Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP)

I am an Adjunct Faculty member at Arizona State University, where I teach graduate courses on climate applications and early warning systems. In parallel, I also serve as a Non-Resident Research Advisor at the Institute of Water Modeling (IWM) in Bangladesh, leading a project on flood predictability in Eastern Bangladesh.
With a background in Civil and Water Resources Engineering and a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning, I have over 25 years of experience in climate and water-related research. My work has focused on the impacts of climate variability on water management and disaster resilience in South Asia and the Pacific.
I have an extensive publication record and am the author of a recent book published by Springer in 2022, titled Seasonal Flood Forecasts and Warning Response Opportunities: ENSO Applications in Bangladesh. This work serves as a significant resource for disaster risk reduction in the Asia-Pacific region, including Bangladesh and India, and is accessible at: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-17825-2.
Previously, I held leadership roles at the Pacific ENSO Applications Climate Center (University of Hawaii at Manoa), supporting NOAA’s early warning systems across the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands. I have also served as a Fulbright Scholar in the Maldives and contributed to national and international projects on flood forecasting, public health, and climate adaptation.