Globally recognized aquaculture and fisheries scientist with over 40 years of experience in technology development and dissemination in Bangladesh and internationally. Former Director General of the Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute and Asia Regional Coordinator for USAID's Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish, leading advancements in aquaculture research and blue economy initiatives. Authored over 200 scientific and technical papers in both international and domestic journals, contributing significantly to the field.
Date of Birth: 01/02/1954
I have already published >200 scientific and other papers listed by Google Scholar.
Expertise in freshwater fish breeding, genetic studies, mass seed production and aquaculture farming (both freswater and marine fish species) and blue economy development.
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2010 National Fish Fortnight, 2010 Gold Medal Award by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh in recognition of outstanding contributions to the development of a genetically improved strain of indigenous rohu, i.e. Labeo rohita
2003 National Fish Fortnight 2003 Gold Medal Award by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh in recognition of outstanding contributions to the development of a genetically improved strain of silver barb (i.e.) Barbonymus gonionotus and further stock improvement of the GIFT strain of Nile Oreochromis niloticus