ITN Team
Centre Director
Professor Dr. Tanvir Ahmed
Director
Dr. Tanvir Ahmed received his Bachelors and Masters degree in Civil Engineering from BUET and PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. He is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, BUET. His research interest broadly encompasses waste management and recycling, risk assessment and environmental pollution.
Personal webpage: https://ce.buet.ac.bd/profile-of-tanvir-ahmed
Email: tanvir@itn-buet.org, tanvirahmed@ce.buet.ac.bd, tanvir96@gmail.com
Phone: (+88) 09606667700 / Extn. 5010, 88-02-9663693, 88-02-9665650-80 Extn. 6850
ITN Staff
Rakib Uddin Ahmed
Senior Information & Documentation Officer (Grade-1)
Mr. Rakib holds a Master’s in Computer Science & Engineering from BUET and also a Master’s in Information Technology from University of Dhaka.
Email: rakib@itn-buet.org
Phone: (+88) 09606667700 / Extn. 5107
Md. Azizur Rahman
Research Officer (Technical/Research)
Md. Azizur Rahman is an Assistant Director (Research) at ITN-BUET. He received B.Sc degree in Civil Engineering from RUET in 2009 and M. Sc degree in Civil (Environmental) Engineering from BUET in 2014. At ITN-BUET, his work focuses on research, capacity building and policy aspects related to WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene). He is also a Member of IEB.
Email: aziz@itn-buet.org
Phone: (+88) 09606667700 / Extn. 5111
Md. Habibur Rahman
Assistant Director
Md. Habibur Rahman completed BBA (Honours) and MBA degree under the Faculty of Business Administration at University of Chittagong and completed certified Chartered Accountancy course under ICAB and has more than 12 years of experience in the various projects Financial Management & Analysis. His areas of interest and expertise include the development of sustainable business strategy, development of the strategic business plan, survey data management and analysis, statistical presentation, entrepreneurship development, PRA Process and report writing.
Email: habib@itn-buet.org
Phone: (+88) 09606667700 / Extn. 5109
M. Abdul Alim
Senior Office Secretary
Abdul Alim completed his education at the national university for his initial studies and then pursued a master’s degree at Dhaka University in 2008. With a professional journey spanning 25 years, he has amassed considerable expertise in the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector.
Email: alim@itn-buet.org
Phone: (+88) 09606667700 / Extn. 5110
Project Staff
Scaling CWIS/FSM in Bangladesh through national level capacity building program
Alauddin Ahmed
Project Manager
As an environmental engineer brings on board more than 20 years of experience in the WASH sector with specialized work experience in safely managed water supply and sanitation. He, as a development professional, constantly supports government entities on WASH development projects, research, policy advocacy, and curricula development. For a long period, he served the WHO in managing large-scale projects, targeting the poor and vulnerable population in the geographically and technically challenged contexts of Bangladesh. He also worked on humanitarian and emergency response. At present, as a Project Manager of ITN-BUET, he is serving the sector with capacity-building initiatives on CWIS and FSM.
Email: alauddin@itn-buet.org
Phone: (+88) 09606667700 / Extn. 5020
Asef Mohammad Redwan, PhD
Technology & Knowledge Management Specialist
Dr. Redwan is an environmental engineering scientist and currently an affiliate faculty at Idaho State University. He was a staff scientist at Idaho National Laboratory (2023-2024) and led three US Department of Energy projects as Principal Investigator with $968,265 there. While working as a Postdoc there (2021-2023), he contributed to multiple projects focused on (bio)recovery of critical materials from waste. Dr. Redwan received his MS and PhD degrees in Environmental Engineering from Texas Tech University, USA in 2017 and 2021, respectively. His dissertation project identified factors influencing interactions between semiconductive materials and anaerobic bacteria for engineered bioremediation applications. After graduation from Civil Engineering at BUET in 2013, he joined ITN-BUET and worked in WASH sector till 2015.
Email: asef.redwan@itn-buet.org
Phone: (+88) 09606667700 / Extn. 5081
Subrata Paul
Training Specialist
Subrata Paul earned a B.Sc. in Leather Engineering from Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET) in 2015, followed by an M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2017. His research focuses on water quality; water and wastewater treatment; sanitation; fecal sludge and plastics waste management with ten peer-reviewed publications in those areas. He holds over six years of practical experience in WASH and environmental projects. Currently, he serves as a Training Specialist at ITN-BUET, having previously served as Assistant Director for the SCIP Plastics Project at KUET.
Email: subrata@itn-buet.org
Phone: (+88) 09606667700 / Extn. 5082
Mir Tanvir Al Biruni
Research Associate
Mir Tanvir Al Biruni received his Bachelors and Masters degree in Civil Engineering from BUET. He served as a Postgraduate Research Fellow at ITN-BUET from December 2022 to November 2023. Currently, he is working as a research associate, responsible for participating in project-based research, supervising fieldwork for data collection, and writing formally for publication. His research interests include solid waste management, wastewater treatment, sustainable construction materials, WASH facility evaluation, etc.
Email: albiruni@itn-buet.org
Phone: (+88) 09606667700 / Extn. 5053
Tasnim Hoque
ICT Assistant
Tasnim Hoque graduated from BRAC University with a degree in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE). Currently serving as an ICT Assistant at ITN-BUET.
Email: tasnim@itn-buet.org
Phone: (+88) 09606667700 / Extn. 5083
Raisa Habib
Research Assistant
Raisa Habib received her Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from the University of Asia Pacific in 2024. Her research interests include domestic water use patterns, water resources management, sanitation safety planning, and many more.
Email: raisa@itn-buet.org
Phone: (+88) 09606667700 / Extn. 5084