Bangladesh Society of Agronomy

9 th Biennial Conference Bangladesh Society of Agronomy Date: October 6~7, 2010 (Wednesday and Thursday) Venue: BARC Auditorium, BARC, Farmgate, Airport Road, Dhaka 1215 Conference Theme: Crop Production under Changing Climate in Bangladesh: Agronomic Options Organizing Committee for BSA Conference 2010 Chair: Dr. M. Zainul Abedin, President, BSA Co-Chair: Dr. Rafiqul Islam Mondal, General Secretary, BSA Member Secretary: Dr. Nur Ahamed Khondaker, EC Member, BSA EC of BSA: 1. Dr. Faruque Ahmed, BARI 2. Prof. Dr. Md. Jafar Ullah, SAU 3. Prof. Dr. AKM Ruhul Amin, SAU 4. Dr. Rina Rani Saha, BARI 5. Dr. Md. Mahbubul Islam, BJRI 6. Dr. Md. Shawquat Ali Khan, BARI 7. Dr. Gazi Jashim Uddin, Former Scientist- BRRI 8. Dr. Md. Abdul Karim, BSMRAU 9. Dr. Md. Nurul Alam, SAC 10. Dr. Krishna Pada Halder Other 11. Prof. Dr. Abdul Hamid, KGF 12. Prof. Dr. S M Rezaul Karim, BAU 13. Dr. Md. Akkas Ali, BARI 14. Dr. M. A. Quayyum, ATTP-BARC Convener and Member Secretary of sub-committees: 15. Mr. Md. Masum, Supreme Seed 16. Prof Dr. Hazrat Ali, SAU 17. Dr. Sayedur Rahman Selim, DAE 18. Dr. Mian Sayed Hassan, BARC 19. Dr. Md. Abdur Razzaque, PCU, NATP 20. Dr. Md. Abdur Razzaque Nilu, KGF 21. Prof. Dr. Parimal Kanti Biswas, SAU 22. Dr. Shaikh Tanveer Hossain, Former BRRI 23. Dr. S K Pal, SAC 24. Prof. Dr. S.M. Altaf Hossain, BAU 25. Dr. Khairul Alam Billah, BRRI 26. Mr. M. A. Sattar, DAE Updated 15 September 2010 Page 1

Institutional focal points: 27. Prof. Dr. Najrul Islam, Department of Agronomy, BAU 28. Prof Dr M. Moynul Hoque, Department of Agronomy, BSMRAU 29. Prof. Dr. Md. Nasimul Bari, Department of Agronomy, BSMRAU 30. Prof. Dr. Ataur Rahman, Department of Agronomy, HDSTU 31. Prof. Dr. AKM Mostafa Zaman, Department of Agronomy, PSTU 32. Dr. Mian Sayed Hassan, BARC 33. Dr. Abdul Jalil Mridha, BRRI 34. Dr. Shaikh Tanveer Hossain, Former BRRI 35. Dr. Mahbubul Islam, Director, BJRI 36. Dr. Md. Khalilur Rahman BSRI 37. Dr. Noor Hossain Miah BINA 38. Dr. Md. Alimur Rahman BARI 39. Dr. Md. Najrul Islam, BARI 40. Dr. G. M. Faruq Dawn, DAE 41. Mr. Md. Habib Jahan, ACI Bangladesh Ltd 42. Ms. Nasrin Akhter Litu, SAC 43. Dr. Md. Shafiqul Akhter, Lal Teer Seed Ltd 44. Dr. Babu Lal Nag, BARI 45. Mr. Khairul Alam Bhuiyan, BRRI 46. Mr. Azharul Islam, BADC, 47. Dr. Md. Shariful Islam, Seed Certification Agency Terms of Reference: Overall responsibility of organizing the 9th BSA biennial conference 2010; Coordinate activities of the sub-committees; contact and confirm the guests for the conference; make detail plan program, budget etc. Advisory Committee 1) Dr. Md. Abdur Razzaque, MP & Honb le Minister, Ministry of Food & Disaster Management 2) Dr. Mohammed Hossain Mondal, Ex Director General, BARI 3) Prof. Dr. S M Altaf Hossain, Department of Agronomy, BAU 4) Dr. Md. Abdur Razzaque, Former Executive Chairman, BARC 5) Dr. AJM Azizul Islam, Former Director General, BRRI 6) Prof. Dr. A M Ashraful Kamal, Former Vice Chancellor, BSMRAU 7) Prof. Dr. M A Gaffar,, Department of Agronomy, BAU 8) Dr. Sk. Abdus Sattar, IRRI Bangladesh 9) Dr. Nur-E-Elahi, Former Director General, BRRI 10) Dr. ABM Mofizur Rahman, Former Director General, BSRI 11) Dr. AHM Delwar Hossain, Former Director General, BSRI 12) Prof. AMM Dalilur Rahman, Department of Agronomy, SAU 13) Prof. Dr Sultan Uddin Bhuiyan, Department of Agronomy, BAU 14) Mr. Kazi Reazul Haque, Former CSO (Agronomy, BARI 15) Dr. ABM Salahuddin, Former CSO (Agronomy), BARI 16) Mr. Md. Masum, Proprietor Supreme Seed 17) Prof. Dr. Hazrat Ali, Department of Agronomy, SAU 18) Dr. Abu Sufian, Former Director, BARI Updated 15 September 2010 Page 2

19) Dr. AFM Maniruzzaman, Former Director, BARI 20) Dr. Md. Abdus Siddique, NATP-BARC 21) Prof. Dr. M. A. Samad, Head, Department of Agronomy, BAU 22) Prof. Dr. Harun Ur Rashid, Head, Department of Agronomy, PSTU 23) Dr. Rafiqul Islam, Head, Department of Agronomy, BSMRAU 24) Prof. Dr. Fazlul Karim, Head, Department of Agronomy, SAU 25) Dr. Md. Nurul Alam Khan, Economic Relations Division (ERD) 26) Head, Agronomy Division, BARI 27) Head, Agronomy Division, BRRI 28) Head, Agronomy Division, BINA 29) Head, Agronomy Division, BSRI 30) Head, Agronomy Division, BJRI Terms of Reference: Advise the Executive Committee on any aspects related to the organization of the Conference. Sub-committees Sub-Committee I: Programme and Technical Sessions Management Convener: Dr. M A Qaiyum, ATTP-BARC Member Secretary: Dr. Nur Ahamed Khondaker, FAO 1) Prof. Dr. Md. Najrul Islam, BAU 2) Prof. Dr. Parimal Kanti Bisaws, SAU 3) Prof. Dr. Jafar Ullah, SAU 4) Dr. Gazi Jashim Uddin, BRRI 5) Prof. Dr. Abdur Rahman Sarker, BAU 6) Dr. Md. Altab Hossain, BARI 7) Prof. Dr. AKM Mostafa Zaman, PSTU 8) Dr. Abdul Jalil Mridha, BRRI 9) Dr. Rafiqul Islam, BSMRAU 10) Prof. Dr. Ataur Rahman, HDSTU 11) Dr. Mahbubul Islam, BJRI 12) Dr. Mia Sayed Hassan, BARC 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. Updated 15 September 2010 Page 3

Sub-Committee II: Finance Adviser: Mr. Md. Masum, Supreme Seed Convener: Prof Dr. Hazrat Ali, SAU Co-Convener: Dr. Sayedur Rahman Selim, DAE Member Secretary: Dr. Rina Rani Saha, BARI 1) Mr. Md. Azmal Hossain, FMC 2) Dr. S. B. Nasim, Energy Pack 3) Prof. S. M. Rezaul Karim, BAU 4) Prof. Dr. Fazlul Karim, SAU 5) Mr. Md. Ali Hossain Tulu, Padma Oil Co. 6) Dr. Shafiqul Akhter, Lal Teer 7) Mr. Habib Jahan, ACI 8) Mr. Abul Khair, Blessings Pesticides 9) Prof. Dr. AKM Ruhul Amin, SAU 10) Dr. G M Faruq Dawn, DAE 11) Dr. Khairul Alam Bhuiyan, BRRI 12) Dr. Shariful Islam, SCA 13) Mr. M A Sattar, DAE Terms of Reference: Fund raising, budgeting and management of overall expenditures. Sub-Committee III: Publication Convener: Prof. Dr. Md. Jafar Ullah, SAU Member Secretary: Dr. Faruque Ahmed, BARI 1) Dr. Mahbubul Islam, BJRI 2) Dr. G M Faruq Dawn, DAE 3) Dr. Nur Ahamed Khondaker, FAO 4) Dr. Younus Ali Pramanik, DAE 5) Prof. Dr. Moynul Hoque, BSMRAU 6) Dr. Gazi Jashim Uddin, BRRI 7) Dr. Mian Sayed Hassan, BARC 8) Mr. Md. Sahadat Hossain, BJRI 9) Dr. Shaikh Tanveer Hossain, Former Scientist- 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. Updated 15 September 2010 Page 4

Sub-Committee IV: Decoration and Conference Hall Management Convener: Dr. Md. Nurul Alam, SAC Member Secretary: Dr. Mian Sayed Hassan, BARC 1) Dr. Abul Kashem, BARC 2) Mr. Md. Alomgir Hossain, BJRI 3) Dr. Md. Yunus Ali Pramanik, DAE 4) Dr. HMM Tariq Hassan, SAU 5) Mr. Siddartha, SAC 6) Mr. ABM Jamiul Islam, BRRI 7) Mr. Sk. Md. Masum, SAU 8) Mr. Md. Moshiul Islam, BSMRAU 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. Abdur Razzaque, PCU-NATP Convener: Dr. Md. Abdur Razzaque Nilu, KGF Member Secretary: Prof. Dr. AKM Ruhul Amin, SAU 1) Dr. Md. Khorshed Alam, BARC 2) Dr. Md. Shahriful Islam, SCA 3) Dr. Nasimul Bari, BSMRAU 4) Mr. Md. Asaduzzaman, SAU 5) Mr. Md. Mostafizur Rahman, BARC 6) Dr. Md. Monirul Islam, BARC 7) Mr. Md. Habib Jahan, ACI Ltd. 8) Mr. Manirul Islam, BARC 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 and Invitation Committee Convener: Prof. Dr. Parimal Kanti Biswas, SAU Member Secretary: Dr. Shaikh Tanveer Hossain, Former BRRI Updated 15 September 2010 Page 5

1) Dr. Rina Rani Saha, BARI 2) Ms. Nasrin Akhter, SAC 3) Ms. Shamsunnar Begum, BRRI 4) Ms. Ferdousi Begum, BARI 5) Mr. Abu Bakar Siddique, BRRI 6) Dr. Tuhin Suvra Roy, SAU 7) Dr. Quazi A. Khaleque, BSMRAU 8) Mr. Ijaj Ahmed, BJRI 9) Mr. Abdullah Al Mahbub, BRRI 10) Mr. Md. Sahadat Hossain, BJRI 11) Mr. Khairul Alam Bhuiyan, BRRI 12) Mr. Iftekher Mahmud Akand, BRRI Terms of Reference: Prepare list of participants, draft invitation card, get approval, print and arrange to send invitation card and plan & conduct registrations of all participants. Sub-Committee VII: AGRONOMY AWARD 2010 Selection Committee (EC of BSA) Convener: Prof. Dr. Abdul Hamid, KGF Member Secretary: Dr. S. K. Pal, SAC 1) Dr. M A Razzaque, PCU-NATP 2) Prof. Dr. Hazrat Ali, SAU 3) Dr. Md. Rafiqul Islam Mondal, SAC Terms of Reference: Prepare and make announcements seeking nominations, make final selection for AGRONOMY AWARD 2010, prepare short biography of the winners, submit to the EC, BSA. Sub-Committee VIII: BSA Conference 2010 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. Rafiqul Islam Mondal, SAC 4) Dr. Md. Abdur Razzaque, NATP 5) Dr. S. K. Pal, SAC 6) Prof. Dr. Abdul Hamid, BSMRAU 7) Dr. Nur Ahamed Khondaker, FAO 8) Dr. Gazi Jashim Uddin, Former BRRI Updated 15 September 2010 Page 6

Terms of Reference: Collect notes from the session rapporteurs of technical sessions and 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. Nur Ahamed Khondaker, NFPCSP-FAO Member Secretary: Dr. Saidur Rahman Selim, DAE 1) Dr. Shariful Islam, GETCO 2) Prof. Dr. Mahfuza Begum, BAU 3) Ms. Nasrin Akhter, SAC 4) Prof. Dr. AKM Ruhul Amin, SAU 5) Dr. G M Faruk Dawn, DAE 6) Dr. Md. Siddiqur Rahman, BARI 7) Mr. Abul Khair, Blessings Pesticide Company Ltd. 8) Mr. Rajesh Barua, BRRI 9) Mr. K. M. Shamsul Haque, BSMRAU 10) Dr. Shaikh Tanveer Hossain, BRRI 11) Dr. Md. Shariful Islam, SCA 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 Committee Convener: Dr. Khairul Alam Billah, BRRI Member Secretary: Mr. M. A. Sattar, DAE 1) Dr. Md. Abul Kashem, BARC 2) Dr. AFM Saiful Islam, Nutrition Board 3) Mr. Azharul Islam, BADC 4) Mr. Shahidul Islam, SAU 5) Mr. Abul Khair, Blessings Pesticide Company Ltd. 6) Dr. Md. Noor Hossain, BINA 7) Dr. Md. Abul Hossain, BARI Terms of Reference: make a plan & arrange cultural function. Institutional Points at Different Institutions for Membership and Registration for BSA Conference 2010 1) Dr. Nur Ahamed Khondaker, RGA, NFPCSP-FAO, Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Tel, 01720343874 2) Prof. Dr. Najrul Islam, Department of Agronomy, BAU, Myemnsingh, Tel. 01711177617 Updated 15 September 2010 Page 7

3) Prof Dr M Moynul Hoque, Department of Agronomy, BSMRAU, Salna, Gazipur, Tel. 01711908640 4) Prof. Dr. Md. Nasimul Bari, Department of Agronomy, BSMRAU, Salna, Gazipur, Tel. 01552356277 5) Prof. Dr. AKM Ruhul Amin, Department of Agronomy, SAU, Dhaka, Tel. 01711137132 6) Prof. Dr. Ataur Rahman, Department of Agronomy, HDSTU, Dinajpur, Tel. 01199011588 7) Prof. Dr. AKM Mostafa Zaman, Department of Agronomy, PSTU, Patuakhali, Tel. 01712185520 8) Dr. Mian Sayed Hassan, PSO (Crops), BARC, Tel. 01911740390 9) Dr. Rina Rani Saha, SSO, Agronomy Division, BARI, Gazipur, Tel. 01718118906 10) Dr. Akkas Ali, SSO, OFRD, BARI, Joydebpur, Gazipur Tel. 01718637801 11) Dr. Abdul Jalil Mridha, CSO, Agronomy Division, BRRI, Gazipur, Tel. 01731006857 12) Dr. Shaik Tanvir Hossain, Director (Agriculture), Padakkhep Manobik Kendra, Tel. 01730026955 13) Dr. Mahbubul Islam, Director, BJRI, Dhaka, Tel. 01552416537 14) Dr. Md. Khalilur Rahman, CSO, Agronomy, BSRI, Ishurdi, Pabna, Tel. 0732663579, 01715507788 15) Dr. Noor Hossain Miah, CSO, Agronomy, BINA, Mymensing, Tel. 01714357554 16) Dr. Md. Alimur Rahman, SSO (Agronomy), OFRD, BARI, Rajshahi, Tel. 01712158612 17) Dr. Md. Najrul islam, SSO, OFD, BARI, Comilla, Tel. 01716443391 18) Dr. G. M. Farouq Dawn, DAE, Khamar bari, Dhaka, Tel. 01711196649 19) Mr. Md. Habib Jahan, Program Manager, ACI Bangladesh Ltd., Dhaka Te. 01713043638 20) Ms. Nasrin Akhter Litu, SAC, Dhaka Tel. 01731947366 21) Dr. Md. Shafiqul Akhter, Lal Teer Seed Ltd., Dhaka Tel. 01712019840 22) Dr. Babu Lal Nag, SSO, BARI, Jessore, Tel. 01732777778, 01712750358 23) Mr. Khairul Alam Bhuiyan, SSO, Agronomy, BRRI, Tel. 01819428889 24) Mr. Azharul Islam, BADC, Sech Baban, Dhaka Tel. 01712558221 25) Dr. Md. Shariful Islam, Seed Certification Agency, Gazipur; Tel. 01558446160 26) Dr. Faruque Ahmed, SSO, Agronomy, BARI, Gazipur, Tel. 01911760503 Registration fee to attend the BSA conference 2010 Category of participants Registration by 30 After 30 September and on-site September BSA members Tk. 500 Tk. 600 Others Tk. 1000 Tk. 1000 Student Tk. 300 Tk. 300 BSA Membership type BSA Membership Fees Membership fee Entry fee Total Life member Tk. 2000 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 Updated 15 September 2010 Page 8