Changing Environment in Bangladesh

Website: http://bdagron.webs.com/ Supported by 11th Conference Bangladesh Society of Agronomy (BSA) Date: Saturday, 6 October 2012; Venue: BARI, Joydebpur, Gazipur All correspondence, E-mail: bsaconference2012@yahoo.com Conference Theme: Advances in Agronomic Research under Changing Environment in Bangladesh Organizing Committee for 11 th BSA Conference 2012 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. Md. Abdul Aziz, CSO, Plant Physiology Division, BARI EC of BSA: 1) Dr. Nur Ahamed Khondaker, FAO 2) Prof. Dr. Parimal Kanti Biswas, SAU 3) Dr Md. Abdul Jalil 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 BSA 1. Prof AKM Sayedul H Chowdhowry, NSTU 2. Prof. Dr. S.M. Altaf Hossain, BAU 3. Prof. Dr Sultan Uddin Bhuiyan, BAU 4. Dr. M A Razzaque, NATP-BARC 5. Prof Dr. Najrul Islam, BAU 6. Prof. Dr. Abdul Hamid, KGF 7. Prof. Dr. Hazrat Ali, SAU 8. Prof. Dr. Abdur Rahman Sarker, BAU 9. Prof. Dr. Fazlul Karim, SAU 10. Dr. M. A. Quayyum, ATTP-BARC 11. Dr. Faruque Ahmed, BARI 12. Dr M A Razzak, KGF, BARC 13. Dr Md Khairul Alam Bhuiyan, BRRI 14. Dr. Sayedur Rahman Selim, Commerce Ministry Institutional focal persons: 28. Prof. Dr. Najrul Islam, Department of Agronomy, BAU 29. Prof. Dr M Giash Uddin Miah, BSMRAU 30. Prof. Dr. M Abdul Kader, Department of Agronomy, BAU 31. Dr M. Rafiqul Islam, Department of Agronomy, BSMRAU 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 15. Dr Altab Hossain, BARI 16. Dr. M A Kashem, BARC/NATP 17. Dr. Khairul Alam Billah, BRRI 18. Dr. Md. Akkas Ali, BARI/IRRI 19. Mr. M. A. Jaher, DDAE, Gazipur 20. Prof. Dr. Harun Ur Rashid, PSTU 21. Prof. Dr. Noor Hossain Miah, Sylhet AU 22. Dr M Abdul Malek, DAE 23. Dr Mustaq Ahmed, NATP/DAE 24. Dr Nowsher Ali Sardar, The WorldFish 25. Dr. Sk A Sattar, IRRI 26. Dr Md. Altaf Hossain, SRDI 27. Dr. Md. Farid Uddin, CDB 32. Prof. Dr. Md. Nasimul Bari, Department of Agronomy, BSMRAU 33. Prof. Dr. Ataur Rahman, Department of Agronomy, HDSTU 34. Prof. Dr. AKM Mostafa Zaman, Department of Agronomy, PSTU 35. Dr. Mian Sayed Hasan, BARC 36. Dr. Md. Nurul Alam, SAC 1

37. Dr. Md Monjurul Islam, BINA 38. Dr. Md Amin, BARI, Chittagong 39. Mr. Khairul Alam Bhuiyan, BRRI 40. Mr. Shahadat Hossain, SSO, BJRI 41. Dr. Md. Khalilur Rahman BSRI 42. Dr. Md. Alimur Rahman, BARI 43. Dr. Akkas Ali, BARI/IRRI 44. Dr. Md Yunus Ali Pramanik, Privatization commission 45. Dr. Md. Shafiqul Akhter, Lal Teer Seed Ltd 46. Dr. Babu Lal Nag, BARI 47. Mr. Azharul Islam, BADC 48. Dr. Md. Shariful Islam, Seed Certification Agency 49. Dr Md. Ilias Hossain, BARI 50. Dr Akhter Hossain Khan, IRRI Terms of Reference: Overall responsibility of organizing the 11th BSA conference 2012; 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. Golam Faruk Dawn, DAE Member Secretary: Dr. Rina Rani Saha, BARI 1) Dr. Shafiqul Akhter, Lal Teer 2) Mr. Md. Azmal Hossain, FMC 3) Dr. S. B. Nasim, Energy Pack 4) Prof. Dr. M A Samad, BAU 5) Prof. Dr Sultan U. Bhuiyan, BAU 6) Prof. Dr. Fazlul Karim, SAU 7) Dr. Md. Abul Kashem, BARC/NATP 8) Mr. Md. Ali Hossain Tulu, Padma Oil 9) Dr. Anil Kumar Das, DAE 10) Mr. Habib Jahan, ACI 11) Mr. Abul Khair, Blessings Pesticides 12) Prof. Dr. AKM Ruhul Amin, SAU 13) Dr. Md Sayedur R. Salim, Commerce ministry 14) Dr. Khairul Alam Bhuiyan, BRRI 15) Dr. Shariful Islam, SCA 16) Dr. Mustak Ahmed, DAE/NATP 17) Dr. M A Malek, DAE 18) Dr. Md Nowsher Ali Sarder, The WorldFish 19) Mr. Sk Md Masum, SAU 20) Mr. Anisur Rahman, SAU 21) Dr. Sk Abdus Sattar, IRRI 22) Dr. Ferdousi Begun, BARI 23) Dr. Abdul Mannan, BSMRAU 24) Dr. Md Harunur Rashid, PSTU 25) Mr. Md. Hasanuzzaman, SAU 26) Mr. Bulbul Ahmed, 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. Quazi Abdul Khaliq, BSMRAU 5) Dr. Akhter H. Khan, IRRI 6) Dr K P Haldar, BRRI 7) Prof. Dr. Md. Mashiur Rahman, BAU 8) Prof. Dr. Md. Jafar Ullah, 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 2

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, Privatization Commission 8) Dr Rafiqul Islam, BSMRAU 9) Mr. Md. Shahadat Hossain, BJRI 10) Dr. Shaik Tanveer Hossain, Former Scientist -BRRI 11) Dr M Abdul Kader, BAU 12) Mr Sk. Md Masum, SAU 13) Dr Dilwar A Chowdhury, BARI 14) 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: Mr. Md. Manjur Ahmed, BARI Member Secretary: Dr Md Rafiqul Islam, BSMRAU 1) Dr. M Abdul Kader, BAU 2) Dr. Apurba Kanti Chowdhury, BARI 3) Dr. Md Shariful Islam, SCA 4) Mr. Abdus Jaher, DDAE, Gazipur 5) Mr. Izaz Ahmed, BJRI 6) Dr. Md. Yunus Ali Pramanik, Privatization Commission 7) Dr Md. Altaf Hossain, SRDI 8) Dr M Nurul Alam, SAC 9) Mr. ABM Jamiul Islam, BRRI 10) Mr. Md. Moshiul Islam, BSMRAU 11) Ms. Priyanka Roy, BARI 12) Mr ATM Morshidul Alam, BJRI 13) Dr. Murshedul Alam, IRRI 14) Mr AKM Junayed Ull Noor, BARI 15) Dr Md. Fazlul Islam, BRRI 16) Mr. Md. Rayhan Shaheb, BARI 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 Convener: Dr Md Altab Hossain Member Secretary: Dr Md Khairul Alam Bhuiyan, BRRI 1) Dr. Abdul Aziz, BARI 2) Mr M A Mannan, BARI 3) Dr Shamsul Alam, BARI 4) Prof. Dr. AKM Ruhul Amin, SAU 5) Dr. Nasimul Bari, BSMRAU 6) Mr. M AKhteruzzaman, BARI 3

7) Dr. Md. Nurul Alam, SAC 8) Mr. Md. Habib Jahan, ACI Ltd. 9) Dr. Md. Abu Bakar Siddique Sarker, BRRI 10) Dr Nurul Islam, BARI 11) Dr M Moynul Hoque, BSMRAU 12) Mr. Iftekher Mahmud Akand, BRRI 13) Dr Parvez Anwar, BAU 14) Dr Ilias Hossain, BARI 15) Dr. Md. Siddiqur Rahman, BARI 16) 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. Ferdousi Begum, BARI 1) Prof. Dr. Quazi A. Khalique, 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) Mr Mahbubur Rahman, BARI 7) Dr. AKM Ruhul Amin, SAU 8) Dr. Rina Rani Saha, BARI 9) Prof Mahfuza Begum, BAU 10) Mr. Abu Bakar Siddique, BRRI 11) Dr. Tuhin Suvra Roy, SAU 12) Mr. Momtaz Ali, BJRI 13) Mr. Abdullah Al Mamun, BRRI 14) Mr. Md. Sahadat Hossain, BJRI 15) Dr Yunus Ali Pramanik, DAE 16) Mr Abdul Hannan, BARI 17) Ms. Nasrin Akhter, SAC 18) Mr. Santosh Kumar Paul, BARI 19) Ms. Nurunnahar Akhter, BSMRAU 20) 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. Md. Selim, BAU 2) Dr Mahabubul Islam, BJRI 3) Dr Noor Hossain Miah, Sylhet Agriculture University 4) Dr M Nurul Alam, SAC 5) Dr Ahmed Khairul Hassan, BAU 6) Dr Abul Kashem, BARC 7) Dr Rina Rani Saha, BARI 8) Ms. Nasrin Akhter, SAC 9) Dr Khairul Alam Bhuiyan, BRRI 10) Mr. Sk Md Masum, SAU 11) Mr. Md. Shahadat Hossain, BJRI 12) Mr. Abdul Alim, BJRI 13) Dr Md. Monjurul Islam, BINA 14) Dr. Murshedul Alam, IRRI 15) Ms Kakoli Roy, BARI 16) Dr Islam Uddin Mollah, BRRI 17) Dr Ahmed Khairul Hassan, BAU Terms of Reference: Prepare list of participants, draft invitation card, get approval, print and arrange to send invitation card. Sub-Committee VIII: BSA Conference 2012 Recommendation Drafting Convener: Dr. Md Zainul Abedin, IRRI 4

Member Secretary: Dr. Md. Abdul Quayyum, ATTP, BARC 1) Dr. Md. Abdur Razzaque, NATP 2) Prof. Dr. Masud Ahmed, BAU 3) Prof. Dr. Abdul Hamid, KGF 4) Dr Nur E Elahi, Former DG, BRRI 5) Dr. Md. Rafiqul Islam Mondal, BARI 6) Dr. Md. Hazrat Ali, SAU 7) Dr Sk Abdus Sattar, IRRI 8) Dr. Md. Nurul Alam, SAC 9) Dr. Gazi Jashim Uddin, Former Scientist- BRRI 10) Dr Mustak Ahmed, DAE/NATP 11) Prof Dr Abdul Karim, BSMRAU 12) 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: Prof. Dr. AKM Ruhul Amin, SAU Member Secretary: Mr. Abdul Hannan, BARI 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) Prof. Dr. Moynul Haque, BSMRAU 6) Dr. Nur Ahamed Khondaker, FAO 7) Dr Islam Uddin Mollah, BRRI 8) Dr.Shaik Tanveer Hossain, Former Scientist-BRRI 9) Ms. Nurunnahar Akhter, BSMRAU 10) Dr. Md. Shariful Islam, SCA 11) Mr. Sk Md Masum, SAU 12) Dr. Akkas Ali, BARI/IRRI 13) Mr. Arafat Hossain, BARI 14) Mr. Santosh Kumar Paul, BARI 15) Mr Arifur Rahman, BSMRAU 16) 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. Ashratun Nessa, BARI Member Secretary: Ms. Shamsun Nahar Mahfuza, BARI 1. Dr. Md. Kahirul Alam Billah, BRRI 2. Dr. Mritjun Biswas, Syl AU 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. Dr. Nasimul Bari, BSMRAU Terms of Reference: Organize a cultural function. Sub-Committee XI: International Guest Reception Convener: Dr. Abul Kashem, BARC Member Secretary: Dr. Dilwar Ahamed Chowdhury, BARI 8. Dr Parvez Anwar, BAU 9. Mr. Rajesh Barua, BRRI 10. Dr. Abul Hossain, BARI 11. Dr. Ahmed Khairul Hassan, BAU 12. Dr Md. Altaf Hossain, SRDI 13. Dr Avijit Saha, BRRI 14. Dr Md. Sirajul Islam, BRRI 5

1. Mr. Azharul Islam, BADC 2. Dr Altaf Hossain, SRDI 3. Mr. Abdus Jaher, DDAE, Gazipur 4. Prof Dr Nasimul Bari, BSMRAU 5. Prof Dr Ruhul Amin, SAU 6. Dr. Apurba Kanti Chowdhuri, BARI 7. Dr. Md. Sirajul Islam, BRRI 8. Mr. Monjurul Islam, BINA Terms of Reference: Plan to receive international gusts, arrange their food, accommodation, transport etc during their stay in Bangladesh. Sub-Committee XII: Agronomy Award Convener: Dr. Mohammad H. Mondal, Former DG- BARI Member Secretary: Dr M A Quayyum, BARC 1. Prof. Dr. Hazrat Ali, SAU 2. Dr. M. Zainul Abedin, IRRI 3. Dr Md Rafiqul Islam Mandal, BARI Terms of Reference: prepare guidelines for agronomy award, invite and select award winners. Institutional Focal Persons at Different Institutions for Membership and Registration for BSA Conference 2012 1) Prof. Dr. M A Samad, Department of Agronomy, BAU, Myemnsingh, Tel. 01670840891 2) Prof. Dr. Najrul Islam, Department of Agronomy, BAU; Tel. 01711177617 3) Dr. Nur Ahamed Khondaker, RGA, NFPCSP-FAO, Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Tel, 01720343874 4) Dr. Md. 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, PSO, Seed Technology Division, BARI, Gazipur, Tel. 01718118906 11) Dr. Akkas Ali, IRRI, Joydebpur, Gazipur Tel. 01718637801 12) Dr. Abdul Jalil Mridha, CSO, Agronomy Division, BRRI, Gazipur, Tel. 01731006857 13) Dr. Shaik Tanvir Hossain, Former Scientist BRRI, Tel. 01730026955 14) Dr. Mahbubul Islam, CSO (Agronomy), BJRI, Dhaka, Tel. 01552416537 15) Prof. Dr Noor Hossain Miah, Sylhet Agri-varsity, Sylhet, Tel. 01714357554 16) Dr. Md. Khalilur Rahman, CSO, Agronomy, BSRI, Ishurdi, Pabna, Tel. 0732663579, 01715507788 17) Dr. Md. Monjurul Islam, 01710-879813, BINA, Agronomy Mymensing, Tel. 18) Dr. Md. Alimur Rahman, SSO (Agronomy), OFRD, BARI, RARS, Barisal Tel. 01712158612 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, ACI 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, Tel. 01711964522 30) Dr. Md. Ilias Hossain, SSO (OFRD), BARI, Rajshahi Tel. 01712632167 31) Dr. Mian Sayed Hassan, PSO (Crops), BARC, Tel. 01911740390 Note: All sub-committees may co-opt members; A three member committee will select 3 best speakers All correspondence: E-mail: bsaconference2012@yahoo.com Registration fee to attend the BSA conference 2012 Category of participants Registration by 30 After 30 September and on-site September BSA members Tk. 400 Tk. 500 Others Tk. 700 Tk. 800 Student Tk. 150 Tk. 200 BSA Membership type BSA Membership Fees Membership fee Entry fee Total Life member Tk. 2000.00 Tk. 50.00 Tk. 2050.00 Active member Tk. 100.00 Tk. 50.00 Tk. 150.00 Associate Member Tk. 100.00 Tk. 50.00 Tk. 150.00 6