Bangladesh Society of Agronomy (BSA)

Website: http://bdagron.webs.com/ 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. Md. Abdul Aziz, PSO, Oil Seed Research Center, 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 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, Commerce Ministry Institutional focal persons: 39. Prof. Dr. Najrul Islam, Department of Agronomy, BAU 40. Prof. Dr. M A Samad, Department of Agronomy, BAU 41. Dr M. Rafiqul Islam, Department of Agronomy, BSMRAU 42. Prof. Dr. Md. Nasimul Bari, 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 26. Dr Altab Hossain, BARI 27. Dr. S K Pal, SAC 28. Dr. Khairul Alam Billah, BRRI 29. Dr. Md. Akkas Ali, BARI/IRRI 30. Mr. M. A. Jaher, DDAE, Gazipur 31. Prof. Dr. Harun Ur Rashid, PSTU 32. Dr. Noor Hossain Miah, Sylhet Agri -Varisty 33. Dr M Abdul Malek, DAE 34. Dr Mustaq Ahmed, NATP/DAE 35. Dr Nowsher Ali Sardar, The WorldFish 36. Dr. Sk A Sattar, IRRI 37. Dr Md. Altaf Hossain, SRDI 38. Prof Dr Harun Ur Rashid, PSTU 43. Prof. Dr. Ataur Rahman, Department of Agronomy, HDSTU 44. Prof. Dr. AKM Mostafa Zaman, Department of Agronomy, PSTU 45. Dr. Md. Nurul Alam, SAC 46. Dr AFM Saiful Islam, BINA 47. Dr. Md Amin, BARI, Noakhali 48. Mr. Khairul Alam Bhuiyan, BRRI 49. Mr. Shahadat Hossain, SSO, BJRI Updated 23 August 2011 Page 1

50. Dr. Md. Khalilur Rahman BSRI 51. Dr. Md. Alimur Rahman, BARI 52. Dr. Md. Najrul Islam, BARI/IRRI 53. Dr. Md Yunus Ali Pramanik, DAE 54. Dr. Md. Shafiqul Akhter, Lal Teer Seed Ltd 55. Dr. Babu Lal Nag, BARI 56. Mr. Azharul Islam, BADC 57. Dr. Md. Shariful Islam, Seed Certification Agency 58. 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, 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 7) Dr. Shafiqul Akhter, Lal Teer 8) Dr Anil Kumar Das, DAE 9) Mr. Habib Jahan, ACI 10) Mr. Abul Khair, Blessings Pesticides 11) Prof. Dr. AKM Ruhul Amin, SAU 12) Dr. G M Faruq Dawn, DAE 13) Dr. Khairul Alam Bhuiyan, BRRI 14) Dr. Shariful Islam, SCA 15) Dr Mustak Ahmed, DAE/NATP 16) Dr M A Malek, DAE 17) Dr Md Nowsher Ali Sarder, The WorldFish 18) Dr. Sk A Sattar, IRRI 19) Dr. Ferdousi Begun, BARI 20) 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 Khaleque, BSMRAU 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 Updated 23 August 2011 Page 2

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, Privatization Commission 8) Dr Rafiqul Islam, BSMRAU 9) Mr. Md. Shahadat Hossain, BJRI 10) Dr. Shaik Tanveer Hossain, Former Scientist -BRRI 11) Dr M A Quader, 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. M A Mannan, 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, 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. Mr Shamsul Hyder Arpon, BARI 12. Mr ATM Morshdul Alam, BJRI 13. Dr. Murshedul Alam, IRRI 14. Mr AKM Junaed Noor, BARI 15. 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: Mr. Sikdar M Rakibullah, BARI Member Secretary: Dr Md Khairul Alam Bhuiyan, BRRI 1) Mr M A Mannan, BARI 2) Dr Shamsul Alam, BARI 3) Prof. Dr. AKM Ruhul Amin, SAU 4) Dr. Nasimul Bari, BSMRAU 5) Mr. M AKhteruzzaman, BARI Updated 23 August 2011 Page 3

6) Dr. Md. Nurul Alam, SAC 7) Mr. Md. Habib Jahan, ACI Ltd. 8) Dr. Md. Abu Bakar Siddique Sarker, BRRI 9) Dr Nurul Islam, BARI 10) Dr M Moynul Hoque, BSMRAU 11) Mr. Iftekher Mahmud Akand, BRRI 12) 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. 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) Mr Mahbubur Rahman, BARI 7) Dr Parimal C. Sarker, BARI 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. Ijaj Ahmed, BJRI 13) Mr. Abdullah Al Mamun, BRRI 14) Mr. Md. Sahadat Hossain, BJRI 15) Dr Yunus Ali Pramanik, DAE 16) Mr Md Touhidur Rahman, BARI 17) Mr Quzi Md Fahid Hossain, BARI 18) 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, Sylhet Agriculture University 4) Dr M 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. Shahadat Hossain, BJRI 11) Dr. Murshedul Alam, IRRI 12) Ms Kakoli Roy, BARI 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 Updated 23 August 2011 Page 4

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 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: Dr Parimal Chandra Chowdhury, 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. 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 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. Dr. Nasimul Bari, BSMRAU 8. Mr. Rajesh Barua, BRRI 9. Dr. Akkas Ali, BARI/IRRI 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. Sub-Committee XI: International Guest Reception Convener: Dr. Abul Kashem, BARC Member Secretary: Dr. Dilwar Ahamed Chowdhury, BARI 1. Dr. AFM Saiful Islam, BINA 2. Mr. Azharul Islam, BADC 3. Dr Altaf Hossain, SRDI 4. Mr Abdus Jaher, DDAE, Gazipur 5. Prof Dr Nasimul Bari, BSMRAU 6. Prof Dr Ruhul Amin, SAU 7. Dr. Apurba Kanti Chowdhuri, BARI 8. Dr Md. Sirajul Islam, BRRI Updated 23 August 2011 Page 5

Terms of Reference: Plan to receive international gusts, arrange their food, accommodation, transport etc during their stay in Bangladesh. Institutional Focal Persons at Different Institutions for Membership and Registration for BSA Conference 2011 1) Dr. Nur Ahamed Khondaker, RGA, NFPCSP-FAO, 15) Prof. Dr Noor Hossain Miah, Sylhet Agri-varsity, Sylhet, Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Tel, 01720343874 Tel. 01714357554 2) Prof. Dr. M A Samad, Department of Agronomy, 16) Dr. Md. Khalilur Rahman, CSO, Agronomy, BSRI, BAU, Myemnsingh, Tel. 01676769005 Ishurdi, Pabna, Tel. 0732663579, 01715507788 3) Prof. Dr. Najrul Islam, Department of Agronomy, 17) Dr. AFM Saiful Islam, CSO, Agronomy, BINA, BAU; Tel. 01711177617 Mymensing, Tel. 0171197892 4) Dr M Rafiqul Islam, Department of Agronomy, 18) Dr. Md. Alimur Rahman, SSO (Agronomy), OFRD, BARI, BSMRAU, Salna, Gazipur, Tel. 01552495641 Rajshahi, Tel. 01712158612 5) Prof. Dr. Md. Nasimul Bari, Department of 19) Dr. Md. Najrul islam, SSO, OFD, BARI/IRRI, Barisal, Agronomy, BSMRAU, Salna, Gazipur, Tel. Tel. 01716443391 01552356277 20) Dr. G. M. Farouq Dawn, DAE, Khamarbari, Dhaka, Tel. 6) Prof. Dr. AKM Ruhul Amin, Department of 01711196649 Agronomy, SAU, Dhaka, Tel. 01711137132 21) Mr. Md. Habib Jahan, Program Manager, ACI 7) Prof. Dr. Ataur Rahman, Department of Agronomy, Bangladesh Ltd., Dhaka Te. 01713043638 HDSTU, Dinajpur, Tel. 01199011588 22) Ms. Nasrin Akhter, SAC, Dhaka Tel. 01731947366 8) Prof. Dr. AKM Mostafa Zaman, Department of 23) Dr. Md. Shafiqul Akhter, Lal Teer Seed Ltd., Dhaka Tel. Agronomy, PSTU, Patuakhali, Tel. 01712185520 01712019840 9) Dr. Abul Kashem, Director, NATP, BARC, Tel. 24) Dr. Babu Lal Nag, SSO, BARI, Jessore, Tel. 017121707 01732777778, 01712750358 10) Dr. Rina Rani Saha, SSO, Agronomy Division, BARI, 25) Mr. Khairul Alam Bhuiyan, SSO, Agronomy, BRRI, Tel. Gazipur, Tel. 01718118906 01819428889 11) Dr. Akkas Ali, SSO, OFRD, BARI, Joydebpur, 26) Mr. Azharul Islam, BADC, Sech Baban, Dhaka Tel. Gazipur Tel. 01718637801 01712558221 12) Dr. Md. Abdul Jalil Mridha, CSO, Agronomy 27) Dr. Md. Shariful Islam, Seed Certification Agency, Division, BRRI, Gazipur, Tel. 01731006857 Gazipur; Tel. 01558446160 13) Dr. Shaik Tanvir Hossain, Former Scientist BRRI, Tel. 28) Dr. Faruque Ahmed, SSO, Agronomy, BARI, Gazipur, 01730026955 Tel. 01911760503 14) Dr. Mahbubul Islam, Director, BJRI, Dhaka, Tel. 29) Dr M Mojammel Hoque, SUST, Sylhet, Tel. 01715492961 01552416537 30) Dr Akhter Hossain Khan, IRRI, Tel. 01711964522 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 Category of participants Registration by 30 After 30 September and on-site September BSA members Tk. 300 Tk. 350 Others Tk. 600 Tk. 700 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 The main theme of the conference is: Crop Production under Unfavorable Ecosystems in Bangladesh There will be FOUR sub-themes of the conference as follows: 1) Crop production in Chalrand ecosystem 2) Crop production in Coastal ecosystem 3) Crop production in Hill ecosystem 4) Drought/water log prone ecosystems Updated 23 August 2011 Page 6