Bangladesh Society of Agronomy (BSA)

10th Conference Bangladesh Society of Agronomy (BSA) Date: Saturday, 8 October 2011; Venue: BARI, Joydebpur, Gazipur All correspondence, E-mail: bsaconference2011@yahoo.com Conference Theme: Crop Production under Unfavorable Ecosystems in Bangladesh Organizing Committee for 10 th BSA Conference 2011 Chair: Dr. Md. Rafiqul Islam Mondal, Director General, BARI and President, BSA Co-Chair: Dr. M A Karim, Prof. of Agronomy, BSMRAU and Vice President, BSA Member Secretary: Dr. Altab Hossain, CSO & Head, Agronomy Division, BARI EC of BSA: 1. Dr. Nur Ahamed Khondaker, FAO 2. Prof. Dr. Parimal Kanti Biswas, SAU 3. Dr Md. Abdul Mridha, BRRI 4. Prof. Dr. AKM Ruhul Amin, SAU 5. Dr. Rina Rani Saha, BARI 6. Dr. Md. Mahbubul Islam, BJRI 7. Ms. Nasrin Akhter, SAC 8. Dr. M Zainul Abedin, IRRI 9. Dr. Gazi Jashim Uddin, Former Scientist- BRRI 10. Dr. Md. Abul Kashem, BARC 11. Dr. Shaik Tanveer Hossain, Former Scientist BRRI 12. Dr. G. M. Faruq Dawn, DAE BSA 13. Mr. Md Habibur Rahman, DG, DAE 14. Prof. Dr. S.M. Altaf Hossain, BAU 15. Prof. Dr Sultan Uddin Bhuiyan, BAU 16. Prof Dr. Najrul Islam, BAU 17. Prof. Dr. Abdul Hamid, KGF 18. Prof. Dr. Hazrat Ali, SAU 19. Prof. Dr. Abdur Rahman Sarker, BAU 20. Prof. Dr. Fazlul Karim, SAU 21. Dr. M. A. Quayyum, ATTP-BARC 22. Dr. Faruque Ahmed, BARI 23. Dr M A Razzak, KGF, BARC 24. Dr Md Khairul Alam Bhuiyan, BRRI 25. Dr. Sayedur Rahman Selim, DAE 26. Dr. S K Pal, SAC 27. Dr. Khairul Alam Billah, BRRI 28. Dr. Md. Akkas Ali, BARI/IRRI 29. Mr. M. A. Jaher, DDAE, Gazipur 30. Prof. Dr. Harun Ur Rashid, PSTU 31. Dr. Noor Hossain Miah, B-Nutrition Board Updated 28 July 2011 Page 1

32. Dr M Abdul Malek, DAE 33. Dr Mustaq Ahmed, NATP/DAE 34. Dr Nowsher Ali Sardar, The WorldFish 35. Dr. Sk A Sattar, IRRI 36. Dr Md. Altaf Hossain, SRDI 37. Prof Dr Harun Ur Rashid, PSTU Institutional focal persons: 38. Prof. Dr. Najrul Islam, Department of Agronomy, BAU 39. Prof. Dr. M A Samad, Department of Agronomy, BAU 40. Dr M. Rafiqul Islam, Department of Agronomy, BSMRAU 41. Prof. Dr. Md. Nasimul Bari, Department of Agronomy, BSMRAU 42. Prof. Dr. Ataur Rahman, Department of Agronomy, HDSTU 43. Prof. Dr. AKM Mostafa Zaman, Department of Agronomy, PSTU 44. Dr. Md. Nurul Alam, SAC 45. Dr AFM Saiful Islam, BINA 46. Dr. Md Amin, BARI, Noakhali 47. Mr. Khairul Alam Bhuiyan, BRRI 48. Mr. Sahadat Hossain, SSO, BJRI 49. Dr. Md. Khalilur Rahman BSRI 50. Dr. Md. Alimur Rahman, BARI 51. Dr. Md. Najrul Islam, BARI/IRRI 52. Dr. Md Yunus Ali Pramanik, DAE 53. Dr. Md. Shafiqul Akhter, Lal Teer Seed Ltd 54. Dr. Babu Lal Nag, BARI 55. Mr. Azharul Islam, BADC 56. Dr. Md. Shariful Islam, Seed Certification Agency 57. Dr Akhter Hossain Khan, IRRI Terms of Reference: Overall responsibility of organizing the 10th BSA conference 2011; Coordinate activities of the sub-committees; contact and confirm the guests for the conference; make detail plan program, budget etc. Sub-Committee I: Finance Sub-committees Convener: Prof Dr. Hazrat Ali, SAU Co-Convener: Dr. Sayedur Rahman Selim, DAE/Ministry of Commerce Member Secretary: Dr. Rina Rani Saha, BARI 1) Mr Habibur Rahman, DAE 2) Mr. Md. Azmal Hossain, FMC 3) Dr. S. B. Nasim, Energy Pack 4) Prof. M A Samad, BAU 5) Prof. Dr. Fazlul Karim, SAU 6) Mr. Md. Ali Hossain Tulu, Padma Oil Co. 7) Dr. Shafiqul Akhter, Lal Teer 8) Mr. Habib Jahan, ACI 9) Mr. Abul Khair, Blessings Pesticides Updated 28 July 2011 Page 2

10) Prof. Dr. AKM Ruhul Amin, SAU 11) Dr. G M Faruq Dawn, DAE 12) Dr. Khairul Alam Bhuiyan, BRRI 13) Dr. Shariful Islam, SCA 14) Dr Mustak Ahmed, DAE/NATP 15) Dr M A Malek, DAE 16) Dr Md Nowsher Ali Sarder, The WorldFish 17) Dr. Sk A Sattar, IRRI 18) Dr. Ferdousi Begun, BARI Terms of Reference: Fund raising, budgeting and management of overall expenditures. Sub-Committee II: Programme and Technical Sessions Management Convener: Prof. Dr. M A Karim, BSMRAU Member Secretary: Prof. Dr. Fazlul Karim, SAU 1) Prof. Dr. Abdur Rahman Sarker, BAU 2) Prof. Dr. M A Selim, BAU 3) Dr. Gazi Jashim Uddin, BRRI 4) Dr. Md. Altab Hossain, BARI 5) Dr. Akhter Hossain Khan, IRRI 6) Dr K P Haldar, BRRI 7) Dr. Nur Ahamed Khondaker, FAO 8) Prof. Dr. Parimal Kanti Bisaws, SAU 9) Prof. Dr. Harun ur Rashid, PSTU 10) Dr. Md. Abdul Jalil Mridha, BRRI 11) Dr. Rafiqul Islam, BSMRAU 12) Prof. Dr. Ataur Rahman, HDSTU 13) Dr. Mahbubul Islam, BJRI 14) Dr. Nurul Islam, BARI 15) Dr SK Abdus Sattar, IRRI 16) Dr Md Hajrat Ali, BRRI Terms of Reference: Terms of Reference: Program planning and management of sessions, including the inaugural, contact the sessions chairs, co-chairs, rapporteurs, time management, distribution of papers/handouts, etc. The Committee will work closely with other committees for a flawless programme. Sub-Committee III: Publications Convener: Prof. Dr. Parimal Kanti Biswas, SAU Member Secretary: Dr. Faruque Ahmed, BARI 1) Dr. Gazi Jashim Uddin, BRRI 2) Dr. Mahbubul Islam, BJRI 3) Dr. G M Farouq Dawn, DAE 4) Dr. Abul Kashem, BARC 5) Dr Md. Altaf Hossain, SRDI 6) Dr. Nur Ahamed Khondaker, FAO 7) Dr. Younus Ali Pramanik, DAE Updated 28 July 2011 Page 3

8) Dr Rafiqul Islam, BSMRAU 9) Mr. Md. Sahadat Hossain, BJRI 10) Dr. Shaik Tanveer Hossain, Former Scientist BRRI 11) Dr M A Quader, BAU 12) Mr Sk. Md Masum, SAU 13) Dr Bilash C. Roy, BRRI Terms of Reference: Terms of Reference: Compile key note papers, technical papers, messages from dignitaries, Notes about BSA, etc. for publication as the conference souvenir, etc., take necessary steps to print and distribute the proceedings among the workshop participants. Sub-Committee IV: Decoration and Conference Hall Management Convener: Dr. Abdul Aziz, BARI Member Secretary: Dr Md Rafiqul Islam, BSMRAU 1) Dr. Ashratun Nessa, BARI 2) Dr. Apurba Kanti Chowdhury, BARI 3) Dr. Md Shariful Islam, SCA 4) Mr. Abdus Jaher, DDAE, Gazipur 5) Mr. Ijaj Ahmed, BJRI 6) Dr. Md. Yunus Ali Pramanik, DAE 7) Dr Md. Altaf Hossain, SRDI 8) Mr. ABM Jamiul Islam, BRRI 9) Mr. Md. Moshiul Islam, BSMRAU 10) Mr Shamsul Hyder Arpon, BARI 11) Mr ATM Morshdul Alam, BJRI 12) Dr. Murshedul Alam, IRRI 13) Mr AKM Junaed Noor, BARI 14) Dr Md. Fazlul Islam, BRRI Terms of Reference: Decorate the conference hall, prepare & fix banner, make sitting arrangement, ensure necessary arrangement for conference hall including multimedia, projection screen, lighting, air conditioning etc. Sub-Committee V: Food Management Adviser: Dr. Md. Altab Hossain, BARI Member Secretary: Dr Md Khairul Alam Bhuiyan, BRRI 1) Mr M A Mannan, BARI 2) Mr Sikder Raquibullah, BARI 3) Prof. Dr. AKM Ruhul Amin, SAU 4) Dr. Abul Hossain, BARI 5) Dr. Nasimul Bari, BSMRAU 6) Mr. M AKhteruzzaman, BARI 7) Dr. Md. Nurul Alam, SAC 8) Mr. Md. Habib Jahan, ACI Ltd. 9) Dr. Md. Abu Bakar Siddique Sarker, BRRI Updated 28 July 2011 Page 4

10) Dr Nurul Islam, BARI 11) Dr M Shamsul Haque, BSMRAU 12) Mr. Iftekher Mahmud Akand, BRRI 13) Dr Akkas Ali, BARI/IRRI Terms of Reference: decide on the menu, prepare budget, order food and collect in time & arrange to distribute food among the workshop participants. Sub-Committee VI: Registration Convener: Dr. Md. Abdul Jalil Mridha, BRRI Member Secretary: Dr. Rina Rani Saha, BARI 1) Prof. Dr. Quazi A. Khaleque, BSMRAU 2) Prof Dr Jafar Ullah, SAU 3) Dr. Murshedul Alam, IRRI 4) Dr. Shaik Tanveer Hossain, Former Scientist BRRI 5) Ms. Rakiba Sultana, BRRI 6) Ms. Ferdousi Begum, BARI 7) Mr. Abu Bakar Siddique, BRRI 8) Dr. Tuhin Suvra Roy, SAU 9) Mr. Ijaj Ahmed, BJRI 10) Mr. Abdullah Al Mamun, BRRI 11) Mr. Md. Sahadat Hossain, BJRI 12) Dr Yunus Ali Pramanik, DAE 13) Mr Md Touhidur Rahman, BARI 14) Mr Quzi Md Fahid Hossain, BARI 15) Mr Md Khairul Kayesh, BRRI Terms of Reference: Conduct registrations of all participants. Sub-Committee VII: Invitation Committee Convener: Dr. Nur Ahamed Khondaker, FAO Member Secretary: Dr. G M Farouq Dawn, DAE 1) Prof Dr. Najrul Islam, BAU 2) Dr Mahabubul Islam, BJRI 3) Dr Noor Hossain Miah, Bangladesh-Nutrition Board 4) Dr Nurul Alam, SAC 5) Dr Abul Kashem, BARC 6) Dr Rina Rani Saha, BARI 7) Ms. Nasrin Akhter, SAC 8) Dr Khairul Alam Bhuiyan, BRRI 9) Mr. Sk Md Masum, SAU 10) Mr. Md. Sahadat Hossain, BJRI 11) Dr. Murshedul Alam, IRRI 12) Ms Kakoli Roy, BARI Updated 28 July 2011 Page 5

Terms of Reference: Prepare list of participants, draft invitation card, get approval, print and arrange to send invitation card. Sub-Committee VIII: BSA Conference 2011 Recommendation Drafting Convener: Prof. Dr. S.M. Altaf Hossain, BAU Member Secretary: Dr. Md. Abdul Qaiyum, ATTP, BARC 1) Dr. M. Zainul Abedin, IRRI 2) Prof. Dr. Masud Ahmed, BAU 3) Dr. Md. Abdur Razzaque, NATP 4) Prof. Dr. Abdul Hamid, KGF 5) Dr Nur E Elahi, Former DG, BRRI 6) Dr. Md. Rafiqul Islam Mondal, BARI 7) Dr Sk Abdus Sattar, IRRI 8) Dr. S. K. Pal, SAC 9) Dr. Gazi Jashim Uddin, Former BRRI 10) Dr Mustak Ahmed, DAE/NATP 11) Dr. Nur Ahamed Khondaker, FAO Terms of Reference: Prepare recommendations of the conference which may be forwarded to the high level policy makers of the Government of Bangladesh. Sub-Committee IX: Raffle draw Convener: Dr. Saidur Rahman Selim, DAE/Ministry of Commerce Member Secretary: Prof. Dr. AKM Ruhul Amin, SAU 1) Prof. Dr. Mahfuza Begum, BAU 2) Dr M Kharul Alam Bhuiyan, BRRI 3) Dr. G M Faruk Dawn, DAE 4) Mr. Abul Khair, Blessings Pesticide Company Ltd. 5) Mr. K. M. Shamsul Haque, BSMRAU 6) Dr. Nur Ahamed Khondaker, FAO 7) Dr. Shaik Tanveer Hossain, Former Scientist BRRI 8) Dr. Md. Shariful Islam, SCA 9) Mr. Sk Md Masum, SAU 10) Dr. Akkas Ali, BARI/IRRI 11) Mr. Jabed Ali Mantu, BARI 12) Ms. Kakoli Roy, BARI Terms of Reference: make a plan for raffle draw during the conference, organize selling coupons, prepare prizes and arrange draw and distribute prizes to the winners; deposit savings money, if any to the treasurer of the BSA. Sub-Committee X: Cultural Function Convener: Dr. Khairul Alam Billah, BRRI Member Secretary: Ms Nasrin Akhter, SAC Updated 28 July 2011 Page 6

1. Dr. Md. Abul Hossain, BARI 2. Dr. AFM Saiful Islam, BINA 3. Mr. Azharul Islam, BADC 4. Mr. Shahidul Islam, SAU 5. Mr. Abul Khair, Blessings Pesticide Company Ltd. 6. Mr Abdus Jaher, DDAE, Gazipur 7. Mr. K. M. Shamsul Haque, BSMRAU 8. Mr. Rajesh Barua, BRRI 9. Dr. Parimal Chandra Sarker, BARI 10. Ms. Shamsunnahar Mahfuza, BARI 11. Dr Md. Altaf Hossain, SRDI 12. Dr Avijit Saha, BRRI 13. Dr Md. Sirajul Islam, BRRI Terms of Reference: Organize a cultural function. Institutional Focal Persons at Different Institutions for Membership and Registration for BSA Conference 2011 1) Dr. Nur Ahamed Khondaker, RGA, NFPCSP-FAO, Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Tel, 01720343874 2) Prof. Dr. M A Samad, Department of Agronomy, BAU, Myemnsingh, Tel. 01676769005 3) Prof. Dr. Najrul Islam, Department of Agronomy, BAU; Tel. 01711177617 4) Dr M Rafiqul Islam, Department of Agronomy, BSMRAU, Salna, Gazipur, Tel. 01552495641 5) Prof. Dr. Md. Nasimul Bari, Department of Agronomy, BSMRAU, Salna, Gazipur, Tel. 01552356277 6) Prof. Dr. AKM Ruhul Amin, Department of Agronomy, SAU, Dhaka, Tel. 01711137132 7) Prof. Dr. Ataur Rahman, Department of Agronomy, HDSTU, Dinajpur, Tel. 01199011588 8) Prof. Dr. AKM Mostafa Zaman, Department of Agronomy, PSTU, Patuakhali, Tel. 01712185520 9) Dr. Abul Kashem, Director, NATP, BARC, Tel. 017121707 10) Dr. Rina Rani Saha, SSO, Agronomy Division, BARI, Gazipur, Tel. 01718118906 11) Dr. Akkas Ali, SSO, OFRD, BARI, Joydebpur, Gazipur Tel. 01718637801 12) Dr. Md. Abdul Jalil Mridha, CSO, Agronomy Division, BRRI, Gazipur, Tel. 01731006857 13) Dr. Shaik Tanvir Hossain, Former Scientist BRRI, Tel. 01730026955 14) Dr. Mahbubul Islam, Director, BJRI, Dhaka, Tel. 01552416537 15) Dr. Md. Khalilur Rahman, CSO, Agronomy, BSRI, Ishurdi, Pabna, Tel. 0732663579, 01715507788 16) Dr. AFM Saiful Islam, CSO, Agronomy, BINA, Mymensing, Tel. 0171197892 17) Dr. Md. Alimur Rahman, SSO (Agronomy), OFRD, BARI, Rajshahi, Tel. 01712158612 18) Dr. Md. Najrul islam, SSO, OFD, BARI/IRRI, Barisal, Tel. 01716443391 19) Dr. G. M. Farouq Dawn, DAE, Khamar bari, Dhaka, Tel. 01711196649 20) Mr. Md. Habib Jahan, Program Manager, ACI Bangladesh Ltd., Dhaka Te. 01713043638 21) Ms. Nasrin Akhter, SAC, Dhaka Tel. 01731947366 22) Dr. Md. Shafiqul Akhter, Lal Teer Seed Ltd., Dhaka Tel. 01712019840 23) Dr. Babu Lal Nag, SSO, BARI, Jessore, Tel. 01732777778, 01712750358 24) Mr. Khairul Alam Bhuiyan, SSO, Agronomy, BRRI, Tel. 01819428889 25) Mr. Azharul Islam, BADC, Sech Baban, Dhaka Tel. 01712558221 26) Dr. Md. Shariful Islam, Seed Certification Agency, Gazipur; Tel. 01558446160 27) Dr. Faruque Ahmed, SSO, Agronomy, BARI, Gazipur, Tel. 01911760503 28) Dr M Mojammel Hoque, SUST, Sylhet, Tel. 01715492961 29) Dr Akhter Hossain Khan, IRRI Note: All sub-committees may co-opt members; A three member committee will select 3 best speakers All correspondence: E-mail: bsaconference2011@yahoo.com Registration fee to attend the BSA conference 2011 BSA Membership Fees Category of Registration After 30 September participants by 30 and on-site BSA Membership Entry fee Total September Membership fee BSA members Tk. 300 Tk. 350 type Others Tk. 600 Tk. 700 Life member Tk. 2000.00 Tk. 50.00 Tk. 2050.00 Student Updated 28 July 2011 Tk. 150 Tk. 200 Active member Tk. 100.00 Tk. 50.00 Page 7 Tk. 150.00 Associate Tk. 100.00 Tk. 50.00 Tk. 150.00 Member