Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS)
K.H. Razimul Karim possesses extensive expertise in geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing, with a career spanning over a decade in various roles at the Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) and other organizations. As a Senior Specialist at CEGIS since February 2012, Razimul Karim has operated as a National Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) Technology Expert for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and led key projects, including the development of mobile responsive web application software. Previous positions at CEGIS include Associate Specialist, Junior Specialist, Senior Professional, and Professional, where responsibilities encompassed project leadership, data management, and training for microfinance sector initiatives. Prior to joining CEGIS, Razimul Karim served as a GIS Expert at the Institute of Water Modelling and held the position of GIS Analyst in other organizations, with a focus on spatial data management and analysis. Razimul Karim holds a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science in Geography and Environment from the University of Dhaka.
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Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS)
The Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) is a center of excellence situated in Dhaka, the Capital City of Bangladesh which is located in South Asia. The working domain of CEGIS span over Resource Management Planning (Natural and Intellectual), System Development, Capacity Building and Research activities. A Public Trust and center of excellence established by the Government of Bangladesh under the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR); A "Not-for-Profit" organization guided by a Board of Trustees headed by the Secretary of the MoWR; An entity strengthened with an organized pool of experts and resources to serve humanity by excelling in the state-of-the-art technology in resource management planning, system development, study and research and capacity building; An organization aimed at achieving green environment, blue water and balanced development for better well-being of the nation. While Bangladesh is making great strides towards holistic and sustainable development, CEGIS has been relentlessly trying since the inception of its predecessor EGIS in 1995 to support the country’s efforts for sustainable socio-economic development by providing scientific, technological and socio-economic know-how. CEGIS is a scientifically independent organisation and performs integrated environmental analysis using technologies like GIS, RS, IT and databases. It provides solutions to issues and problems in a wide range of sectors, such as – but not limited to – water, land, agriculture, meteorology, forestry, fisheries, morphology, ecology, environment, climate change, archeology, socio-economy, power, water supply and sanitation, transportation, infrastructures and disasters. CEGIS has eleven separate technical Divisions each of which tries to meet the needs of its clients in national and international arena. It has highly qualified, experienced and multi-disciplinary groups of scientific, technical and socio-economic experts.