{"id":67,"date":"2016-03-02T11:41:48","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T11:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bsmrau.edu.bd\/karim\/?page_id=67"},"modified":"2021-03-09T05:43:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T05:43:10","slug":"other-activities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/gau.edu.bd\/mustafiz\/other-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Other Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>Recognition and Awards<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Assistantship: Training Course on <strong>\u201cThe Use of Isotope and Radiation Techniques in Studies of Soil\/Plant Relationships with Emphasis on Crop Production on Acids Soils\u201d<\/strong> March 6 to April 7, 1995. Department of Agriculture, Bangkok, Thailand (conducted and funded by IAEA, Vienna, Austria)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Monboshu Scholarship for Ph.D. degree in Chiba University of Japan<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Japan Analytical Chemistry Consultant Co., Ltd. (JACC) offered Special Post-doctoral fellow on \u201c<strong>pesticide and heavy metal in the environment<\/strong>\u201d May 16 to 31, 2000<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Awarded a fund from Laboratory of Pesticide Toxicology, Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University, Japan, as a Post-doc research fellow(2000)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Invited as a visiting professorship at Chinese Academic of Science (CAS) Nanjing, China, as an expert on Environmental Soil Scientist: <strong>\u201cBiogeography of microbial community in arsenic contaminated and uncontaminated paddy soils of Bangladesh\u201d<\/strong> funded by CAS fellowship from November, 2013 to April 2014.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Invited as expert researcher in King Abdul Aziz City for Science &amp; Technology (KACST), Saudi Arabia, on <strong>\u201cBiogeochemistry<\/strong>\u201d funded by KACST fellowship from February 2015 to March 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>Development of Technologies\/Scientific Information <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Developed a new model on soil texture and published in the \u201cSoil Research\u201d journal a Thomson Reuters listed journal for simulating soil texture numerically. Historically, we used the \u2018USDA Equilateral Soil Textural Triangle\u2019 to get the perception of soil textural class, which has fixed number of textural class and does not provide a texture for each soil. By using the numerical indices, a customized or flexible classification of the texture would be possible.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Developed easy handling and very cheap arsenic filter for drinking water poor peoples in the arsenic contaminated areas of Bangladesh ( To be patented soon)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Developed and updated lime technologies for the acid soil regions of Bangladesh for better crop production<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">First time discovered arsenic tolerant rice varieties in Bangladesh (To be published in the international impact factor journal, an outstanding findings from a dissertation research supervised by GKM Mustafizur Rahman)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Developed a technology on \u201cHouse hold wastes compost for increasing vegetable production in CHAR AREAS (Sandy Soils) of Bangladesh\u201d<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Developed a method to release bound chlorpyriphos residues from soil.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Identified a new compound from garlic, which is responsible for repellent effect of stored grain insects using GC-MS.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">First time determined the Critical Level (C.L.) of phosphorus for wetland rice in Bangladesh.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Contributed significantly in preparing \u201cThana Nirdeshika\u201d (Thana land and soil resources utilization guide)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>Carrier development and Training received<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Training course on \u201cBCA database\u201d March 12-13, 2005. Agril. Statistics Division, BRRI, Gazipur, Bangladesh<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Training course on \u201c<strong>pesticide and heavy metal in the environment<\/strong>\u201d May 16 to 31, 2000. Japan Analytical Chemistry Consultant Co., Ltd. (JACC),<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Training course on \u201c<strong>Nuclear Agriculture<\/strong>\u201d August 1 to 31, 1995. Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture(BINA), Mymensingh, Bangladesh.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">An International Training Course on \u201c<strong>The Use of Isotope and Radiation Techniques in Studies of Soil\/Plant Relationships with Emphasis on Crop Production on Acids Soils<\/strong>\u201d March 6 to April 7, 1995. Department of Agriculture, <strong>Bangkok, Thailand<\/strong> (conducted by <strong>IAEA, Vienna, Austria<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Training course on <strong>\u201cUse of Thana Land and Soil Resource Utilization Guide<\/strong>\u201d January 8 to 11, 1995. Graduate Training Institute(GTI), Bangladesh Agricultural University(B AU), Mymensingh, Bangladesh.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Training course on \u201c<strong>Unified Methodology for Integrated Nutrient Management<\/strong>\u201d July 10 to 16, 1993. Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council(BARC), Dhaka, Bangladesh.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Training course on \u201c<strong>The Use of Neutron Moisture Meter<\/strong>\u201d July, 15 to 18, 1991. BARC, Dhaka, Bangladesh.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Training course on \u201c<strong>Research Planning and Evaluation<\/strong>\u201d June 29 to July 13, 1991. BARC, Dhaka, Bangladesh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">External Responsibilities<\/span><\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"272\">July 2017 \u2013 to date<\/td>\n<td width=\"715\"><strong>Member, <\/strong>Research Monitoring, Evaluation and Labour Distribution Committee, BSMRAU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"272\">June 2014 \u2013 to date<\/td>\n<td width=\"715\"><strong>Member, <\/strong>Finance Committee, BSMRAU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"272\">Feb 2012\u2014Jan 2014<\/td>\n<td width=\"715\"><strong>Member<\/strong>, Planning Committee, BSMRAU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"272\">Oct 2004\u2014to date<\/td>\n<td width=\"715\"><strong>Managing Editor<\/strong> \u201cBangladesh Journal of Environmental Science &amp; Natural Resources\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"272\">June 2004- todate<\/td>\n<td width=\"715\"><strong>Expert member<\/strong> for soil and environmental related projects evaluation, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC), Bangladesh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"272\">June 2004-todate<\/td>\n<td width=\"715\"><strong>Expert member<\/strong> for soil and environmental related projects evaluation, University Grant Comission(UGC), Bangladesh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"272\">June 2004-todate<\/td>\n<td width=\"715\"><strong>Expert member<\/strong> of the Open University of Bangladesh for curricula preparation on environmental pollution<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"272\">March 2010\u2014April 2012<\/td>\n<td width=\"715\"><strong>Provost<\/strong>, Undergraduate Dormitory, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Bangladesh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"272\">June 2004-June 2009<\/td>\n<td width=\"715\"><strong>Member<\/strong>, Board of Studies (BOS), Department of Soil Science, Haji Muhammed Danish Science &amp; Technology University, Bangladesh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"272\">Feb \u2013 Nov 2008<\/td>\n<td width=\"715\"><strong>Chairman\/Head<\/strong>, Department of Animal Science, BSMRAU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"272\">July 2004-July 2006<\/td>\n<td width=\"715\"><strong>Chairman\/Head<\/strong>, Department of Soil Science, BSMRAU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"272\">June 2001-June2004<\/td>\n<td width=\"715\"><strong>Associate Editor<\/strong>, \u201cBangladesh Journal of Environmental Science\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"272\">June 2001-June 2002<\/td>\n<td width=\"715\"><strong>Associate Editor,<\/strong> \u201cBINASA News Letter\u201d, BINA, Bangladesh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>Country visited<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Australia, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, South Africa, Thailand, USA etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognition and Awards International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Assistantship: Training Course on \u201cThe Use of Isotope and Radiation Techniques in Studies of Soil\/Plant Relationships with Emphasis on Crop Production on Acids Soils\u201d March 6 to April 7, 1995. 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