Program Manager & Acting CEO
Hasina Akter Mita has been working for NIRAPAD as Programme Manager since November, 2010. She has successfully performed her roles in meeting organizational objectives and has extensive exposure to programme and project management. Mita has demonstrable capacity in maintaining networks and alliance with non-government organisations and government organizations. She has more than five years’ experience in the area of Disaster Risk Management, Research, Capacity Building and Knowledge Management. Mita has got her Honours and Masters Degree from University of Dhaka in Geography and Environment. Currently she is pursuing Professional Masters Degree in Disaster Management at University of Dhaka.
Manager-Finance & Admin
Md Asaduzzaman has joined to the NIRAPAD as Manager-Finance and Administration on 15 November, 2020. He has completed Master's of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance from Northwestern University Khulna, Bangladesh. He also obtains Mater’s in Commerce (M.Com) Accounting form Jagannath University, Dhaka. He has more than thirteen year’s work experiences in Account’s, Finance and Administration. He has worked as an Assistant Manager-Finance & Administration at Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB). Prior to this, he worked as an Accountant in Dhaka Ahsania Mission.
Admin Officer
Sohel Rayhan has been working for NIRAPAD as an Admin Officer since October, 2009. He has completed his Master in Management degree under National University. He has more than 10 years’ experience in administrative area in the field of development sector. He has desire to develop his own career in the development sector.
Accountability Officer
Debotosh Ghosh has joined the NIRAPAD team as Accountability Officer on November 05, 2020. He has earned his Bachelor's and Master’s Degree in Journalism and Media Studies from Jahangirnagar University. He has more than four years of experience in communication, full-fledged journalism in International and Environment beat, and advertisement and documentary industry. With an extensive skill of coordination, collaboration, and communication among multiple stakeholders, he has contributed to achieving organizational objectives. He is enthusiastic and self-motivated, an excellent team player, and committed to putting a valuable contribution to the development sector.
Information Management Officer
Md. Mehedi Hasan Saddam has been working in NIRAPAD since December 2020 as “Information Management Officer”. He has been involved in the field of Disaster, GIS and Remote Sensing, Climate change from his undergraduate studentship. He is experienced in satellite image processing and remote sensing applications, land use and land cover mapping, urban planning, data analysis. He has expertise on software like, Erdas Imagine, eCognetion developers, ArcGIS, Google Earth Engine API, eCognition, OSM and so on. Mr. Mehedi completed his B.Sc and M.S in Geography and Environment from Jagannath University. Mr. Mehedi is confident, pleasant, well-mannered and self-motivated.
Localisation Technical Officer
Saba Tabassum has joined to NIRAPAD team as Localisation Technical Officer on January 2021. She has completed her BSS and MSS in Disaster and Human Security Management from Bangladesh University of Professionals. She is a beginner level researcher with a disciplinary background in disaster management along with hands-on field experiences. An individual with skills on different tools such as ArcGIS, Remote Sensing, Erdas Imagine, ENVI and Programming which enables her to derive evidence-based decisions. She has experiences of field level data collection, documentation, analysis, report writing and result dissemination. She is an individual with teamwork, leadership, and quick learning skills, which allows her to update theoretical and practical knowledge continuously in the field of development sector.
Programme Officer
Md. Tarak Aziz has been working in NIRAPAD since January 2021 as “Programme Officer”. He has been involved with research in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, Climate Finance, Disaster Insurance, and GIS from his early undergraduate studentship. He is experienced in complicated statistical software SPSS and R as well as geospatial software, ArcGIS, QGIS, and Erdas Imagine. Mr. Tarak has completed his graduation in Disaster Management from Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies (IDMVS), University of Dhaka. Mr. Tarak is pleasant, well-mannered, active, and self-motivated.
Intern
Tasfin Fahad has joined to the NIRAPAD team as an Intern on November, 2020. He has completed Bachelor Degee in Geology and Master’s Degree in Environmental Management from University of Dhaka. All through his academic life he has completed different numbers of environmental assessment with geophysical analysis. Though he doesn’t have any professional experiences but he did part of the different professional group and symposium and events.
Want to highlight that He is a quick learner and has a great thirst of learning. He is a good communicator, so he enjoys working in a team and producing results as a part of the team. He also enjoys working independently as and when required.
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Intern
Farzana Akter Ripa has joined to the NIRAPAD team as an Intern on December 20, 2020. She has completed her Bachelor Degree in Soil, Water and Environment and pursuing Master’s in Disaster Management from University of Dhaka. She had to conduct field visits for surveys on soil and environment. She has sound knowledge of the regional, national and global disaster management framework and all other humanitarian frameworks and standards.
She has keen interest in research regarding Climate change, Environment and Disaster management. She has excellent communication, coordination and networking skill. She is enthusiastic and self-motivated, key team player and committed to put valuable contribution in the field of development sector.
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