AUTHORS IDENTITY

Dr. S. M. Bokhtiar, is currently

Executive Chairman of Bangladesh
Agricultural Research Council (BARC)
and was the Director of SAARC
Agriculture Centre (SAC), Dhaka,
Bangladesh. He got Ph.D in Soil Science
from the Ehime University, Japan in
2006. Later, he completed Post-Doctoral
research from Guangxi Academy of
Agricultural Sciences (GXAAS), Guangxi, China. He has
spearheaded the compilation of the popular Bangladesh’s “The
100 Agro Technologies Atlas” launched by the Hon’ble Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina on 4th February 2021. He has initiated
several multi-country projects, introduced the SAARC Ph.D
fellowship program, contributed immensely to strengthening
agricultural R & D by organizing several regional programs
that benefitted the people of South Asia. He has published
several books of which he authored five, edited 13, and
developed nine training manuals. He has more than 60
research articles published in national and international peer
reviewed journals. He is a Syndicate member of BAU,
BSMRAU, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University and Khulna
Agricultural University (KAU), and a Regent Board member of
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and
Technology University (BSMRSTU), Gopalganj. He has
extensive experience in working with donor and development
partners. His empiric leadership helped BARC to receive the
state highest award i.e., Independence Award 2021.

Dr. Syed Samsuzzaman is working in

Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KGF),
Dhaka as Senior Specialist. He was the
Director (Agriculture), RDRS and a Senior
Scientific Officer, OFRD, Bangladesh
Agricultural Research Institute (BARI).
He worked as a Director of the Board of
KGF, and Syndicate member of Begum
Rokeya University, Rangpur, Bangladesh.
He obtained B.Sc.Ag (Hons) and M.Sc.Ag from Bangladesh
Agricultural University (BAU), and Ph.D in Agronomy from the
University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB), Philippines in
1993. He also worked as a research fellow in IRRI, Philippines.
He is one of the editors of “The 100 Agro Technologies Atlas”
published by BARC and launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina. He supervised research work of 4 Ph.D and
about 30 MS students. He has about 25 research papers
published in peer reviewed journals. He mobilized and
implemented many Government and donor funded agricultural
projects in Bangladesh.

Dr. Jiban Krishna Biswas, Executive

Director, Krishi Gobeshona Foundation
(KGF), was the Director-General of the
Bangladesh Rice Research Institute
(BRRI). Dr. Biswas was a National
Consultant for IRRI, Bangladesh. As an
IRRI scholar, he obtained Ph.D. from
Central Luzon States University,
Philippines. He was a JSPS-Post-Doctoral
Fellow for two years at Yamagata University, Japan. He has
authored 70 scientific publications, 440 popular articles, and
several books, mostly on rice. He was one of the editors of the
book "Advances in Rice Research for Abiotic Stress Tolerance"
published by Elsevier Publication. He was also the research
supervisor of 13 MS and 7 Ph.D students, and Syndicate
members of different universities. He was awarded a Gold Medal
from the Bangladesh Academy of Agriculture (BAAG) for his
outstanding contribution to rice research and development. His
dynamic leadership helped BRRI to achieve the Krishibid
Institution Medal and the Bangabandhu Gold Medal.