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Director
IMTIAJ RASUL
DMC 340, South Kafrul
Cantonment, Dhaka 1206
Phone: 88 01711537544 (Cell), 8802 9833644 (Residence), 88 02 9005553 (Office)
e-mail [email protected]
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE
Imtiaj Rasul is a participatory development specialist. Since 1996, he is actively involved in research, advocacy, and intervention programs related to public health, poverty, human development, water & sanitation, environment, migration, rural & urban housing, education, marginalized community, social policy and development strategy. During his career he worked with Grameen Trust (sister concern of Grameen Bank), Winona State University (USA), Whitman College (USA), The University of Exeter, Exeter (UK),Research Initiatives, Bangladesh (RIB), MRC Mode Ltd., BRAC Development Institute (BDI), BRAC University, American Alumni Association (AAA) and PROGGA. Mr. Imtiaj has extensive experience in designing training programs for advocacy and campaign for specific professionals ie journalists, public health experts then continuously follow up with them to ensure their dissemination to various stakeholders. He also enjoys networking with knowledge institutions in South Asia and delivering lectures at reputed universities in USA, UK, India and Bangladesh.
1990-1996 |
Bachelor of ArtsMajor: Political Science, Concentration in International StudiesMinor: Sociology, Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota, USA |
January –February 2005 |
International Post Graduate Diploma course on Organized Self Help Housing Planning & Management (held in Costa Rica) Department of: Housing and Development Management, Lund University, Sweden |
1985-1987 |
Higher Secondary School Certificate Adamjee Cantonment College Dhaka – Bangladesh |
1977-1985 | Secondary School Certificate
St. Joseph High School , Dhaka – Bangladesh |
EMPLOYMENT
February 2014
till present |
Coordinator, PROGGA
Responsibilities
· Providing overall guidance, technical and management supports to the PROGGA team discrediting tobacco industry (TI) for assisting and advocating the implementation of tobacco control law of the country.
· Maintaining a close relation with journalists working across the country for monitoring, tracking, exposing the Tobacco Industries ill tactics in Bangladesh.
· Establishing strategic relationships/links with relevant government officials/offices to get information about TI activities. |
February 2012 till January 2014 |
Membership Development Manager, American Alumni Association (AAA) House No #145, Road No # 13/B, Block – E, Banani, Dhaka 1212
Responsibilities
· Update current and upcoming activities to the president. Arrange any meetings where president needs to attend on behalf of AAA. Inform president of any issues which is in urgent need to be placed in EC meeting.
· Plan, coordinates and executes AAA activities in consultation with secretary and President. The activities are usually participated by AAA members. These activities vary from Seminar, Talk, Small presentations, Iftar party, Annual picnic, Awards Nights etc.
· Make a list of priority of activities which needs to be covered in a year then assist Secretary and President to put up as agenda in the regular EC meetings.
· Inform the Secretary and the President for specific rules need to be followed during the year such as holding EC meeting, Annual General Meeting, assisting for holding AAA bi- annual election, Yearly financial Audit.
· Draft all minutes of the EC meetings, and AGM and then submits to Secretary for finalizing the reports.
· Work with the staff members of AAA as a team in organizing different activities of AAA. During regular office days there are lot of activities takes place in the office like visitor comes for taking exams and also to know information about different exams. They also want to know about membership and other activities of AAA.
· Guide AAA staffs to maintain and do all necessary work of the office files and other documents. Also supervise and implement policies, regulations of AAA which are guided and instructed by EC.
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December 2009 till January 2012
January 2006 till November 2009 |
Research Associate, BRAC Development Institute (BDI), BRAC University
19th Floor, 66 Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212
Responsibilities
Program Development Advisor, Grambangla Unnayan Committee House – 93, Road – 01, Mohammadia Housing Society, Mohammadpur, Dhaka – 1207
Responsibilities
· Design and develop innovative intervention programs · Organize orientation meeting on cross border safe migration at the yearly gathering spots of gypsy bedes · Organize participatory workshops with the Sardars (headmen) of gypsy bedes on push in and push back crises of gypsy bedes on Bangladesh and India borders · Conducting training of the potential migrant workers and Imams on HIV and AIDS at the rural areas · Reintegration of repatriate migrant workers through microcredit program and entrepreneurship development training · Networking with knowledge institutions in South Asia
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December ’04 till December ‘05 |
Social Research Manager, MRC MODE Ltd. House- 120, Road -13, Block E, Banani, Dhaka -1213
Responsibilities at MRC MODE Ltd.
· Undertaking various social research as per the clients needs. · Managing the overall social research part of the company from inception till end. · Writing and submitting proposal to undertake research as per clients need. · Project designing · Developing qualitative and quantitative tools · Developing analysis plan · Writing research reports · Report presentation
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April ‘01 to November’04 |
Program Officer, Research Initiatives, Bangladesh House – 104, Road – 25, Block – A, Banani, Dhaka-1213
Responsibilities at Research Initiatives, Bangladesh
· Managing, updating, upgrading the official website of Research Initiatives, Bangladesh (RIB) www.rib-bangladesh.org · Replying to all queries about RIB specially the ones which comes through Internet and feed back from the web site
· Initiating, Monitoring various research projects related to poverty issues in Bangladesh. Identified local organizations in rural districts of Bangladesh and organized seminars and workshops to initiate poverty research. Organizing seminars and training workshops on interesting research items relevant to development and poverty.
· Prepare quarterly and yearly activity report for the project Director to submit to The Netherlands Foreign Ministry. Communication and liaison between the Dutch Donor (DGIS – The Netherlands Foreign Ministry) with the consent of the Director (Research and Programme).
· Monitoring research projects: the work involves regular field trips to the villages, interacting with researchers and rural people on the issues being studied. Communicating with the affiliated researcher and other resource personnel’s through airmail, email fax, telephone and Internet.
· Develop different ways of communication to popularize and publicize the Program activities through seminars and workshops.
· Building linkages with different organizations related to Poverty Research and appropriate technology. Creating special awareness group related to low cost, safety measures and affordable low cost housing.
· Assisting in defining a research agenda that is relevant to the grassroots in terms of the problems and constraints that they face. · Evaluating and reviewing research proposals. |
October ‘96 to June ’01 |
Executive -3 ( Senior Executive Officer ) Program for Research on Poverty Alleviation, Grameen Trust Grameen Bank Bhaban, Mirpur, Dhaka – Bangladesh
Responsibilities at Grameen Trust
· Managing, updating, upgrading the official Program for Research on Poverty Alleviations Website (www.citechco.net/grameen/poverty_research from 1996-1997 and (www.inbangladesh.com/poverty-research) from 1998-1999. Informing on all queries about the program specially the ones came from Internet and feed back from the web site. · Initiating, Monitoring various research projects related to poverty issues in Bangladesh. Identified local organizations in rural districts of Bangladesh and organized seminars and workshops to initiate poverty research. Organizing seminars and training workshops on interesting research items relevant to development and poverty. · In charge of production of various tools of dissemination products of the program. All logistics, editing, formatting of “The Quarterly Grameen Poverty Research Newsletter” and the PRPA Annual Report. · Develop different ways of communication to popularize and publicize the Program activities through seminars and workshops. · Building linkages with different organizations related to Poverty Research and appropriate technology. Creating special awareness group related to low cost, safety measures and affordable low cost housing. · Assisting in defining a research agenda that is relevant to the grassroots in terms of the problems and constraints that they face. · Evaluating and reviewing research proposals. · Developing creating ways of delivering research findings to policy makers and the people. · Monitoring research projects: the work involves regular field trips to the villages, interacting with researchers and rural people on the issues being studied. Communicating with the affiliated researcher and other resource personnel’s through airmail, email fax, telephone and Internet. |
1994-1995 |
Student Assistant , Health Services Department Winona State University , MN |
1992-1993 |
Student Secretary, Department of International Studies Winona State University , MN |
June-August 1999 Advanced course on Web designing, managing, updating through HTML and other tools of web designing includes adobe Photoshop.
Pi Media LTD, Banani , Dhaka
September 1997 An introductory course on Web designing and developing through HTML and other tools of web designing
Grameen Cyber net, Gulshan-2 Dhaka
COMPUTER LITERACY
Computer Literacy in Windows, MS Word, Power Point, Harvard Graphics, Adobe Photoshop, Web Designing with HTML, Netscape Composer.
AFFILIATION WITH AMERICAN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (AAA)
2001- 2008
Member, Media & Publication Committee, American Alumni Association,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Member, Editorial Team, American Alumni Association
Newsletter (A quarterly newsletter published by the American Alumni
Association, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2001 -2003 Member, AAA Activity Committee , American Alumni Association,
Dhaka, Bangladesh to design different programs and activities of the AAA
February 19, 2015
Participant, actively participated in the day-long mini workshop on “Various Aspects of Media Advocacy for Tobacco Control” organized by PROGGA and supported by CTFK at the seminar room of PROGGA, Mirpur 2, Dhaka Bangladesh .
August 10 to 11, 2014
Participant, actively participated in the training workshop on “Media Advocacy” jointly organized by CTFK and PROGGA at BRAC Center Inn, 75 Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh
April 23 to 24, 2014
Participant, actively participated in the training workshop on “Implementation of TC law in Bangladesh” organized by CTFK at BRAC Center Inn, 75 Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh
November 26, 2011
International participant, presented a paper titled” Housing Programs in Bangladesh with Alternative Energy” at the International Seminar on Cost-Effective, Energy Efficient & Ecologically Appropriate Building Materials & Technologies for Housing at “Conference Complex, India International Trade Fair, New Delhi, India”
March 6 to 7, 2008
International participant, presented a paper titled “Ensuring Education For The Bede (River Gipsy) Children: Mobile School Experience From Bangladesh” at the National Seminar on Globalization, Inequality and Sustainability at “Gurunank Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab-India”
February 2005
Guest Speaker, Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota, USA
Gave out Public lecture on “Education for the Children of Hard Core Poor: The Bangladesh Experience” at Kryzsko Commons, Tye Lounge, Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota, USA
May 30 to 2 June, 2003
International participant, presented a paper titled “Interrogating Society through the Lens: Capacity Building of Under Privileged Girl Children” at the international conference on “Empowering Women through Information and Knowledge: From Oral Traditions to ICT” at Mahindra United World College of India, Paud, Pune, India.
June 2002
Guest Speaker, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Gave out lecture on “Natural Disaster, Social Safety Net and Credit Systems” to the students of ‘Intro to Sociology-101’ at North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
July 2001
Guest Lecturer, Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota, USA taught a section of the summer session-2 to the Graduate students of the Department of Education on “Multicultural Children, Youth and Families” at the Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota, USA.
February 2001
Guest Speaker, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, USA.
Gave out Public lecture on “The Grameen Bank: Empowering the World’s Poor with Micro-credit” at the Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, USA.
September 2000
Exchange Scholar, BUET- EXETER, Higher Education Link Program (DFID funded) presented paper on “Bamboo Cultivation and Rural Housing in Bangladesh” at The University of Exeter, Exeter, The United Kingdom.
June 2001
Assistant Editor, Low – Income Housing : Multi-Dimensional Perspective Published by: Program for Research on Poverty Alleviation, Grameen Trust.
April 2000
Workshop Coordinator, PRPA, Grameen Trust Coordinated the 3rd International workshop of
the DGIS-The Netherlands funded Asian Country programs Bangladesh-Vietnam-India held in
CDM, Rajendrapur.
February 1998
Assistant Workshop Coordinator, in the International Poverty Conference organized by BIDS, LGED and the Grameen Trust held in LGED Bhaban, Agargoan, Dhaka.
January 1998
Participant as a Bangladesh Delegate to present paper on Appropriate Technology funded by PRPA, Grameen Trust in the 1st International workshop of the DGIS-The Netherlands funded Asian Country programs Bangladesh- Vietnam-India held in CDS, Trivundrum, Kerala, India.
1994-95
President- Bangladesh Student Forum, Winona State University, MN 1994
Organizer and Moderator, Seminar on South Asia in World Affairs, Winona State University,
Student Coordinator, Minnesota Political Science Association Conference
Member, Political Science Association, Winona State University. Attended Mid-west Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
1993
Attended South Asian Studies Seminar at University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Participated in UN Arrowhead Model Conference representing New Zealand from Winona State University, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, WI.
Member, Cultural Diversity Task Force, Winona MN, 1993-1995
Vice President, Rotaract Club of Winona Rotary Club, MN, College section of Rotary International 1993-1994
Student Senator, Winona State University 1993-95 Served as an assistant Cultural Diversity Representative Lobbied with Minnesota State University Student Association (MSUSA) Attended as a special delegate in the big 8 Black Student Government Conference at University of Missouri, Columbia in 1994, MO
Orientation Leader, Winona State University, 1991-95 Introduced incoming freshmen with various aspect of Winona State University
HONOR
Who’s who among the American Universities and Colleges for outstanding merit and leadership role at Winona State University, 1994-1995.