Major Committee Assignments (August 2015 to date | at AUW)

• Chair, Research and Ethics Committee, AUW – May 2017 to date
• Academic Advisor, Internship for Credit Program, Centre for Career Development and International Program, AUW | December 2015 – present
• Advisor, AUW Nature Club, AUW | January 2016 to present
• Faculty Advisor, YouthMappers at AUW
• Member (elected), Academic Policy Committee, AUW | September 2015 to May 2017
• Member (elected), Institutional Review Board, AUW | September 2015 to date

Major Committee Assignments (July 2000 – August 2015 | at BAU)

• Head of the Department, Department of Fisheries Management, BAU, 2013 – 2015.
• Member, Board of Studies, Department of Fisheries Management, BAU 2000 – 2013
• Member (elected), Research Advisory Committee, Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System, 2010 – 2013
• Member, Academic Council, 2008- 2015
• Member, Seminar/Workshop Organizing Committee, Faculty of Fisheries, 2010 – 2015
• Member, Faculty Committee, Faculty of Fisheries, 2008- 2015
• Member, ICT Cell, BAU, 2010 – 2015
• Joint-secretary (elected), Bangladesh Agricultural University Teachers’ Association, 2009
• Member, MS research supervisory committee, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University and Sylhet Agricultural University, 2014 to date

Professional Services

• South Asian Coordinator, IUCN’s Ecosystem Restoration Thematic Group, January 2018 to date
• Convener,Bangladesh Society of Environmental Toxicology (BETox), December 2017 to present
• Advisor, Marine Fisheries Directorate of the Govt. of Bangladesh, July 2016 to date
• Assessor (Freshwater Fishes & Crustaceans), Updating Species Red List of Bangladesh, IUCN Bangladesh, 2014-15
• Member, IUCN’s Commission on Ecosystem Management, IUCN International, 2008 to date
• Associate Editor, Examines in Marine Biology and Oceanography, 2017 to date
• Member, Editorial Board, Research in Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, 2014 to date
• Section Editor (Fisheries): Progressive Agriculture, BAU | 2013- 2015
• Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 2011 to date
• Grant Proposal Reviewer, Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System, University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, Ministry of Education, Bangladesh
• Journal Article Reviewer, Bangladesh Journal of Fisheries, Bangladesh Journal of Fisheries Research, Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University, Progressive Agriculture, International Journal of Environment, Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences
• Co-organizer of seminar-workshop, Chair, 3^rd National Conference on Natural Science and Technology, Asian University for Women, Chittagong, Bangladesh April, 2016; Track Co-chair, 3rd International Conference on Environmental Aspects of Bangladesh (3^rd ICEAB), Fukuoka, Japan, 2013; Workshop Chair of International Workshop on Aquatic Environment & Fisheries 2013 (Fukuoka, Japan); Organizing Secretary, Seminar on Marine Fisheries Management in Bangladesh, BAU, 2010; Member, Organizing Committee, 15^th international congress on biotechnology in animal reproduction (15^th ICBAR), BAU, 2008
• Member, Fish and Fisheries Products Sectional Committee, Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institutions, Dhaka, 2013 to date
• Member, National committee for the formulation of Action Plan (National Biotechnology road map) for the next 20 years, Ministry of Science and Information & Communication Technology, Bangladesh – 2010-11
• Member, Agricultural Credit Allocation Board, Equity and Entrepreneurship Fund, Investment Corporation of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Government – 2009-2013
• Life Member, Bangladesh Association for Environmental Development
• Life Member, Krishibid (Agriculturists’) Institution of Bangladesh
• Life Member, Progressive Agriculturists
• Life Member, Fisheries Society of Bangladesh

CONTRIBUTION IN POLICY FORMULATION & IMPLEMENTATION

Team leader experience in the field of policy formulation

• Team Leader: development of BSc and MS curricula under the Department of Marine Bioresources Science, Chittagong Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Chittagong, Bangladesh, September, 2012
• Member Secretary: formulation of Ordinance for establishment of Interdisciplinary Centre for Food Security at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh, Bangladesh, 2012
• Team Leader: formulation of MSc ordinance for Master of Science in Sustainable Agriculture and Master of Science in Food Security under ICF, 2013-14
• Team leader of the Government Sub-Committee for Formulation of Policy for GoB (Government of Bangladesh)-supported equity funding in the Fisheries sector under EEF (Equity and Entrepreneurship Fund) scheme of the Bangladesh Bank (central bank of Bangladesh), 2011; also Convener of the sub-committee equity funding in fisheries

Team member experience in the field of policy formulation

• Expert Member, Academic Committee, Department of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography, Patuakhali Science & Technology University, Patuakhali, Bangladesh | March 2016 to date
• Member (elected), Academic Policy Committee, AUW | September 2015 to date
• Member (elected), Research Advisory Committee, Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System, BAU 2010 – 2013
• Global Contributor (Food Security), GEO 6 (Global Environment Outlook 6) Pool of Experts, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
• Member, Fish and Fisheries Products Sectional Committee, Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institutions, Dhaka, 2013 to date
• Member, National committee for the formulation of Action Plan (National Biotechnology road map) for the next 20 years, Ministry of Science and Information& Communication Technology, Bangladesh – 2010-11