{"id":78,"date":"2016-03-03T05:25:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T05:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bsmrau.edu.bd\/karim\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2026-07-24T17:54:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T17:54:20","slug":"research-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gau.edu.bd\/shamimaer\/research-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Individual Project-related activities<\/strong><\/p>\n

2025-2028<\/strong><\/p>\n

Serving as Sub Project Manager (SPM)\u00a0<\/strong>of the Higher Education Acceleration and Transformation (HEAT)-UGC-the World Bank funded Research Project entitled, “<\/strong>Resilient Agricultural Recovery in Post-Pandemic Bangladesh:\u00a0<\/strong>Exploring Social Adaptation and Institutional Responses<\/strong> in Crops, Livestock, and Fisheries<\/strong>” (PIN-11043).<\/strong><\/p>\n

2025-2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Serving as Principal Investigator (PI) <\/strong>of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Bangladesh funded Capacity Utilization Programme Under Special Allocation for Science and Technology Research Project entitled, “<\/strong>Food Security Mapping and Vulnerability Assessment in the Chittagong Hill Districts of Bangladesh<\/strong>“.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2023-2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

Serving as Visiting Research Scientist of the President International Fellowship Initiatives (PIFI) of Chinese Academy of Scinces (CAS) funded Research Project entitled, “Agricultural land use system management for food and nutritional security <\/strong>” (Grant No. 2024VCA0001).<\/strong><\/p>\n

2022-2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

Serving as Principal Investigator (PI) <\/strong>of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Bangladesh funded Capacity Utilization Programme Under Special Allocation for Science and Technology Research Project entitled, “<\/strong>Assessment of ecosystem services and their drivers of change under human-dominated pressure in the hilly areas of Bandarban district, Bangladesh<\/strong>“.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2022-2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

Working as Principal Investigator (PI)<\/strong> of Bangladesh Accreditation Council (BAC) funded project on, “Status of the current practices and challenges of implementing outcome based education (OBE) in some selected universities of Bangladesh”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2021-2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

Working as Principal Investigator (PI) <\/strong>of the Research Management Wing (RMW) of BSMRAU funded Research Project on, “Assessing adoption, challenges and dissemination in small scale farming of Cashew nut in the Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2021-2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

Serving as Principal Investigator (PI) <\/strong>of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Bangladesh funded Capacity Utilization Programme Under Special Allocation for Science and Technology Research Project entitled, “<\/strong>Assessing the extent of tobacco cultivation in CHT and its impact on human health and environment<\/strong>“.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2020-2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

Worked as Principal Investigator (PI) <\/strong>of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Bangladesh funded Capacity Utilization Programme Under Special Allocation for Science and Technology Research Project entitled, “Assessment of Vermicomposting as an environment-friendly waste management technology and a livelihood alternative in some areas of Bangladesh”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2017-2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Served as Principal Investigator (PI) <\/strong>of the Research Management Committee (RMC) of BSMRAU funded Research Project on, “Assessing future forest area change and crop production practices in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) area of Bangladesh future”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2014-2017<\/strong>
\nFellowship<\/p>\n

Land use land cover changes in rapidly urbanized Bangladesh (Scholarship provided by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China).<\/p>\n

2012-2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Served as Alternate Sub Project Manager (ASPM)<\/strong> of the World Bank funded and Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP)-University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh coordinated two projects entitled with, \u201cSelf Assessment of Postgraduate Program of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU) for Quality Assurance\u201d and \u201cSelf Assessment of Undergraduate Program of Faculty of Agriculture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU) for Quality Assurance\u201d.<\/p>\n

2013-2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Served as Principal Investigator (PI)<\/strong> of the Research Management Committee (RMC) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Gazipur, Bangladesh funded Research Project entitled with, “Farmers\u2019 Response towards Floating Agriculture for Sustainable Development and Food Security”.<\/p>\n

2012-2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Served as Principal Investigator (PI)<\/strong> of the Research Management Committee (RMC) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU) funded project entitled \u201cRural livelihood pattern and crop production practices of the selected riverine islands (char<\/em>) people\u201d.<\/p>\n

2011-2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Served as Project Director (PD)<\/strong> of the University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh funded project captioned \u201cFood and economic security through homestead vegetables production by women in flood affected \u201cchar\u201d lands in Manikganj district\u201d.<\/p>\n

Education<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

2014-2017 (PhD)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Resource Management (Ph.D.)
\nInstitution: Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China.
\nDissertation: \u201cLand use land cover changes in the rapidly urbanized Bangladesh\u201d<\/p>\n

2002-2004 (MS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Degree: MS in Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
\nUniversity: Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Gazipur, Bangladesh.
\nMS Thesis: \u201cFarmers’ response towards Integrated Plant Nutrition System for increasing soil fertility\u201d<\/p>\n

1997-2001 (BSc Ag Hons)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Degree obtained: Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Honours)
\nUniversity: Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

BSc Thesis Title: “Effect of preservatives on the post-harvest life of cut flowers”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Individual Project-related activities 2025-2028 Serving as Sub Project Manager (SPM)\u00a0of the Higher Education Acceleration and Transformation (HEAT)-UGC-the World Bank funded Research Project entitled, “Resilient Agricultural Recovery in Post-Pandemic Bangladesh:\u00a0Exploring Social Adaptation and Institutional Responses in Crops, Livestock, and Fisheries” (PIN-11043). 2025-2026 Serving as Principal Investigator (PI) of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Bangladesh […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":786007,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-78","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t