Ainun Nishat

Ainun Nishat (born 29 April 1948)[1] is a water resource and climate change specialist from Bangladesh.[2] As of 2017, he is serving as a professor emeritus of BRAC University.[2] He represented Bangladesh at the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2009, among other international climate-related conferences.[3]

Ainun Nishat
আইনুন নিশাত
Nishat in 2019
Vice-Chancellor of BRAC University
In office
2010–2014
Preceded byJamilur Reza Choudhury
Succeeded bySyed Saad Andaleeb
Personal details
Born (1948-04-29) 29 April 1948
NationalityBangladeshi
FatherGazi Shamsur Rahman
EducationPhD (civil engineering)
Alma materBangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
University of Strathclyde
Known forWater resource specialist

Background and education

Nishat was born to Gazi Shamsur Rahman, lawyer and writer, and Zamal Ara Rahman, a graduate from Lady Brabourne College in Kolkata.[4][5] Nishat completed his BSc in Civil Engineering and MSc in Water Resources Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 1975. He obtained his PhD degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland in 1981.[1]

Career

Nishat started his career as an assistant engineer at the Bangladesh Water Development Board. He then joined his alma mater BUET as a lecturer in 1972 in Department of Civil Engineering. He became an assistant professor at Department of Water Resources Engineering in 1975 and he became a professor in 1985.[1]

Nishat retired from BUET in 1998 to join IUCN. He also worked as a professor at North South University.[6] He served as the Vice-Chancellor of BRAC University during 2010–2014.

Nishat is credited as a pioneer of water resource management in Bangladesh, and has traveled around the world presenting papers, talks and consultancies related to his subject.[7]

Non-academic work

Besides working on various projects of the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank in Bangladesh, Malaysia and Philippines, he was a member of the panel of experts who consulted the construction of the Jamuna Bridge, the longest bridge in Bangladesh.[1]

He is a member of the Bangladesh National Water Council, Indo-Bangladesh Joint River Commission and Bangladesh National Agricultural Commission and the National Council on Science and Technology, and is said to have played a pivotal role in the Ganges Water Treaty Negotiations that were completed in 1996. He had been closely involved in the preparation of the Bangladesh National Conservation Strategy and National Environment Management Action Plan.[1][7]

Nishat has been member of the Bangladesh delegation at a number of international water resource-related conferences, including the COP 15.[8] Nishat also represented Bangladesh at the United Nations Economic and Social Council in the Committee for Energy and National Resources Development, and features at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.[1]

References
  1. "Curriculum Vitae - Ainun Nishat" (PDF). Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  2. "Professor Ainun Nishat". BRAC University. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  3. Calandro, Tony. "Insights from Copenhagen: Water Scarcity". Fleishman-Hillard Inc. Archived from the original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  4. Zakaria, AKM (5 June 2010). "পানি নিয়ে ভাবনা" [Thoughts on water]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  5. "Gazi Shamsur Rahman's wife passes away". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 16 January 2016. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  6. "North South University - Faculty Detail". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  7. "IUCN Bangladesh - Who's Who". Archived from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  8. "Climate talks set to resume in Bangkok today". The Daily Sun. 3 April 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
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