Khandaker Tanvir Hossain
Department of Geography & Environment

Professional Exprience of Khandaker Tanvir Hossain

  • September 2014-till date:  Assistant Professor,  Dept. of Geography and Environment, Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • March 2012-September 2014: Lecturer Dept. of Geography and Environment, Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • June 2011 - February 2012 : Project Coordinator, Shisu Pusti Project, Mirpur, Survey Conducted by Concepts & Ideas and Funded by ICDDR,B, Dhaka
  • February 2009 – May 2011: Research Officer, Disaster Research Training and Management Centre (DRTMC), University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000
  • March 2005 – January 2009: Teaching Assistant,  GIS & Remote Sensing Laboratory, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh

Research project/Counsultancy:

February 2016-June 2017: Co-investigator (GIS) (Part time), Identification of Important grounds of the three wader species along the coast and mapping the habitats funded by WorldFish (EcoFishBD).

May 2015-October 2016: GIS/RS Analyst (part time), Biodiversity Baseline Survey, Protected Area Establishment and Monitoring Plan, Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project (PMBP),Bangladesh Bridge Authority, GoB.

July 2014- May 2015: Co-Researcher and GIS Specialist (part time), Ecological and Socio-Economical Aspects of Human–Langur conflict and mitigation in Kashabpur and Monirumpur, Jessore funded by World Bank Under the supervision of Bangladesh Forest Department, Ministry of Environment and Forest, GoB.

October 2009 – July 2010:  Core Facilitator (on deputation) of “Improving Local Capacity to adapt Safety Net Programs to Climate Change” conducted by DRTMC and funded by World bank.

January 2007 – July 2007, November 2007 – May 2008: GIS Expert (Part-Time), DRTMC and CDMP Partnership Project on Community Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction Action Plan at Kutubdia and Chakaria.

April  2007 – March 2008:  Research Assistant (Part-time) “Dhaka Innovate” under the umbrella of DFG SPP “Megacities-Megachallenge - Informal Dynamics of Global Change” Framework, the German Research Foundation (DFG), Dhaka.