Ainun Nishat

Ainun Nishat
Ainun Nishat
Born April 29, 1948 (1948-04-29) (age 63)
East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)
Nationality Bangladeshi
Ethnicity Bengali
Alma mater Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Occupation Vice Chancellor, BRAC University
Senior Advisor, IUCN, Bangladesh
Known for Water resource management
Climate change specialist

Dr. Ainun Nishat (Bengali: আইনুন নিশাত) (born April 29, 1948) is currently employed as the Vice Chancellor of BRAC University,[1] Bangladesh as well as a Senior Advisor to International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Bangladesh,[2] and is deemed as a water resource and climate change specialist.[2] He represented Bangladesh at the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2009, among other international climate-related conferences.[3]

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Education

Dr. Nishat completed his both his Bachelors and Masters in civil engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) before obtaining a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland in 1981.[4]

Career

Dr. Nishat worked as an assistant engineer at the Bangladesh Water Development Board before joining his alma mater BUET as a lecturer in 1972 in the Civil Engineering Department. He became an Assistant Professor at the Water Resources Department in 1975 and rose the ranks until he became a Professor in 1985.[4]

He retired from BUET in 1998 to join IUCN. He also worked as a Professor at North South University,[5] and Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)[citation needed] before joining BRAC University as its Vice Chancellor.

Dr. Nishat is credited as a pioneer of water resource management in Bangladesh, and has traveled around the world presenting papers, talks and consultancies related to his subject.[2]

Non-academic work

Besides working at various projects of the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank in Bangladesh, Malaysia and Philippines, he was a member of the Panel of Experts who consulted the construction of the Jamuna Bridge, the longest bridge in Bangladesh.[4]

He is a member of the Bangladesh National Water Council, Indo-Bangladesh Joint River Commission and Bangladesh National Agricultural Commission and the National Council on Science and Technology, and is said to have played a pivotal role in the Ganges Water Treaty Negotiations that were completed in 1996. He had been closely involved in the preparation of the Bangladesh National Conservation Strategy and National Environment Management Action Plan.[2][4]

Ainun Nishat has been member of the Bangladesh delegation at a number of international water resource-related conferences, including the COP 15.[3][6] Dr. Nishat also represented Bangladesh at the United Nations Economic and Social Council in the Committee for Energy and National Resources Development, and features at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.[4]

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