FROM: August 2007 TO: July 2012

Position held: Director (Employee)

Description of Duties (in bullet point)

Led

Agriculture Information Service

for five years as longest serving

director of the agency with annual budget of $2.5 million and staff size of

300

Represented ministry of agriculture and it’s ICT activities in different

national and international conference such as eAsia, FAO world congress in

Italy, SAARC ICT conference

Led Agriculture Communication effort for ministry of agriculture by

disseminating agro information using print media, Television, Radio and

ICT media

Led e-Agriculture innovation such as National Agriculture call center,

Rural Agriculture Information Tele-centers (AICC) and first ever

agriculture focused Community Radio

Led policy development effort such as National Agriculture Extension

Policy, Southern Delta Plan, Access to Information (a2i) innovation policy

Worked as e-Agriculture focal point of ministry of agriculture from 2007-

2012.

Signed 50-year contract between Ministry of Information and Ministry of

Agriculture to facilitate agriculture information dissemination through

national mass media

Signed partnership and projects with various organizations such as CARE,

FAO, UNDP, Practical Action, UNDP, IDCOL, Katalyst-Swisscontact,

IFPRI, Banglalink and A2I for joint collaboration to disseminate

agriculture information for farmers

FROM: DEC 1976 TO: AUG 2007

Position held: Listed below

Description of Duties (in bullet point)

· Chief Information Officer, Agriculture Information Service (APR 2007

– Aug 2007) - Supporting AIS on disseminating agriculture

Information

· Deputy Director, Cash Crop Wing (Jul 2005 – APR 2007) - Production

planning, Training of officers on cash crop and Liaison with private

sector.

· District Training Officer (Jul 2002 – Jul 2005) – Capacity building of

extension agents and officers, designing training module, monitoring

and evaluation.

· Subject Matter Specialist, TCTTI Project, DAE (March 2000 – June

2002) – Demonstration plot setup, seed production and field

Monitoring

· Senior Chemist, Plant Protection wing, DAE (Aug 1995 – Mar 2000) –

Sample collection of pesticide, testing, visit and monitoring of input