Dr Md Shahjahan Kabir

Dr Md Shahjahan Kabir a distinguished Agricultural Scientist of the country, joined Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) on Thursday (31 August 2017) as its Director General. Prior to the new position Dr Kabir has been the Director (Administration and Common Service) of the Institute.

He began his career as a Scientific Officer in Agricultural Statistics Division of the Institute in 1994 and devotedly performing his duties at different positions over the last 25 years. He obtained his BSc (Hons) degree in 1987 and MSc degree in 1988 from the Rajshahi University. He did his PhD degree on Geo-Statistical Modeling from the Jahangirnagar University in 2011.

Dr Kabir is a pioneer in geo-statistical modeling in National Agricultural Research System (NARS) in the country and one of the senior scientists. He has 70 research articles published in different prestigious journals home and abroad. Dr Kabir was born in 1966 in Digla village of the Netrokona district. He has visited many countries including Philippines, Japan, India, Thailand, Nepal, Bhutan, Australia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Singapore, USA, Germany, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria and Belgium in relation to his research works. He is blessed with two sons.-source-brriweb