SCHOLARSHIP/FELLOWSHIP, TRAINING & OTHER EXPERIENCES

2014: Worked  as  Principal  Investigator  of  a  project  entitled  Consumption  of  chhana  whey:  An attempt to putting waste into value in Bangladesh  for the year of 2014-15, funded by Ministry of Science  and Information  & communication  Technology,  Government  of People’s  Republic  of Bangladesh.

2010: Worked as Principal Investigator of a project entitled Studies on Impacts of Climate Change on Dairy cattle in Bangladesh through a GIS Model  for the year of 2010-11, funded by Ministry of Science and Information & communication Technology, Government of People’s Republic of Bangladesh.

2010: Worked   as  a  Team   Member   of   a   Consultancy   Services   for  Developing   Monitoring Mechanism  for Climate  Change  Impacts  on Thematic  Areas of Livestock from July-October, offered by International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural resources (IUCN), Bangladesh.

2010: Worked  as a Member  of Evaluation  Team for Evaluating  Learning  and Innovation  Fund to Test New Ideas, a special programme of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), Bangladesh from September-December,  offered by Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), Bangladesh.

2007: Worked as a Coordinator for Diploma in Youth in Development  Work (DYDW) Program  from April-September,  offered  by Commonwealth  Youth Programme  (CYP),  Asia and Bangladesh Open University.

2006: Worked  as a part time Research  Assistant  (from 2006 to 2007) in the 21st  COE program: Marine  Bio-Manipulation  Frontier  for  Food  Production-Toward   Advanced  and  Safe  Use  of Aquatic Organisms, Hokkaido University, Japan.

2005: Worked as a part time Teaching  Assistant (from 2005 to 2007) of undergraduate  students at Laboratory  of Dairy and Food Science,  Graduate  School of Agriculture,  Hokkaido  University, Japan.

2003: Awarded Monbukagakusho  scholarship (from 2003 to 2006) offered by Japanese Ministry of Education,  Culture,  Sports,  Science  and Technology  (MEXT)  for doing  Doctoral  Program  at Laboratory  of Dairy and Food Science,  Graduate  School of Agriculture,  Hokkaido  University, Japan.

2002: Awarded Monbukagakusho  scholarship offered by Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) as Research Student (for six months) at Laboratory of Dairy and Food Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan.

2002: Attended  4 months  long  (October  2002  to February  2003)  Intensive  Japanese  Language

Course  at  the  International  Student  Center,  Hokkaido  University,  Sapporo,  Japan  under

Monbukagakusho   Scholarship  offered  by  Japanese  Ministry  of  Education,  Culture,  Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

2002: Worked  as  Principal  Investigator  of a project  entitled  A Study  of Quality  Improvement  of Practical Classes of On-going Agricultural Programme by using Video Materials as Supplement to Existing Tutorial Services from January-September,  funded by Bangladesh Open University.

1998: Received  a 24 weeks long Postgraduate  Research  Training  at Department  of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Canada from July to December. Funded by Asian Development Bank and Bangladesh Open University.

1998: Successfully done one graduate course Techniques in Nutrition Research at the Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Canada in fall semester.

1998: Participated   in  the  84th    annual   Ice  cream   Technology   Course  from  7-11  December, Organized by the Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Canada.

1997: Participated  in an  International  Workshop  on  Instructional  Design  for  Open  and  Distance Learning held in BIAM, Dhaka from May 18-29, Organized by The Commonwealth of Learning, Asian   Development   Bank,   National   Commission   for   UNESCO   and   Bangladesh   Open University.

1996: Participated in an Extension Management Training Course held in Officers Training Institute, Savar,  Dhaka  from  June  25 to July 06, organized  by the Directorate  of Livestock  Services, Dhaka Bangladesh.

1995: Awarded National Science and Technology fellowship (for six months) offered by Ministry of Science  and  Technology,  Government  of  the  People’s  Republic  of  Bangladesh  for  doing research in Master’s program at Bangladesh Agricultural University.