About me

I have more than 25 years of experience in both grassroots and international development. I worked with national - international organizations , UN agencies including 7 years with International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), Philippines as Training Specialist, Program Specialist for Organizational Learning, Leadership and Development. Since 2009 I am working as Independent International Trainer and Consultant . I founded Voluntary Organization for Rural Development; a national NGO and extensively contributed in developing DASCOH; a Swiss Red Cross mandated technical organization in Bangladesh. I have worked as a consultant in Several Asian and African Counties for UNICEF, Red Cross/Crescent Societies, Ministries and departments of national Goveremtns, NGOs, and international networks . I have pioneered a number of innovative approach and tools include Community Identified Significant Change (CISC) , Promotion of Self-help through Appreciative Inquiry, Functional Health Literacy, Community Managed Livelihood Promotion Towards Disaster Risk Reduction . I have also been a leading contributor in facilitating participatory consultation process in preparation of the National Environment Management Action Plan (MEMAP) in Bangladesh and in Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia and Timor Leste . I have a PhD in Social Science focusing on the application of Relational Construction Processes and Appreciative Inquiry in social and organizational change under Tilburg University of the Netherlands in collaboration with TAOS institute of USA.  I hold a Master of Commerce in Accounting from the University of Rajshshai , Bangladesh; a Master of Intercultural and International Management from the School for International Training (SIT), U. S. A., a diploma in NGO Leadership and Management from the Global Partnership program and a Diploma on Environmental Education form the Nehru Foundation – India. I worked as adjunct faculty with the SIT-USA.  As an associate of Taos Institute USA, during the period 2012-2013 I pioneered a methodological approach called ; appreciative Inquiry among farmers  adapting climate change in agriculture.

As part of my professional work I have designed and conducted international training courses workshops and seminars in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan , Laos, Nepal, Netherlands, Philippines , Thailand, Timor Leste , Senegal , and USA. since 2014 to 2019 as an international WASH/CLTS  consultant  I have worked exclusively for the Country Offices of UNICEF including Angola, Ethiopia, Ghana, Lesotho, Namibia , Swaziland and Uganda .  My expertise include:

• Training , trainer and training resource development
• Promotion of self-help in development  and social change
• Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS)  &  Community Led School Sanitation (CLSS) 
• CLTS in Pastoralist Communities and IDPs 
• Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction  
• Research and evaluation
• Participatory Assessment Monitoring and Learning( PAML)  
• Appreciative Inquiry
• Projecet planing and management  and
• Strategic planning