Profile

Positions and Affiliations

• Associate Professor at Department of Irrigation and Water Management from 1st January 2022 to till date
• Assistant Professor at Department of Irrigation and Water Management from 1st January 2015 to till date
• Lecturer at Department of Irrigation and Water Management from 1st January 2013 to 31 December 2014
• Assistant Provost at Abdus Samad Azad Hall from 18 December 2016 to January 2018
• Director (Incharge) Guest house- SAU from 10 August 2022 to 12 September 2024
• Chairman of Irrigation and Water Management-FAET from 17 October 2024 to till date

Awards and Scholarships

• International Training Programme " Technology for Integrated Water Management" organized by university of Antwerp, in co-operation with Ghent University, Belgium financial Supported from VLIR-UOS
• Ph.D Research Fellow at Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science (GSCAAS), Beijing
• Awarded 2022 Beijing Foreign Study Program Student Scholarship

Professional Memberships

• Krishibid Institution Bangladesh(KIB), 2014
• Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) M-32546

Conference contributions (Oral Presentations)

• Integrating IoT-Based Smart Irrigation Systems to Optimize Crop Yield and Water Management for Sustainable Agriculture. International Conference on Computing Advancements (ICCA) organized by American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), Kuril, Dhaka at October 17 - 18, 2024.
• Mulching techniques improved yield and water use efficiency: A meta-analysis from Bangladesh. Sumiya Akter, Mohammad Abdul Kader, Ashutus Singha, Israt Jahan Jany. 11th International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC), November 10–11, 2025 “Climate-Smart Agriculture and Urban Futures: Building ASEAN Resilience through Innovation and Policy” at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University – Asia Hub, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia.
• Conservation agriculture enhanced crop productivity by optimizing resources in South Asia: Evidence from a meta-analysis. Mahir Hossain, Sangida Afrin Mahi, Mohammad Abdul Kader, Ashutus Singha, A. K. Mohibul Islam and Ferdous Hossain Khan. 11th International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC), November 10–11, 2025 “Climate-Smart Agriculture and Urban Futures: Building ASEAN Resilience through Innovation and Policy” at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University – Asia Hub, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia.

Attended Conferences and Workshops

• Overview of Tasmania Institute of Agriculture by Professor Dr. Holger Meinke
• Wheat research and breeding in the new ara of a high quality reference genome by Professor Dr. Rudi Appels
• Nitrogen cycling in mixed grass-legume pastures of tropical Brazil by Professor Robert Michael Boddey
• How to prepare your manuscript for publication by Dr. Mary Williams
• N enriched Nitrogen to estimate the contribution of non-recoverable root nitrogen to soil following a legume crop. by Dr. Robert Michael Boddey
• Greenhouse gas emmisions from soil. How soil measurement can help us to explain what we measure above ground. by Dr. Stefanie Goldberg
• Prospective of sustainability of assessment in agriculture by Dr. Matthias Finkbeiner
• CO2 elevation modules stomatal response of plants to drought stress by Dr. Fulai liu
• Multiple development mechanisms for parent origin effect mutant maize by Professor A. Mark Settles
• Some old and new problems in risk sharing-ovwrview with applications in agricultural risk management by Dr. Enrico Biffis
• Precision Agriculture in Israel- Modern Technology used in Agriculture by Raanan Katzir
• How to prepare a manuscript for nature publishing group and cell press by Lewis Collins
• High impact writing in Agricultural science by Dr. Saddam hossain
• Combating desertification through afforestation and modernize agriculture by Dr. Itshack Moshe
• Japan direct payment scheme for collective stewardship of farmland and common property resource by professor Dr. Junichi Ito
• Introduction of food policy to save local food production and food security by Professor Dr. Akitsu Motoki
• Israel agriculture and livestock waste managementent by Beni lew
• Fertigation of orchards spatial variability in N usage and losses by Shahar Baram
• How to effectively conduct postgraduate research by Yean Larondelle from Catholic university of leuven
• International workshop on Frontiers in agricultural water use efficiency: Interdisciplinary research from plant physiology to remote sensing organized by center for Agricultural water research in China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China on 25 November 2019
• International Workshop on Frontiers in Molecular Environmental Soil Science organized by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, China on 09 May 2019 [Speaker- Prof. Jianjun Yang, IEDA, CAAS, China; Prof. Xibai Zeng, IEDA, CAAS, China; Prof. Changxiong Zhu, Vice Director of IEDA, CAAS, China]
• International Training Workshop on Water-Saving and Protected Agriculture Technology in Modern Dry Farming organized by Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GAAS) on 22 November 2021 to 10 December 2021.
• International Workshop on Dryland Agriculture and Food Security organized by our group (CAAS), ICARDA, ICRISAT, ICBA and FAO on 23-24 November 2021.
• International agricultural research conference Hosted by the center for international agricultural research, CAAS, Organized by the agricultual information institute, CAAS on 15th December 2022.

Training

• Research Grant Application Writing, organized by Sylhet Agricultural University Research System (SAURES) held on 06-07 February 2023.
• Training Course on "Water-Efficient and Climate-Smart Irrigation Management arranged by BARC. Date: 18-20 February 2024, Venue: Training Room 301, BARC, Dhaka
• Training Program on “Curriculum Adaptation with BNQF Aiming Accreditation” Organized by the Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) held on 27 March 2024 at Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet
• Training Program on “Writing ATF Sub-Project Proposal” Organized by the Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) held on 09 January 2025 at Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet.
• Training Program on “Intellectual Property Right (IP)” Organized by the Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) held on 25th June 2025 at Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet
• Training Program on “Accreditation Process, Smart Teaching Learning and LO Attainment” Organized by the Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) held on 28th June 2025 at Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet

Mentorship and Supervisory Work (Undergraduate)

• Undergraduate Supervision Project titled “Exploring the potential of Floating paddy cultivation- - Researcher Setu Roy (1905009), Md. Jouadul Hasan (1905039)
• Graduate Supervision Project titled "Rapid Sand Filtration Technique to reduce Iron in SAU Campus" Researcher -KAMRAN HOSSAIN
• Undergraduate Supervision Project titled "Performance evaluation of chowmuhani rubber dam on sonai river in Habiganj" Researcher -Mithun Das & Raffia Shaheen.
• Undergraduate Supervision Project titled "Assessment of water quality of Sylhet city and its restaurants" Researcher -Abdus Shatter al Shahin & Ojifa Yeasmin Shila.
• Undergraduate Supervision Project titled "Water quality measurement in Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU) campus" Researcher -Salatun Begum & Sumi Rani Nath.
• Undergraduate Supervision Project titled "Drought priming at vegetative growth stages alleviated salinity stress in Wheat plants" - Researcher -khalada Akter Runa (1805054), Nargis Akter (1805004) and Naqib (1805063)
• Undergraduate Supervision Project titled “Integrating IoT-based Smart Irrigation Systems to Optimize Crop Yield and Water Productivity for Sustainable Agriculture”- Researcher -A. K. Mohibul Islam (1905019)
• Mitigation of urban drainage congestion through sand trap and bar screen mechanism at Shajalal upashahar in Sylhet. (ID: 2005010, 2005042)
• Assessment of sensor based smart irrigation system for roof top gardening on Tomato crops. (ID:2005006 ,2005034)
• Assessing the Feasibility of Vertical Aeroponics Farming for Crop Production in Bangladesh. (ID: 2005003,2005015)

Mentorship and Supervisory Work (MS)

• Rapid Sand Filtration Technique to reduce Iron in SAU Campus by KAMRAN HOSSAIN (1701050207). Year 2018
• Assessment of soil and water management practices in sandbar cropping system for producing pumpkin in riverine areas of Bangladesh by Md. Ashraful (ID: 2201050208). Year 2023
• Mulching effect on Soil Carbon Sequestration (soil characteristics) and on the growth and yield of Spinach (Basella alba) by FARHANA AKTER MITU (ID: 2201050202). Year 2023
• Assessment of Irrigation Scheduling by Drip Irrigation System to Improve Water Use Efficiency on Tomato by Nargis Akter (ID: 2201050201). Year 2023
• Enhancing Soil Water Retention with Locally Available Organic Amendments for Sustainable Water-Efficient Farming in Bangladesh by A. K. Mohibul Islam (ID:2402050203). Year 2025

Language

• Bengali
• English
• Chinese