Inland Navigation and Integrated Water Resources Management
Maminul Haque Sarker‚ Shampa‚ R M Nair‚ Jakia Akter‚ Syed Monowar Hossain
About the Author(s) / Editor(s)
Maminul Haque Sarker received his graduation in civil engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). He did his Masters in Hydraulic Engineering (1996) from IHE, Delft, the Netherlands and PhD (2009) from School of Geography, University of Nottingham, UK.
He worked at Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) for 12 years (1981 to 1993); he joined the Center for Environmental and Geographic Services (CEGIS) in 1997.
Most of his professional life is spent in working with the river morphology. He has several publications in different journals, books and conference proceedings.
Shampa, the youngest author of this book has grown up seeing the capricious behaviour of Ganges- Brahmputra-Meghna which made her enthusiastic in Water Engineering and consciously she received her graduation from BUET (2011).
After successful completion of graduation, she has joined Center for Environmental and Geographic Services (CEGIS). She has some publications in different national and international journals and conferences proceedings.
R.M. Nair was Member (Technical) of the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) in the Ministry of Shipping from 1995 to 2005.
He has been instrumental in formulating major policy initiatives in the Indian Inland Water Transport (IWT) Sector, including the IWT Action Plan (1994), and the IWT Vision 2020 (1998), both of which contributed to the Government of India IWT Policy of 2001.
He is a member of the Sub-Group on IWT of the National Transport Development Policy Committee (NTDPC). He is a graduate from the University of Kerala and a specialist in hydrography from the National Institute of Hydrography, Goa.
Jakia Akter a graduate from BUET has been working in CEGIS since 2005. She has more than 10 year experience on hydrology and geo-morphology.
She worked for Joint Commission for preparing position papers showing sustainable water sharing options of 26 trans-boundary rivers from 2009 to 2011.
She was an active member in preparing Haor Morphology report for Haor Master Plan for Bangladesh Haor and Wetland Development Board in 2011. She is currently working on different geo-morphological study related activities of several projects of CEGIS. She has some publications in journals and conferences.
Syed Monowar Hossain has been working in the Inland Water Transport (IWT) sector since 1984. He served in BIWTA as Director and Secretary, and retired from the service of BIWTA in 2011.
As the competent authority on behalf of the Government, he was responsible for the working of Bangladesh-India Protocol on IWT.
He has participated in all bilateral meetings since 2000 as nodal point. After retirement, he worked with CEGIS and IUCN.
Contents in Detail
Preface
Acknowledgements
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Glossary
List of Tables and Figures
Summary of the Research
1.Introduction
1.1 Background
| Publisher | AF Press |
| Publication Date | 2014 |
| Number of Pages | 104 |
| ISBN |
9789332701304 |
Academic Foundation (AF), based in New Delhi, is India’s leading independent publisher of academic/scholarly books in Social Sciences, specialising in Economics—Development Economics and Indian Economy in particular, and allied subjects.
About the Author(s) / Editor(s)
Maminul Haque Sarker received his graduation in civil engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). He did his Masters in Hydraulic Engineering (1996) from IHE, Delft, the Netherlands and PhD (2009) from School of Geography, University of Nottingham, UK.
He worked at Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) for 12 years (1981 to 1993); he joined the Center for Environmental and Geographic Services (CEGIS) in 1997.
Most of his professional life is spent in working with the river morphology. He has several publications in different journals, books and conference proceedings.
Shampa, the youngest author of this book has grown up seeing the capricious behaviour of Ganges- Brahmputra-Meghna which made her enthusiastic in Water Engineering and consciously she received her graduation from BUET (2011).
After successful completion of graduation, she has joined Center for Environmental and Geographic Services (CEGIS). She has some publications in different national and international journals and conferences proceedings.
R.M. Nair was Member (Technical) of the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) in the Ministry of Shipping from 1995 to 2005.
He has been instrumental in formulating major policy initiatives in the Indian Inland Water Transport (IWT) Sector, including the IWT Action Plan (1994), and the IWT Vision 2020 (1998), both of which contributed to the Government of India IWT Policy of 2001.
He is a member of the Sub-Group on IWT of the National Transport Development Policy Committee (NTDPC). He is a graduate from the University of Kerala and a specialist in hydrography from the National Institute of Hydrography, Goa.
Jakia Akter a graduate from BUET has been working in CEGIS since 2005. She has more than 10 year experience on hydrology and geo-morphology.
She worked for Joint Commission for preparing position papers showing sustainable water sharing options of 26 trans-boundary rivers from 2009 to 2011.
She was an active member in preparing Haor Morphology report for Haor Master Plan for Bangladesh Haor and Wetland Development Board in 2011. She is currently working on different geo-morphological study related activities of several projects of CEGIS. She has some publications in journals and conferences.
Syed Monowar Hossain has been working in the Inland Water Transport (IWT) sector since 1984. He served in BIWTA as Director and Secretary, and retired from the service of BIWTA in 2011.
As the competent authority on behalf of the Government, he was responsible for the working of Bangladesh-India Protocol on IWT.
He has participated in all bilateral meetings since 2000 as nodal point. After retirement, he worked with CEGIS and IUCN.
Contents in Detail
Preface
Acknowledgements
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Glossary
List of Tables and Figures
Summary of the Research
1.Introduction
1.1 Background
| Publisher | AF Press |
| Publication Date | 2014 |
| Number of Pages | 104 |
| ISBN |
9789332701304 |
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