Kawsar Hossain is a Research Consultant at the Climate and Disaster Management Division of the Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) since August 2024. Previously, Kawsar served as the President of the BUET Career Club from May 2019 to May 2022, showcasing leadership skills and involvement in various club activities while pursuing an undergraduate degree in Water Resources Engineering at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), which was completed in May 2022. Additionally, Kawsar held positions as Vice President and Logistics Secretary at BUET Brainiacs from May 2019 to April 2022, participating in event organization and keeping abreast of sector developments. Other experiences include serving as a Junior Executive at the Bangladesh Alliance of Human Resources Networks from September 2020 to January 2022 and as an Internship Trainee at the Bangladesh Water Development Board in late 2021.
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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.