ability to Develop Corporate Activities Member, Senate, University of Rajshahi (1987-90). Joint Secretary, World University Service (WUS), University of Rajshahi (1987-1989) Joint Secretary, World University Service (WUS), University of Rajshahi (1991- 1993) Student Adviser, University of Rajshahi (1999-2001) Member, Senate, University of Rajshahi (2005) Member, Executive Committee, Rajshahi University Teachers Association (2009-2010) Chairman, Dept. of Geology and Mining, University of Rajshahi (2010-2013) Dean, Faculty of Life and Earth Science, University of Rajshahi (2011-2013) Social and Cultural Organizations President, Association for Community Development (ACD), Rajshahi - A Social and Human Right (Women and Child Right) Organization. Convenor, Committee of Concern Citizen (CCC), Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), Rajshahi City Unit. Secretary, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, Rajshahi City Unit. Member, Executive Committee, Rajshahi Association, Rajshahi. Advisor, Bangladesh Legal Aid Services Trust (BLAST), Rajshahi. Invited Lectures and Key Notes: Mapping of Groundwater Recharge Potentiality in Bangladesh, CSE, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014. ( http://www.cseindia.org/userfiles/SarwarJahan.pdf) Adaptation for Climate Change Effect on Groundwater Resource through MAR Technique in Drought Prone Barind Area, Rural Bangladesh, Department of Environment , Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, 2015. Impact of Climate Change on Fresh Water Resource and Agriculture in Bangladesh (Key Note), Sixth International Groundwater Conference (IGWC), 2015, Chennai, India, February 11-13, 2016. Symposiums, Seminars and Conferences Attended Four weeks MUD LOGGING training course, GEOSERVICES EASTERN INC., June 4- 28, 1984, Bangkok, Thailand. Film Workshop on European and Third World Films conducted by James D. Leahy from April 27 to May 12, 1985 sponsored by the Bangladesh Federation of Film Societies in collaboration with the British Council, Dhaka. Course on LOGGING TECHNIQUES AND INTERRETATION from October 21-22, 1985 with M/S SCHLUMBERGER at Bangladesh Petroleum Institute, Dhaka. Course on PETROLEUM GEOCHEMISTRY, Jan 18 to Feb 10, 1986, at Bangladesh ii Petroleum Institute, Dhaka. Course on BASIC OF OPEN HOLE INTERPRETATION from June 30 to July 3, 1986 with M/S SCHLUMBERGER at Bangladesh Petroleum Institute, Dhaka. Ten-week computer programming course on FORTRAN language, Computer Center, University of Rajshahi, 1988. South and Central Asian Regional Training Course on METHOD AND TECHNIQUES IN EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS, from Dec 02, 1987 to Jan 22, 1988, National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad, India. Course on BASIC RESERVOIR ENGINEERING on April 12-15, 1993 at BUET under the auspices of the University of Alberta-BUET Institutional Linkage Program. National workshop on ARSENIC POLLUTION IN BANGLADESH: ITS CAUSES, EFFECT AND MITIGATION, June 27-28, 1999, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Bangladesh National Science Conference, Rajshahi, 1986. First South Asia Geological Congress, Islamabad, Pakistan: February 23-27, 1992. International Seminar on Hydrology with a special Colloquium on Environmental Problems and Water resources of the Himalayan region, Katmandu, Nepal. Nepal Geological Society and Indian Association of Hydrogeologists, April 19-21, 1993. Second International Conference on WATER: ECOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY, Sep 17- 21, 1996, Moscow, Russia. First Taekwondo Development Seminar, 1999 held on Feb 11, 1999, Dhaka. International Conference on the role of natural Resources in sustainable development in South and Southeast Asia (NESDA) jointly organized by the Geological Survey of Bangladesh, Association of Geoscientists for International Development (AGID) and Society of Economic Geologists & Mineral Technologists (SEGMITE). Held in Dhaka on 17-21January, 2003. Second International Conference on Ground Water for Sustainable Development: Problems, Perspectives and Challenges (IGC-2006). Jawaharlal Nehru Universit, New Delhi. Held on 1-4 February 2006. Third International Groundwater Conference on Water, Environment and Agriculture – Present Problems and Future Challenges (IGC-2007). Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Held on 7-10 February 2007. Fourth International Groundwater Conference on Groundwater Dynamics and Global Change (IGC-2008). University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India. Held on 19-22 march 2008. XXXIX IAH Congress (IAH 2008), Toyama, Japan. Held on 26 October to 1 November 2008. International Symposium on Efficient Groundwater Resource Management, 16-21 Feb. 2009, Bangkok, Thailand. Joint International Convention of 8th IAHS Scientific Assembly and 37th IAH Congress, 6- 12 Sept. 2009, Hyderabad, India. International Groundwater Symposium (IGS-TH-2009) to be held in the Department of Groundwater Resources (DGR), Ministry of natural Resources and Environment of the Royal Thai Government, Bangkok, Thailand from 16-21 February 2009. iii International Conference on Management Of Soil and Groundwater Salinization in Arid Region, 11-14 January, 2010, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman. Fourth International Groundwater Conference (IGWC),Held on 28 Oct.-1 Nov, 2011, Madurai, India. Fifth International Groundwater Conference (IGWC), 2012, Aurongabad, India. Seminar in Centre for Environment and Education in June (2013) in Ahmadabad, India and October (2013) in Delhi, India. XXXXII XXXIX IAH Congress (IAH 2015), Rome Italy. September 13-18, 2015. Sixth International Groundwater Conference (IGWC), 2015, Chennai, India, February 11- 13, 2016. Publications Mrinal Kanti Roy, Syed Samsuddin Ahmed and Chowdhury Sarwar Jahan (1986). Study of mineral assemblage in the sediments of a meander bar in the river Padma (Ganges), Rajshahi, Rajshahi University Studies, v. XIV(B), p.65-89. Mrinal Kanti Roy, Chowdhury Sarwar Jahan and Syed Samsuddin Ahmed (1989). The effect of stream transportation on the mineralogical composition and heavy mineral variability of the river sands, the Padma, Rajshahi, Rajshahi University Studies, v.XVII(B), p.109-127. Chowdhury Sarwar Jahan, Tapas Kumar Majumder and Mrinal Kanti Roy (1990). Sedimentary environment discrimination using grain size analysis. Journal of Geological Society of India, v.35, p.529-534. M. Asaduzzaman, Chowdhury Sarwar Jahan, Quamrul Hasan Mazumder, and Shyamal Kumar Ghose (1992). Specific yield evaluation: Barind area, Bangladesh, Proceeding of the First South Asia Geological Congress, Islamabad, Pakistan: February 23-27, 1992. Quamrul Hasan Mazumder, Chowdhury Sarwar Jahan and Shyamal Kumar Ghose (1993). Hydrogeology of Tanore and Nachole thanas of Barind project area, Bangladesh, Journal of Applied Hydrology, v.VI(1-4), p.39-48. Chowdhury Sarwar Jahan, Quamrul Hasan Mazumder, Shyamal Kumar Ghose and M. Asaduzzaman (1994). Specific yield evaluation: Barind area, Bangladesh, Journal of Geological Society of India, v.44, p.283-290. Quamrul Hassan Mazumder and Chowdhury Sarwar Jahan (1994). Groundwater quality study (Na, K and Ca ions) in Rajshahi City Corporation Area, Bangladesh, Rajshahi University Studies, v.22(B), p.133-140. Quamrul Hasan Mazumder, Chowdhury Sarwar Jahan and Mrinal Kanti Roy (1994). Sphericity and roundness of the Tista river clastics, Rangpur, Bangladesh,