Dr. Shishir Kumar Munshi
Job Title
Name of Organization
Primary Email
Director (Agriculture & Environment)
Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD)
skmbard@gmail.com

Education:
Ph. D. in Environmental Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), 2011
B. Sc. Agriculture (Hons), Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) 1989 (held in 1992)
Employment
Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD), Kotbari, Cumilla
Director (Agriculture & Environment)
02 September 2021
Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD)
Joint Director (Agriculture Extension)
05 June 2012 to 01 September 2021
Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD)
Deputy Director (Agriculture Extension)
08 July 2007 to 04 June 2012
Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD)
Assistant Director (farm management)
09 Sept. 1996 to June 2007
Work Experience
Major fields of specialization are:
I. Waste and Environment Management
II. Horticulture
III. Training, Research and Pilot experimentation in agricultural and rural development
IV. Crop production and nutrient management
V. Ecological sanitation
Carry out training, research and action research in the field of Agriculture and Rural Development. Initiate adaptive research to find out the problems of rural people and take some initiative to overcome those problems through pilot experimental project in the relevant fields and organize seminar or workshop to disseminate project findings in a wider scale. Involve in preparing Project concept paper (PCP), Preliminary Development Project Pro-forma (PDPP), Development Project Proposal (DPP) and Technical Assistance Project Proposal (TAPP). Involved in making expert comments and suggestion on Government Policies and Strategies in the field of agriculture, horticulture, climate change and environment & forest. Involve in developing training module on climate change and its adaptation, and Environment issues. Conduct training classes on Environmental policies and related laws in Bangladesh, Climate change and its impact, Biodiversity and conservation of natural resources, cropping system study, Rural waste management and plant nutrient management, Water resources management in Bangladesh and Arsenic contamination and its remedies. I have worked as leader and as team member of different pilot projects and researches. I also work as guide to run thesis works of different students both in home and abroad particularly data collection from the fields and work as associate editor and reviewer of BARDs journals, newsletters, annual reports etc.