Md. Anishur Rahman

Position

Senior Program Officer

Nationality

Bangladeshi

Mr. Md. Anishur is currently working as Senior Program Officer at AIT Extension, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) with the role of management and coordination for effective implementation as well as ensuring timely outputs of capacity development, consultancy, and advocacy projects. Identifying and liaising with resource persons, facilitating the learning process, and coordinating with clients and participants are his core responsibilities. Other areas of work include dealing with technical aspects of project deliverables including report writing, compilation, and submission as well as preparing the internal budget, and monitoring financial disbursements. While coordinating program implementation, Anishur had been engaged with added responsibility as Project Development Specialist to contribute to proposals and other resources that impact communication to contracting officers, proposal evaluators, senior leadership, and other constituents. Being the Project Development team member, Anishur prepares technical & financial proposals for completive and non-completive bidding, partnership proposals, EOI documents for ADB, World Bank and other donor funded projects, business concept notes, and business development documents as well as suggest ways to improve the proposal development process and streamline procedures.

Previously, Anishur joined at the Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. While serving as an Ecologist at CEGIS, his main responsibilities were to provide consultancy services to enhance the quality of projects planning for the clients as well as conducting baseline monitoring of biophysical and environmental resources. He las also led the study team of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the development projects.

Anishur has received his bachelor's degree (B.Sc. Hons.) in Forestry from Khulna University, Bangladesh in 2011 and an M.Sc. in Natural Resources Management from AIT in 2015. His areas of specialization include Environment, Ecology, Forestry, and Biodiversity. Anishur is an advanced level computer user, very much social with international colleagues, and a dynamic participant in sports and extra-curricular activities.

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