Profile

Academic Degrees and Qualification

• DVM (Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences) Apr 2008 - Dec 2013, Sylhet Agricultural University
• MS (Epidemiology and Public Health), Jan 2014 - Dec 2015, Sylhet Agricultural University

Positions and Affiliations

• April 24, 2018 - Present: Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100.
• April 24, 2016 - April 23, 2018: Lecturer, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100.

Awards and Recognitions

• University award 2012 (FVABS) in recognition of obtaining the highest CGPA (Session: 2007-08) in DVM examination 2012 (held in 2013), Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100

Conference contributions (Oral Presentations)

• Akter S. Prevalence and determinants of bovine anaplasmosis in sylhet district of Bangladesh. Presented at the “EpiCon 2015” conference held on December 04, 2015, Sylhet, Bangladesh..

Attended Conferences and Workshops

• 1st Conference of Continuing Education for the Veterinarians of Bangladesh (CEVET BD) was held on October 14-15, 2017, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
• EpiCon 2015 was held on December 04, 2015, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
• Workshop on “National Dialogue on the Future of Animal Health in Bangladesh”. Organized jointly by FAO ECTAD Bangladesh and Department of Livestock Services, Bangladesh; was held on August 13-14, 2016, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Training

• “Antimicrobial Resistance in Bangladesh” organized by Livestock Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council; was held on March 03 – 05, 2020, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
• Training course (six weeks) on “Disease Control and prevention and pedagogic skill” organized by Faculty, Cummings school of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, USA.
• “Training on Disease control & Pedagogy skills’’ jointly organized by the Faculty of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, SAU, Syhet and Bangladesh Veterinary Pedagogy Forum, May 30 – Jnue 1st, 2022, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
• “Research grant application writing” organized by Organized by Sylhet Agricultural University Research System (SAURES), SAU; was held on February 06- 07, 2023, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
• “Application of R Program for Advance Statistical Analysis in Agricultural Research” organized by Faculty of Fisheries, SAU, Sylhet (supported by USAID-Funded Asia F2F Program Winrock International) 20-23th March 2017.

Mentorship and Supervisory Work (Undergraduate)

• Epidemiological Assessment of Lumpy Skin Disease in Cattle in Sunamganj District of Bangladesh. (2020)
• Clinical prevalence of FMD in cattle at Sylhet Sadar based on Hospital data. (2019)
• Prevalence of common diseases of chicken and duck in kishoreganj, Bangladesh based on hospital data. (2019)
• Prevalence of common clinical diseases of dog in Sylhet district. (2016)
• Clinical prevalence study of different diseases and disorders of ruminants at Upazila Veterinary Hospital, Sirajganj Sadar, Sirajganj.(2020)
• Estimation of Peste Des Petits Ruminants (PPR) burden in Goat in Jaintapur Upazilla based on Hospital Data. (2021)
• Clinical prevalence of Haemorrhagic septicemia in Buffalo of Jaintapur upazilla of Sylhet district. (2017)

Mentorship and Supervisory Work (MS)

• Konad debnath, Session 2013-2014, Title: Ecological determinants, spatio-temporal pattern and transmissibility of SARS-COV-2 outbreak in Bangladesh. Degree program: Master of Science in Epidemiology and Public Health, Sylhet Agricultural University. (Co-Supervisor)
• Md. Khademul Islam, Session 2015-2016, Title: Molecular epidemiological investigation of caprine babesiosis in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Degree program: Master of science in Epidemiology and Public Health, Sylhet Agricultural University. (Supervisor)