FORM TECH-6(CONTINUED)

CURRICULUM VITAE (CV)

Proposed Position: K-6, Economist

Name of Firm: AQUA Consultant & Associates Ltd
Name of Expert: Kanai Deb Nath
Date of Birth: 09 July 1954
Country of Citizenship/Residence Bangladesh
Address: Flat #A5; House #32; Road #05; Sector #03; Uttara; Dhaka-1230

Education:
Institution Dates attended Degree/diploma obtained
University of Dhaka 1975-1976 M.A. in Economics

Employment record relevant to the assignment:

Period Employing organization and your Country Summary of activities

title/position. Contact information for performed relevant to the
references Assignment
July 01, 2018-Tll date AQUA for UGIIP III AF), LGED. Bangladesh Conducting economic and
Position: Project Economist Contact: financial analysis of the
Mr.Qamrul, Office Manager, subprojects to justify the
Phone:88-01816762609 economic and financial
Email: viability of the subprojects
through determining IRR,
NPV and BCR to be
implemented in 35
pourashavas undertaken
for infrastructure
development UGIIP III
(additional Financing),
LGED in cooperation of
ADB.
September 15, 2016- Eptisa Engineering forProject Design Bangladesh Conduction of Economic
June30, 2018 Advance (PDA) for Rural Infrastructure and financial analysis of
Maintenance Program (RIMP), LGED. the road subprojects to
Position: Project Economist justify the economic and
Contact: Mr.Manik Chakraborty, financial viability of the
Manager Administration, Phone:88- subprojects through
01622451961 determining IRR, NPV and
Email: manik.chakrobarty@eptisa.com BCR to be implemented in
13 selected districts under
Dhaka and Chittagong
Divisions as per ADB
guidelines.
January 2016 to ADSL for ADB TA-8913REG Bangladesh Conduction of
September 10, 2016 :Developing Integrated Urban Economic and financial
Development Plans in Selected DMC analysis of the road,
Cities In corporating Urban Climate market, water supply
Change Resilience Principles, LGED subprojects to justify the
Position: Project Economist and economic and financial
Financial Specialist Contact: viability of the subprojects
Mr.Khodadad HossainSarker through determining the
 Phone:88-01715022132
Oct 2015 - Dec 2015 RAP/LAP
KMC Team Leader, Contact information:
01730095581
Email: N/A
Contact person: Mrs. Hasina, Director
June 2015 – Sep 2015 Freelance Consultant
Resettlement Expert
May 2014 - May 2015 HB Consultants Ltd. Bangladesh
Deputy Team Leader /Economist
Contact information:
Phone: +4915119558036
Email: mellis3@wannado.fr
Contact person: Michael Ellis, Team
Leader, CCRIP, LGED.
IRR, NPV and BCR to be
implemented in 7 selected
Pourashavas under the
UGIIP-3 & CTEIP as per
ADB guidelines. Also
assessment of financial
aspects of the candidate
Pourashavas in
association of the
International expert.
Bangladesh Review, finalize and
Phone: implement the RAPs for
the 1st four polders under
package-1, prepare and
implement RAPs for the
remaining polders under
packages II & III. As the
Team Leader, overall
supervision of the tasks
related to RAP/LAP
including writing SIA /RAP
reports based on field data
to be collected through
Socio-economic Survey,
Consultation Meetings, &
FGDs.
Bangladesh Preparation of RAP report
based on data and
information collected
through CMs/FGDs and
socio-economic survey
conducted along the route
alignment of the proposed
DEEP and assisting team
members in any other
areas when needed.
Was responsible to
conduct the economic and
financial analysis of the
subprojects in order to
justify their economic and
financial viability through
determining the EIRR,
NPV, BCR as per ADB
guidelines. As the DTL,
performed the tasks of
organizing and compiling
the reports of the team
members, arranging other
administrative works as
per need and thus
assisted the Team Leader
where needed.
Jun 2012 – Apr 2014 ACE Consultants Ltd.
Economist (M & E consultant)
Contact information:
Phone: +88028413571
Email: gillesbcph@yahoo.com
Contact person: Bienvenido Gilles,
Team Leader, ECRRP.
Apr 2012 – May 2012 BETS Consulting Services Ltd.
Economist/Financial Analyst
Contact information: Phone:
+8801714117715
Email: bzaman@betsbd.com
Contact: Mr. Badiuzzaman, General
Manager
Dec 2011 – Mar 2012 Engineering & Planning Consultants
Ltd. (EPC)
Urban Development Economist
Contact information:
+8801713016057
Email: rahmani@epc-bd.com
Contact person: Mr. Rahmani, Director
Bangladesh As an M & E consultant
(Economist) support
PCMU in undertaking
oversight M & E activities,
in providing continuous
feedback to the
Government, PSC, and
implementing agencies on
Project Performance and
impact of its various
components, conduct
economic and financial
analysis to justify feasibility
through determining EIRR,
FIRR, ENPV, FNPV,
EBCR & FBCR etc. of the
beneficiary
agricultural/fishery farm
houses under the project.
Moreover, co-operating
the Team Leader when
necessary.
Bangladesh Analyze demographic and
economic profile of the city
and its development and
project alternative
scenarios of development.
Moreover, conduction of
economic and financial
analysis of the sub-
projects of the selected
Pourashavas/city
corporations and
determination of EIRR,
NPV, BCR applying Cost-
Benefit Analysis
(CBA)method and
preparation of financial
projections of the
subprojects. Moreover, co-
operating the Team
Leader when necessary.
Bangladesh Overall supervision of the
Bench Mark (BM) surveys
on Socio-economic aspect
Phone: of the project area viz.
Household Survey, Slum
Survey, Informal Economy
Survey, Industrial Survey
including formulation of
survey tools, providing
guidelines, recruiting and
training enumerators,

Oct 2011 – Nov 2011 Engineering & Planning Consultants
Ltd. (EPC)
Economic/Financial Analyst
Dec 2010 – Jun 2011 Engineering & Planning Consultants
Ltd. (EPC) Economist
Mar 2008 – Nov 2010 Engineering & Planning Consultants
Ltd. (EPC) Urban Development
Economist/ Financial Analyst
conduction of Cost-Benefit
Analysis (CBA) of different
farms and industrial
units/establishments
(SMEs) operated in the
project area, preparation
of financial projections,
conduction of public
consultation meetings at
union levels, analysis of
the field surveys and
financial and economic
reports.
Bangladesh Evaluating the
methodology by which the
pourashavas determine
the economic and financial
feasibility of the projects
including financial aspects
like budgeting, preparation
of financial projections of
subprojects etc. Moreover,
co-operating the Team
Leader in formulating the
development framework
and doing C-B analysis of
projects when necessary
Bangladesh Conduct of Socio-
Economic Field Survey,
PRA, forming WMO
groups, organizing
meetings with project
beneficiaries, doing
economic analysis of
subprojects to determine
EIRR, NPV and BCR to
justify the economic
feasibility of them, and
providing training on
improvement water
management system,
writing report.
Bangladesh Overall supervision of the
Bench Mark (BM) surveys
on Household, Slum,
Informal Economy,
Industry etc. including
formulation of survey tools,
and conduction of Cost-
Benefit Analysis (CBA)of
different farms and
industrial
units/establishments

Dec 2007 – Feb 2008 Engineering & Planning Consultants
Ltd. (EPC) Urban Development
Economist
Sept 2007 – Nov 2007 Engineering & Planning Consultants
Ltd. (EPC)
Urban Development Economist
(SMEs) to determine their
IRR, NPV and BCR to
examine economic and
financial viability,
conduction of public
consultation meetings at
union levels, and writing
financial and economic
reports etc.
Bangladesh Overall supervision of the
Bench Mark (BM) surveys
on Socio-economic aspect
of the project area
including formulation of
survey tools, conduction of
Cost-Benefit Analysis
(CBA) of different farms
and industrial
units/establishments
(SMEs), preparation of
financial projections,
finding out problems faced
by the GCMs and
suggesting remedial
measures, finding out
problems and prospects in
manufacturing sector and
showing remedial steps,
analysis of the field
surveys, and preparation
of financial and economic
reports.
Bangladesh Conduction of
reconnaissance field visit,
collection of data and
information on socio-
economic, manufacturing
sector’s activity,
infrastructure especially
road conditions and
creating a Bench Mark
(BM) data bank.
Performed Cost-Benefit
analysis of different SMEs,
Mixed Fish-Paddy Farms
and Poultry Farms
operated in project areas,
determined IRR, NPV and
BCR, prepared model
financial projections of
SMEs. Conducted union
level and Paurashava level
consultation meetings in

April 2007 – Aug 2007 Engineering & Planning Consultants
Ltd. (EPC) Bangladesh
Transport Economist
Contact information: Phone:
+8801713016057
Email: rahmani@epc-bd.com
Contact person: Mr. Rahmani, Director
Dec 2006 – Feb 2007 BETS Consulting Services Ltd.
Statistician cum Project Co- coordinator
Contact information:
Phone: +8801714117715
Email: bzaman@betsbd.com
Contact person: Badiuzzaman, GM.
Oct 2006 – Nov 2006 BETS Consulting Services Ltd.
Power Economist
Aug 2005 – Dec 2005 BETS Consulting Services
Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist
participation of mass
people and other
concerned stakeholders.
Analyzing collected data
and information providing
guidelines to make the
project area economically
developed.
Conduction of field
surveys on Traffic and
other areas of surveys
elated to RUC, RAC,
Accident Costs, prevailing
socio-economic conditions
in the zone of influence of
the proposed highway,
determining AADT, VOC,
TTC, and creating a Bench
Mark (BM) data base,
compiling and analysis of
survey data and doing
economic analysis to find
out EIRR, FIRR, NPV and
B/C ratio to justify the
economic and financial
feasibility of the project.
Bangladesh Preparation of part of
technical proposal, survey
tools, recruitment and
training of field
researchers, co-ordination
of total survey works,
organizing and conducting
workshops, generation of
tables for analytical
purpose, writing analytical
part of the report etc
Tazakistan Updating the financial and
economic analysis of the
mentioned project and
determining EIRR, FIRR,
B/C ratio, NPV etc. On the
basis of increased tariff
rate/kwh, which was a
condition of agreement
reached with the WB and
ADB.
Ltd. Bangladesh Participation in preparing
and monitoring the Short
Term Action Plan (STAP).
Assist expatriate
consultant for execution of
the STAP. The actions to
 be performed as per
guidance of the STAP was
monitored, and data entry
and information
werecollected in
prescribed form on various
water usage related
aspects, conditions of
ware house and
inventories, improvements
due to following STAP
directions, shortcomings
etc. Analysing these
reports, corrective
measures were suggested
to attain better results.
May 2004 – Apr 2005 Engineering & Planning Consultants Bangladesh Formulation of field survey
Ltd. (EPC) Socio-economist questionnaire, supervision
of field survey to collect
socio-economic BM
(Bench Mark) data from
the project Upazilas,
analysis of data to assess
benefit accrued through
implementation of past
water development
projects, contribution to
formulate water resources
development project plan
based on Benefit
Monitoring Effects (BME),
interaction with LGED and
BWD officials, local NGO
representatives, and local
people’s including different
stakeholders of the
project; finalized for
approval of the DWRA
Report.
Aug 2002 – Apr 2004 Engineering & Planning Consultants Bangladesh Organizing and
Ltd. (EPC) Socio-Economist supervising the task of
collecting Bench Mark
(BM)data on Socio-
economic characteristic
including demography,
employment, production,
income and expenditure,
livelihood pattern, health
and education, etc. to be
used for monitoring and
evaluation during
implementation of
development projects.

Jul 2000 – Dec 2000 Engineering & Planning Consultants
Ltd. (EPC)
Economist
Apr 1994 - Feb 1997 Selkhoze Promexport; Moscow, Russia
Asstt. Economist
Also responsible for
organizing Labour
Contracting Society (LCS)
and providing Income
Generating Training
(IGA)to them. Responsible
for conducting field
surveys onTraffic volume
related to (a) Road traffic;
AADTs, Modal shift, VOCs
& TTCs, Per Pkm/Tkm
cost etc. (b) Market data;
market visitors, turnover,
auction and realize toll
amount, spoilage & saving
etc. Determine EIRR,
FIRR, NPV and B/C ratio
of the roads constructed in
the project area to justify
the feasibility of
construction of these
roads.
Bangladesh Responsible for organizing
and supervising the socio-
economic field survey,
traffic survey, commodity
transaction survey. Also
supervised the task of
collection of information
related to economic
sectors that have
direct/indirect influence of
the development of infra-
structure including Markets
and Growth Centers. On
the basis of BM data,
assessed and evaluated
the benefit accrued in
overall socio-economic
sector in the project area
due to implementation of
the Rural Infrastructure
Projects. The economic
and financial evaluation of
the project was submitted
through determining EIRR,
FIRR, B/C, NPV of the
Feeder Roads under five
Upazilas of Greater Sylhet
district.
Moscow, Socio-Economic Survey in
Russia the project area; Traffic
Survey on the project
 roads and conducted
surveys in the markets
located in the project area
covering transaction of
goods in these Trading
Centers/Markets. Sept
1982 - Oct 1992 Local
NGOs Program
Organizer /Coordinator
Bangladesh Assists with
implementing and
coordinating the strategy
for the Community
Networks.
June 1980 - Aug 1982 Bangladesh Krishi Bank Bangladesh Responsible
Branch Manager for the day-to-day duties of
managing a banking
branch.
Sept 1978 - May 1980 Bangladesh Biman Sales Assistant Bangladesh Responsible for sales
activities
.
Membership in Professional Associations and Publications:
 Membership: Economic Association of Bangladesh

Language Skills (indicate only languages in which you can work):

Language Speaking Reading Writing
Bangla Excellent Excellent Excellent
English Excellent Excellent Excellent

Adequacy for the Assignment:

Detailed Tasks Assigned on
Consultant’s Team of Experts:
i. Work under the overall
supervision and guidance of the
Team Leader
ii. Review of associated economic
policies, including tariff policy. iii.
Reference to Prior Work / Assignments that Best Illustrates Capability to
Handle the Assigned Tasks
Name of assignment or project: Urban Governance and Infrastructure
Improvement Project –III, Additional Financing (UGIIP III-AF), LGED
Year: July 2018
Location: Total 35 Pourashavas covered by the Project. Client: Local
Government Engineering Department (LGED)
Main project features: The project aims at improving urban governance
along with improvement and rehabilitation of the urban infrastructures in
order to cope with the growing demand of the urban citizens.The impact
will be improved governance in the pourashavas, infrastructures with better
hygienic and environment friendly status leading to sustainable
development.
Position Held: Project Economist
Activities performed: Conduction of Economic and financial analysis of the
subprojects viz. road, market, water supply, bus terminal, cyclone shelter,
solid waste management (SWM), Street light (LED) schemes etc. to justify
the economic and financial viability of the subprojects through determining
IRR, NPV and BCR as per ADB guidelines.
Name of assignment or project: Project Design Advance, Rural
Infrastructure Maintenance Program (RIMP), LGED
Identify how to achieve the goals Year: August, 2016- June 2018.
at least cost, including specifying Location: Upazilas under 13 selected districts of Chittagong and Dhaka
simple and economically sound Division, Coastal Zones of Bangladesh
criteria for selecting subprojects. Client: Local Government Engineering Department (LGED)
iv. Estimate investment Main project features: The program will improve the maintenance of the
requirement v. Identify economic rural roads to climate- resilient standards with a focus on results. The
risks. vi. Develop economic criteria impact will be improved income. The outcome will be improved rural
for subproject selection. vii. connectivity. The key outputs include (i) rural road infrastructure upgraded
Estimate financial internal rate of and maintained; and (ii) institutional arrangement for road maintenance
return for subprojects with strengthened.
sensitivity analysis. viii. Estimate Position Held: Project Economist
economic internal rate of return for Activities performed: Conduction of Economic and financial analysis of the
subprojects with sensitivity road subprojects to justify the economic and financial viability of the
analysis. ix. Prepare the design for subprojects through determining IRR, NPV and BCR to be implemented in
a willingness-to-pay (WTP) survey 13 selected districts under Dhaka and Chittagong Divisions as per ADB
to be adopted by the PSs guidelines.
assessing the demand for various
urban services; and undertake the
WTP survey for relevant
subprojects prepared under the
project; and x. Perform any other
task assigned by the Team Leader
and the Project Director.
xi. Name of assignment or project: ADB TA 8913 REG: Developing Integrated
Urban Development Plans in Selected DMC Cities Incorporating Urban
Climate Change Resilience Principles, LGED
Year: Jan 2016 – Sep 2016
Location: Seven Selected Towns under (CTEIP & UGIIP-3), Bangladesh
Client: Local Government Engineering Department (LGED)
Main project features: Activities to help lay groundwork for urban climate
change resilience (UCCR) planning processes, and build capacity in
preparing and responding to climate change –induced shocks and stress in
medium sized and secondary cities.
Position held: Project Economist & Financial Specialist,
Activities performed: To ensure proper preparation and effective & efficient
implementation of the sub-projects. To promote & transfer of technical
assistance to LGED and ULBs, conducted economic and financial analysis
of the subprojects to determineEIRR,ENPV, EBCR as wellas FIRR, FNPV,
FBCR to justify the viability of the subprojects. Prepared financial
projections for sub-projects etc.
Name of assignment or project: Coastal Embankment Improvement Project, Phase-I (CTEIP, Ph-1) financed by
World Bank.
Year: Oct 2015 – Dec 2015 (3 months).
Location: Khulna, Barisal, Patuakhali, Barguna etc.Coastal districts of Bangladesh.
Client: BWDB.
Main project features: Repair and rehabilitation of the Coastal Embankments to protect people and property
within the embankments and help withstand natural calamities, cyclones, flood through upgrading these
embankments incorporating climate resilient features in the improved design of the embankments.
Position held: Team Leader, Resettlement Action Plan (RAP)/Land Acquisition Plan (LAP).
Activities performed: Prepare Resettlement Action Plan (RAP), Land Acquisition Plan (LAP), and arrange
payments to the PAPs, ensuring safe guard aspects during the project implementation period as per WB
Guidelines.
Name of assignment or project: Dhaka Elevated Expressway Project (DEEP) financed by World Bank.
Year: June 2015 - Sept 2015 (4 months).
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Client: Bangladesh Railway.
Main Project Features: Formulation of Resettlement Action Plan (RAP)for the APs of Dhaka Elevated
Expressway Project (DEEP)which would be implemented in order to reduce the traffic jam of the capital city
Dhaka.
Positions held: Resettlement Expert.
Activities performed: Preparation of RAP report based on data and information collected through CMs/FGDs and
socio- economic survey conducted along the route alignment of the proposed DEEP and assisting team members
in any other areas when needed.
Name of assignment or project: Coastal Climate Resilient Infrastructure Project (CCRIP)financed by ADB. Year:
May 2014- May 2015 (13 months).
Location: 30 Upazilas in 12 Coastal Districts of Bangladesh.
Client: LGED.
Main project features: To support Government of Bangladesh (GOB) efforts to make climate resilient
infrastructures including roads, markets, cyclone shelters and also make people aware to withstand climatic
adverse situations and thus survive in extreme climatic situations and to build long-term preparedness through
strengthened disaster risk management.
Position held: DTL, Economist.
Activities performed: Was responsible to conduct the economic and financial analysis of the subprojects in order
to justify their economic and financial viability through determining the EIRR, NPV, BCR as per ADB guidelines.
As the DTL, performed the tasks of organizing and compiling the reports of the team members, arranging other
administrative works as per need and thus assisted the Team Leader where needed.
Name of assignment or project: Emergency 2007 Cyclone Recovery and Restoration Project (ECRRP) financed
by World Bank.
Year: June 2012 - April 2014 (23 months).
Location: 75 Upazilas in 13 Districts (Sidr/Aila affected) of Bangladesh.
Client: Planning Commission, Ministry of Planning.
Main project features: To support Government of Bangladesh (GOB) efforts to facilitate recovery from the
damage to livelihoods and infrastructure caused by Cyclone Sidr and to build long-term preparedness through
strengthened disaster risk management.
Position held: Economist (M & E consultant).
Activities performed: As an Economist (M & E consultant) provided support to PCMU inundertaking oversight M
&E activities, and in providing continuous feedback to the Government, PSC, and implementing agencies on
Project Performance and impact of its various components. Moreover, responsible for conduction of economic
and financial analysis to justify feasibility through determining EIRR, FIRR, ENPV, FNPV, EBCR & FBCR etc. of
the beneficiary agricultural/fishery farm houses under the project and co-operating Team Leader when
necessary.
Name of assignment or project: Municipal Services Project (MSP) Module-B financed by World Bank.
Year: Apr 2012 - May 2012 (2 months).
Location: Different places of Bangladesh.
Client: Local Government Engineering Department.
Main project features: Preparation of Municipal Development Programmes for different types of urban situations
in a sample of about 30 municipalities and also preparing specific packages of development sub-projects.
Position held: Economist/Financial Analyst.
Activities performed: Analyze demographic and economic profile of the city and its development for the period
2001-2010 and project alternative scenarios of development. Moreover, conduction of economic and financial
analysis of the sub-projects of the selected Pourashavas/city corporations and determination of EIRR, NPV, BCR
applying Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) method and preparation of financial projections of the subprojects.
Moreover, co-operating the Team Leader when necessary.
Name of assignment or project: Preparation of Rangpur Master Plan for Rangpur Divisional Town Under District
Towns Infrastructure Development Project (DTIDP) financed by GoB.
Year: Dec 2011 - March 2012 (4 months).
Location: Rangpur Town, Bangladesh.
Client: Local Government Engineering Department.
Main project features: Preparation of Structure Plan, Master Plan and Detailed area Plan for Rangpur Divisional
Town.
Position held: Urban Development Economist.
Activities performed: Overall supervision of the Bench Mark (BM)surveys on Socio-economic aspect of the project
area viz. Household Survey, Slum Survey, Informal Economy Survey, Industrial Survey including formulation of
survey tools, providing guidelines, recruiting and training enumerators, conduction of Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)
of different farms and industrial units/establishments (SMEs) operated in the project area, preparation of financial
projections, conduct public consultation meetings at union levels, analysis of the field surveys and financial and
economic reports etc.
Name of assignment or project: Municipal Services Project (MSP) financed by IDA.
Year: Oct 2011- Nov 2011 (2 months).
Location: Different Municipalities of Bangladesh.
Client: Local Government Engineering Department.
Main project features: Framework development for selecting, designing, and implementing priority interventions
for municipal development.
Position held: Economic/Financial Analyst.
Activities performed: Evaluating the methodology by which the Pourashavas determine the economic and
financial feasibility of the projects including financial aspects like budgeting, preparation of financial projections of
subprojects etc. Moreover, co-operating the Team Leader in formulating the development framework and doing
Cost-Benefit analysis of projects when necessary.
Name of assignment or project: Water Management Improvement Project (WMIP), BWDB, Bangladesh financed
by World Bank.
Year: Dec 2010 - June 2011 (7 months).
Location: All over Bangladesh.
Client: Bangladesh Water Development Board.
Main project features: The project consists of three components: (i) System Improvement and Management
Transfer (SIMT); (ii) O&M Performance Improvement; and (iii) Institutional Improvement of BWDB, WARPO and
PCU in Program Co-ordination and Monitoring. Component (i) would support in batches for rehabilitation and
improvement (R&I) of about 81 existing medium (average area 2500 ha) and 21 large (average area 8400 ha)
FCD and FCDI schemes; component (ii) would support measures to improve the culture of the overall planning
and execution of the O&M cycle under BWDB; and the component (iii) would support the institutional
improvement of BWDB and WARPO.
Position held: Economist.
Activities performed: Conduct all of Socio-Economic Field Survey, PRA, forming WMO groups, organizing
meetings with project beneficiaries, providing training on improvement water management system, organizing
meetings with project beneficiaries, doing economic analysis of subprojects to determine EIRR, NPV and BCR to
justify the economic feasibility of them, writing report. Etc.
Name of assignment or project: Preparation of the Structure Plan, Master Plan and Detailed area Plan for the
Extension of the Khulna Master Plan area up to Mongla Town financed by GoB.
Year: Mar 2008 - Nov 2010 (32 months).
Location: Khulna, Bangladesh.
Client: Khulna Development Authority (KDA).
Main project features: Field surveys including socio-economic survey, informal economic activities survey, traffic
survey and other surveys; analysis of the previous five Financial Years’ (FY) budgets of KDA, Mongla Port
Paurashava and nineteen union parishads; preparation of the Structure Plan, Master Plan and Detailed area Plan
for the project area.
Position held: UrbanDevelopment Economist/ Financial Analyst.
Activities performed: Overall supervision of the Bench Mark (BM)surveys on Socio-economic aspect of the project
area viz. Household Survey, Slum Survey, Informal Economy Survey, Industrial Survey including formulation of
survey tools, and conduction of Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) of different farms and industrial units/establishments
(SMEs) to determine their IRR, NPV and BCR to examine economic and financial viability, conduct public
consultation meetings at union levels, analysis of the field surveys and financial and economic reports etc.
Name of assignment or project: Preparation of the Structure Plan, Master Plan and Detailed area Plan for Barisal
Divisional Town financed by GoB.
Year: Dec 2007 - Feb 2008 (3 months).
Location: Barisal, Bangladesh.
Client: Urban Development Directorate (UDD).
Main project features: Surveys including socio-economic survey, survey on informal economic activities, traffic
survey and other surveys; analysis of the previous five Financial Years’ (FY) budgets of Barisal City Corporation
(BCC), and preparation of the Structure Plan, Master Plan and Detailed area Plan BCC.
Position held: Urban Development Economist.
Activities performed: Overall supervision of the Bench Mark (BM)surveys onSocio-economic aspect of the project
area viz. Household Survey, Slum Survey, Informal Economy Survey, Industrial Survey including formulation of
survey tools, conduction of Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)of different farms and industrial units/establishments
(SMEs), preparation of financial projections, finding out problems faced by the GCMs and suggesting remedial
measures, finding out problems and prospects in manufacturing sector and showing remedial steps, analysis of
the field surveys, financial and economic reports.
Name of assignment or project: Preparation of the Structure Plan, Master Plan and Detailed area Plan for the
Extension of the Khulna Master Plan area up to Mongla Town financed by GoB.
Year: Sept 2007 - Nov 2007 (3 months).
Location: Khulna, Bangladesh.
Client: Khulna Development Authority (KDA). Main project features: Field surveys including socio-economic
survey, survey on informal economic activities, traffic survey and other surveys; analysis of the previous five
Financial Years’ (FY) budgets of KDA, Mongla Port Paurashava and nineteen union parishads under the project
area, and preparation of the Structure Plan, Master Plan and Detailed area Plan for the project area.
Position held: Urban Development Economist.
Activities performed: Conduct extensive reconnaissance field visit, collection of data and information on socio-
economic, manufacturing sector’s activity, infrastructure especially road conditions and creating a Bench Mark
(BM) data bank to be used in future for evaluation purpose. Performed Cost-Benefit analysis of different SMEs,
MixedFish-Paddy Farms and Poultry Farms operated in project areas, determined IRR, NPV and BCR, prepared
model financial projections of SMEs. Conducted union level and Paurashava level consultation meetings in
participation of mass people and other concerned stakeholders to gather in-depth idea about the prevailing socio-
economic conditions of the project area. Analyzing collected data and information providing guidelines to make
the project area economically developed.
Name of assignment or project: Dhaka-Chittagong Expressway (PPP)RHD, (1stphase), Bangladesh funded by
ADB.
Year: April 2007 - Aug 2007 (5 months).
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Client: Roads and Highways Department (RHD).
Main project features: Feasibility Study of the proposed Dhaka-Chittagong Access Control Expressway,
economic analysis, financial analysis, and formulation of detailed design of the best alternative based on various
field level surveys.
Position held: Transport Economist.
Activities performed: Conduction of field surveys on Traffic and other areas of surveys elated to RUC, RAC,
Accident Costs, prevailing socio-economic conditions in the zone of influence of the proposed highway,
determining AADT, VOC, TTC, and creating a Bench Mark (BM)data base, compiling and analysis of survey data
and doing economic analysis to find out EIRR, FIRR, NPV and B/C ratio to justify the economic and financial
feasibility of the project.
Name of assignment or project: Assessment of Procurement Management Capacity and its Institutionalization
financed by WB.
Year: Dec 2006 – Feb 2007 (3 months).
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Client: World Bank, Dhaka Office.
Main project features: Assessment of Procurement Management Capacity and its Institutionalization of various
government departments, divisions and organizations of GOB. Improvement of overall management system and
upgrade present institutional system.
Position held: Statistician cum Project Co-coordinator.
Activities performed: Preparation of part of technical proposal, survey tools, recruitment and training of field
researchers, co-ordination of total survey works, organizing and conducting workshops, generation of tables for
analytical purpose, writing analytical part of the report etc.
Name of assignment or project: Feasibility Study of the Installation of Barkitozik PowerPlants (8 nos. in one
Package), Tazakistan financed by IDB .
Year: Oct 2006 - Nov 2006 (2 months).
Location: Tazakistan.
Client: Different Organizations-mention worthy ‘Barkitozik Power Plant Authority, Tazakistan’. Main project
features: Feasibility study of Power Plants set up in hilly areas of Tazakistan for generation of electricity using
upstream reserved water.
Positions held: Economist.
Activities performed: Updating the financial and economic analysis of the mentioned project and determining
EIRR, FIRR, B/C ratio, NPV etc. Onthe basis of increased tariff rate/kwh, which was a condition of agreement
reached with the WB and ADB. Name of assignment or project: Special Assistance for Project Formation-II,
Karnaphuli Water Treatment Project financed by ADB. Year: Aug 2005 - Dec 2005 (5 months). Location:
Chittagong, Bangladesh. Client: CWASA, Chittagong. Main project features: Study the prevailing water supply
systems, problems in operating economically, administrative loopholes, developing monitoring system for
improved service delivery in future and formulation of Short Term Action Plan (STAP). Position held: Monitoring &
Evaluation Specialist.
Activities performed: Participation in preparing and monitoring the Short Term Action Plan (STAP). Assist
expatriate consultant for execution of the STAP. The actions to be performed as per guidance of the STAP was
monitored, and data entry and information were collected in prescribed form on various water usage related
aspects, conditions of ware house and inventories, improvements due to following STAP directions, shortcomings
etc. Analysing these reports, corrective measures were suggested to attain better results.
Name of assignment or project: District Water Resources Assessment (DWRA) financed by ADB.
Year: May 2004 - April 2005 (12 months).
Location: Different places of Bangladesh.
Client: Local Government Engineering Department.
Main project features: Water resources and formulating District Water Resources Assessment (DWRA).
Position held: Socio-economist.
Activities performed: Formulation of field survey questionnaire, supervision of field survey to collect socio-
economic BM (Bench Mark)data from the project Upazilas, analysis of data to assess benefit accrued through
implementation of past water development projects, contribution to formulate water resources development
project plan based on Benefit Monitoring Effects (BME), interaction with LGED and BWD officials, local NGO
representatives, and local people’s including different stakeholders of the project; finalized for approval of the
DWRA Report.
Name of assignment or project: Greater Faridpur Rural Infrastructure Development Project (D&S Consultancy
Services) funded by Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC).
Year: Aug 2002 - April 2004 (21 months).
Location: Greater Faridpur, Bangladesh.
Client: Local Government Engineering Department.
Main project features: Road, bridges, culverts, growth centers, etc.
Position held: Socio-Economist.
Activities performed: Organizing and supervising the task of collecting Bench Mark (BM) data on Socio-economic
characteristic including demography, employment, production, income and expenditure, livelihood pattern, health
and education, etc. to be used for monitoring and evaluation during implementation of development projects. Also
responsible for organizing Labour Contracting Society (LCS) and providing Income Generating Training (IGA) to
them. Responsible for conducting field surveys on Traffic volume related to (a) Road traffic; AADTs, Modal shift,
VOCs & TTCs, Per Pkm/Tkm cost etc. (b) Market data; market visitors, turnover, auction and realize toll amount,
spoilage & saving etc. Determine EIRR, FIRR, NPV and B/C ratio of the roads constructed in the project area to
justify the feasibility of construction of these roads.
Name of assignment or project: Infrastructure Development Project, Greater Sylhet District financed by ADB.
Year: July 2000 -Dec 2000 (6 months).
Location: Greater Sylhet, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Client: Local Government Engineering Department.
Main project features: Construction of Feeder Roads with a view to promote socio-economic development of the
project districts.
Position held: Economist.
Activities performed: Responsible for organizing and supervising the socio-economic field survey, traffic survey,
commodity transaction survey. Also supervised the task of collection of information related to economic sectors
that have direct/indirect influence of the development of infra-structure including Markets and Growth Centers. On
the basis of BM data, assessed and evaluated the benefit accrued in overall socio-economic sector in the project
area due to implementation of the Rural Infrastructure Projects. The economic and financial evaluation of the
project was submitted through determining EIRR, FIRR, B/C, NPV of the Feeder Roads under five Upazilas of
Greater Sylhet district.
Name ofassignment or project: Pushkin Urban Development Project, Russia financed by Govt. of Russia.
Year: March1995 -Feb 1997 (24 months).
Location: Russia.
Client: Pushkin Municipality. Main project features: Reconstruction and rehabilitation of damaged roads in the
municipality .
Position held: Asstt. Economist.
Activities performed: Assisted Sr. Economist in rendering services to carryout traffic survey, market survey, (a)
Road traffic; AADTs, Traffic volume, Modal shift, VOCs & TTCs, Per Pkm/Tkm cost etc. (b) Market transaction
study in the proposed trading/market centers; market visitors, turnover, auction and realize toll amount, spoilage
saving etc. Socio-economic surveys, processing of data; forecasting of traffic generation and economic activities.
Alsoworked in collaboration withSr. economist inCost analysis, investment program, Economic and financial
analysis and carried out B/C ratio; NPV, EIRR, FIRR with sensitivity analysis, cash flow, etc
Name of assignment or project: Krasnador Urban Development Project, Russia financed by Govt. of Russia.
Year: April 1994 - Feb 1995 (11 months).
Location: Russia. Client: Krasnador Municipality.
Main project features: Repairing and reconstruction of municipality roads.
Position held: Asstt. Economist.
Activities performed: Assisted Sr. Economist in conducting Socio-Economic Survey in the project area; Traffic
Survey on the project roads and conducted surveys in the markets located in the project area covering
transaction of goods in these Trading Centers/Markets. Also assisted in determining economic and financial
viability of the project through estimation of FIRR, EIRR, NPV and B/C of the project.
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