Grants Received as PI and Co-PI ($80000)

Sl. No Research project Funding Year Funding

organization

 Role Grant in BD Taka Grant in US Dollar
17 Rhizospheric Microbes Enhance Biomass Growth and Yield, Photosynthetic Pigments, Minerals, and Antioxidants in

Tomatoes under Drought Stress

 2025-26 Ministry of Science & Technology PI 350000/-  2700
16 Effect of land use land cover (LULC) changes on the biodiversity at the Teesta Riverine Wetland Ecosystem 2024-2027 RMW, GAU PI 1000000 8000
15 Interaction effect of mycorrhiza and bacteria on yield and bioactive compounds in Lagenaria siceraria 2024-25 Ministry of Science & Technology PI 350000 2800
14 Microbial effect on biomass growth, photosynthetic pigments, and antioxidant activities in Sweet Gourd vegetable 2023-24 Ministry of Science & Technology PI 400000 $4000
13 Conservation strategies on declined biodiversity at Gomti Riverine Wetland 2022-23 Ministry of Science &Technology PI 200000 $2000
12 Effect of practical soil amendments on biomass growth and arsenic uptake in mung bean 2020-21 University Grant Comm. (UGC) PI 300000 $3750
11 Culture of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) towards the development of mycorrhiza-enriched bio-fertilizer 2021-2024 BANBEIS,

Ministry of Education

 PI 2000000 $25000
10 Land use-land cover changes and wetland biodiversity 2021-22 Ministry of Science & Technology PI 250000 $3125
09 AMF enhances minerals and Antioxidants in food crops 2020-21 Ministry of Science & Technology PI 200000 $ 2500
8 Role of AMF on stress enzymes and bioactive compounds in tomatoes 2020-23 RMC and UGC PI 900000 $ 11250
7 Arsenic uptake in pulse crops and mitigation techniques 2017-20 RMC and UGC  PI 1000000 $ 12000
6 Determination of air pollutants and their possible health effects at different locations in Dhaka city 2016-17

 

 BSMRAU

 

 

 Principal Investigator (PI) 100000/- $1300
5 Exposure to natural disasters and their coping strategies in the context of climate change at Kuakata Coastal Belt in Patuakhali 2015-16 Ministry of Science and Technology Co-Principal Investigator 300000/- $4000
4 Assessment of ecosystem services and their roles in the sustainable environment at Shitalakha River in Narayangonj

 

 2014-15 BSMRAU Principal Investigator

 

 

 100000/- $1300
3 Status of biodiversity at the wetland ecosystem of Mohangonj Upazila in Netrakona District, Bangladesh 2012-13 BSMRAU Principal Investigator 50000/- $700
2 Integrated Agricultural Productivity Project (IAPP) –BRRI part 2011-12 Entomology Part at BRRI, World Bank Scientist – –
1 Host Plant Resistance 2011-12 International Rice Research Institute-(IRRI) Scientist – –

Research Experiences

2020- Present
  • Reduction of stress in food crops grown in drought, saline, and toxic soils using mycorrhizal fungi
  • Isolation, culture, and identification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from crop fields in Bangladesh
  • Land use land cover (LULC) and wetland biodiversity; Conservation strategies for wetland biodiversity
2017- 2020

 
  • Arsenic uptake in food crops and mitigation techniques
  • Research on the selection of mycorrhizal fungi and their uses in food crops grown under environmental stress.
2015-2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  • Vulnerabilities of soil and water salinities across the coastal belt in Bangladesh
  • Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) on arsenic uptake in food crops
  • Assessment of ecosystem services and their roles in the sustainable environment at Shitalakha River in Narayangonj
  • Exposure to natural disasters and their coping strategies in the context of climate change at Kuakata Coastal Belt in Patuakhali
  • Assessment of environmental risks for sustainable food production at Teesta irrigation catchment, Air pollutants and their possible health effects at a different location in Dhaka city, Arsenic stress in food crops, and mitigation techniques
2015 Worked as a Scientist and group member at the Institute of Climate Change and Agriculture at GAU, Gazipur-1706, Bangladesh
2013– 2014 Technical and Graduate Research Assistant (GA), Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University (WSU). The research protocol was developed under the title “Arsenic uptake and mitigation techniques in lentil” (Researcher)
2012-2013 Principal Investigator (PI), Title: Status of biodiversity in the wetland ecosystem of Mohangonj Upazila in Netrakona District, Bangladesh (Funded by BSMRAU).
2010-2012 Scientific Officer and Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI), Entomology Division, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI). Project title:

  • Integrated Agricultural Productivity Project (IAPP)-BRRI; funded by World Bank
  • Host Plant Resistance (Collaborated with IRRI), Varietal screening  against rice insects (Collaborated with IRRI)
2007-2010 Agricultural Specialist, Kurmitola Golf Club, Dhaka Cantonment, Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh. Soil nutrient status of turfgrass: A case study of Kurmitola Golf Club (KGC) in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Published) and Sustainable Turf Grass Management at KGC (Published by KGC)
2004-2007 Research Associate in the Department of Environmental Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh-2202

  • Lead (Pb) Contamination in the Soil Environment at Four Metropolitan Cities of Bangladesh.
  • Study of wetland resources at the Bhaluka region of Mymensingh